Re-enchanting... history and the coronation - Tom Holland

In this third episode of Re-enchanting, Belle and Justin talk with Tom Holland about all things history and, or course, the coronation.

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Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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Tom Holland recording the podcast at Lambeth Palace Library.

Re-enchanting episodes

Can the secular West outlive its Christian past? Will the coronation remind us of our Christian inheritance? Tom Holland is a historian and author who co-hosts the popular podcast The Rest Is History. His best-selling book Dominion charted how the Christian revolution shaped the West's moral instincts. He chats with Belle Tindall and Justin Brierley about why modern secularists are still swimming in Christian waters, and why he has personally become enchanted by the 'greatest story ever told'.

There’s more to life than the world we can see. Re-Enchanting is a podcast from Seen & Unseen recorded at Lambeth Palace Library, the home of the Centre for Cultural Witness. Justin Brierley and Belle Tindall engage faith and spirituality with leading figures in science, history, politics, art and education. Can our culture be re-enchanted by the vision of Christianity?

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Taylor Swift; the ABC & the Anti-Christ

New episode; listen to articles by Belle Tindall, Graham Tomlin, and Jack Nicholson.

Natalie Garrett

Natalie produces and narrates The Seen & Unseen Aloud podcast. She's an Anglican minister and a trained actor.

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Taylor Swift, showgirl.

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About this episode

This episode takes us from Belle Tindall's review of Taylor Swift's new album, via Jack Nicholson talking about Peter Thiel and the Anti-Christ, to Graham Tomlin's advice to the new Archbishop of Canterbury.