Podcast appearances and mentions of Peter Stanford

In this episode of Personally Speaking, Msgr. Jim Lisante is joined by Peter Stanford. Peter is an award-winning British writer, journalist, broadcaster and prison reform campaigner. He has written on the history, theology and cultural significance of religious ideas. Peter is a former editor of the “Catholic Herald”, he writes features for the “Daily” and “Sunday Telegraph” titles, and he has an interview column in the “Tablet”. He talks about his life, his career and the Catholic faith and values that matter most to him.Support the show

La Biblioteca de Antonio Martínez Asensio en Hoy por Hoy dedica este capítulo a la literatura de ciencia ficción y su libro de la semana es un clásico de la modernidad, 'Solaris' de Stanislaw Lem del que nos va a hablar su editor en Impedimenta David Domínguez. Él va a ser nuestro particular Kris Kelvin para contactar con el planeta de los dos soles. Pero además de donarnos el clásico de Lem, David nos trae otros dos libros grandes del género: 'La isla de cemento" de J. G Ballard.( Minotauro) y 'Planetary' de Warren Ellis y John Cassaday. (ECC ediciones).  Antonio Martínez Asensio también nos ha traído, además de 'Solaris' otros tres clásicos de la ciencia ficción:  'El planeta de los simios' de Pierre Boulle (B de Bolsillo), `Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo" Mary Shelley (Penguin Clásicos) y  'Sueñan los androides con ovejas eléctricas' de Philip Dick (Minotauro) . Y todo este material sumamos y reportaje de Severino Donate en la Biblioteca Rector Gabriel Ferrater de la Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya que tiene una de las mayores colecciones de novela de ciencia ficción de España. Y más allá del género tuvimos novedades con Pepe Rubio que trajo 'Dick o la tristeza del sexo' de Kiko Amat (Anagrama) y 'Una obra maestra' de Lorenzo Caudevilla (Dolmen Editorial). El libro perdido que encontró Pascual Donate fue 'Peregrinos:viajes llenos de significado' de Peter Stanford (Crítica). Antonio Martínez Asensio, pluriempleado, nos dejó su entrega de "Un libro, una hora" que esta semana estará dedicada a 'Las ratas' de Miguel Delibes (Destino) . Por último las donaciones de los oyentes que fueron: 'Pintor de luz' de Luis de Valdés (Aliar Ediciones) , 'Lágrimas en la lluvia' de Rosa Montero (Seix Barral)  'El eternauta' de H.G. Oesterheld y Solano López (Planeta Comic)  y 'Promethea" (serie gráfica) de Alan Moore y J. H. Williams III (ECC Ediciones) . 

In 1880, the SS Jeddah was steaming across the Indian Ocean when her captain abandoned ship. He told his rescuers the 1,000 passengers had mutinied and that the ship had sunk. But this was a lie and the case became a cause celebre of British disregard – because the Jeddah's passengers weren't any ordinary passengers. They were Indonesian and Malaysian pilgrims – Muslims on their way to Mecca to perform the Hajj. Join Oswin and Carla and the great writer on religion, Peter Stanford, as we try to understand the mechanics, the money-making and the magic of pilgrimage.It's a tale of technology, of power, of disease and migration. It truly is a tale of our times.

Peter Stanford reflects on the meaning of pilgrimage across world history, considering whether we share anything in common with pilgrims of the past. Speaking with Emily Briffett, he traces different pilgrim routes and shrines across the globe to understand what drove people to undertake long, and often dangerous, holy journeys. (Ad) Peter Stanford is the author of Pilgrimage: Journeys of Meaning (Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2021). Buy it now from Waterstones:https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fpilgrimage%2Fpeter-stanford%2F9780500252413Subscribe to BBC History Magazine or BBC History Revealed this season and receive a book of your choice worth up to £30* at https://www.buysubscriptions.com/subscribe2022Listeners from outside the UK can also subscribe*Book promotion only available for UK residents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosť podcastu: JARO BEKR, tanečník a choreograf Rozprávame sa o Jarovej novej knihe Na toto vás nikto nepripraví – zápisky otca. Trošku prevetráme aj jeho manželku Moniku Hilmerovú...a na oplátku ona povie, ako vidí Jara ako otca a tiež ako manžela. Ako sa Jaro zoznámil s Monikou? A ako mu oznámila, že je s ním tehotná? Ukážku z knihy číta Dado Nagy. Ako v predstavách Jara funguje biznis s detskými hračkami? Ako nakupovali kočík? A prečo nebol pri pôrode? Prečo mal Jaro nočné mory z odsávačky? Ako sa naučili uspávať svoje deti? Ako odnaučiť dieťa od cumlíka? Aj Bekrovci využili ruskú metódu... Časť z výťažku predaja tejto knihy ide pre združenie Jeden rodič. Ďalšie knižné tipy: fantasy hit Skandar a zlodej jednorožcov - viac povie autorka A.F.Steadman + úryvok číta Boris Farkaš Jennifer Probstová o svojej novinke Začiatok niečoho dobrého sexi romanca od Vi Keelandovej Iskra - úryvok číta Lucia Vráblicová skvelý životopis Frida predstaví nemecká autorka Maren Gottschalková odeonka Klára a slnko od japonského autora Ishigura Kazua chutná YA jednohubka Možno je to v nás Púte - Cesty za zmyslom života približuje autor Peter Stanford šéfredaktorka Lucia Hlubeňová odporúča knihu Do hĺbky - svet vo veľrybe Fakty a triky zo sveta vedy pre zvedavcov detská knižka Semienko súcitu od Jeho svätosti dalajlámu nová detská séria Emil Einstein - Prísne tajný vynález

In this podcast series, Spanish Treasure Fleets, we dive deep into the history of the oldest wrecks in the Florida Keys. The first podcast, The Men Who Stole the Stars, is a metaphor for the difference between the academic pursuit of archeology and the profit-driven motives of treasure hunting.  In 1979, Peter Stanford, editor of Sea History, asked George Bass if he would write an article on the difference between archaeology and treasure hunting. Bass began a letter of response and, in the middle, began to turn the letter into a short story to make his point. Since Sea History, that part of his letter has now been published in several other American and Dutch magazines as “The Men Who Stole the Stars.” Except for substituting the word “stars” for “shipwrecks,” everything in the story is based on fact.

Peter Stanford speaks to Emily Briffett about his new book, If These Stones Could Talk, which chronicles his journeys around Britain and Ireland's churches, abbeys, chapels and cathedrals in a quest to understand how religion has defined our past and continues to shape our present. (Ad) Peter Stanford is the author of If These Stones Could Talk: The History of Christianity in Britain and Ireland through Twenty Buildings (Hodder & Stoughton, 2021). Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-viewingguide&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fif-these-stones-could-talk%2Fpeter-stanford%2F9781529396423 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for October 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'If These Stones Could Talk: The History of Christianity in Britain and Ireland through Twenty-One Buildings' with Peter Stanford, 'The Tsarina's Daughter' with Ellen Alpsten, 'The Middle Ages: A Graphic History' with Eleanor Janega and Neil Max Emmanuel, 'Someone Has to Die For This: November 1920 - July 1921' with Derek Molyneux and Darren Kelly and Sinead Mc Coole on Women and the Decade of Commemorations.

Peter Stanford returns to the podcast this week to talk about his new book, If These Stones Could Talk: The history of Christianity in Britain and Ireland through Twenty Buildings (Hodder & Stoughton). It's available to buy from the Church Times Bookshop for the special price of £16. A press release from Hodder says of the book: “In exploring the stories of these buildings that are still so much a part of the landscape, the details of their design, the treasured objects that are housed within them, the people who once stood in their pulpits and those who sat in their pews, he builds century by century the narrative of what Christianity has meant to the nations of the British Isles, how it is reflected in the relationship between rulers and ruled, and the sense it gives about who we are and how we live with each other.” Try 10 issues of the Church Times for £10 or get two months access to our website and apps, also for £10. Go to churchtimes.co.uk/new-reader.

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for June 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'Pilgrimage' with Peter Stanford, 'Captain Francisco de Cuellar' with Francis Kelly, 'Women and the Irish Revolution' with Linda Connolly, 'Mixing It: Diversity in WW2 Britain' with Wendy Webster and 'Revolutionary' with Tom Holland.

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for May 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'Angels: A Visible and Invisible History' with Peter Stanford, 'Foundations: How the Built Environment Made Twentieth Century Britain' with Sam Wetherell, 'U-Boat Commander Oskar Kusch' with Eric C Rust, 'Rome is Burning: Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty' with Anthony A Barrett and 'A Prince and a Spy' with Rory Clements.

„Ce este Biblia? Cum a apărut? Cum a fost citită de evrei și de creștini? Cartea lui John Barton ne oferă răspunsurile, condensând munți de informație într-o lucrare foarte accesibilă chiar și pentru cei care nu știu nimic despre toate acestea.“ — BART D. EHRMAN „Extraordinar de bine scris, ca un frumos jurnal de călătorie, volumul acesta aruncă lumină asupra unei cărți socotite de mulți un capitol încheiat. Cu intuiție, sensibilitate și profunzime, Barton desferecă acest leviatan adormit al culturii, creând o capodoperă. Dacă ar fi eliberată din veșmântul ei strâmt și lăsată să fie ea însăși, Biblia și-ar putea face iar auzit glasul răsunător într-o epocă a scepticismului. Cartea lui Barton m-a convins că acest lucru este cu putință.“ — PETER STANFORD, The Sunday Times „John Barton a scris o lucrare înțeleaptă și foarte rațională despre o carte care a insuflat atât înțelepciune, cât și nebunie. Este o piatră de hotar în domeniu și va face mult bine.“ — DIARMAID MACCULLOCH „Credința că Biblia este «cuvântul lui Dumnezeu păstrat neatins» predomină în multe Biserici creștine, însă Barton – printr-o operă senină și savantă – îndrăznește să pună sub semnul întrebării această pretenție.“ — RICHARD HOLLOWAY, The Spectator „Barton este o călăuză foarte sigură pe sine. O carte serioasă pentru cititori serioși. Aici vor găsi tot ce își doresc și chiar mai mult, totul înfățișat cu luciditate și bine explicat.“ — Literary Review „Mai mult decât importantă. Această carte foarte bine scrisă și întemeiată trebuie citită de predicatori, de profesori și de toți cei care îi rezervă Bibliei un loc însemnat în religia lor.“ — ANTHONY PHILLIPS, Church Times „John Barton… este înzestrat cu darul explicației limpezi și al analizei contextului cultural, iar cartea se citește pe nerăsuflate…“ — The Times

In this edition Adrian Plass "Pushes the Limits", Willie Wright promotes Frances Ridley Havergall, Malcom Guite introduces a series about "I am" sayings, and Michael Berkeley quizzes Peter Stanford on Angels.

In this episode Michael Berkeley talks to Peter Stanford about his interest in Prison Reform, and also about child abuse within the Catholic church. Willie Wright discusses Charles Wesley's hymns, and Adrian Plass examines how we can help the helpless. We also hear the final part of Matthew Robertson's talk to the Pitlochry Guild about his life as a Parish Minister.

Listen again to Heartland FM weekly religious programme, Heart & Soul, this week featuring Peter Stanford, Willie Wright, Adrian Plass and Matthew Robertson.

Another episode from Heartland FM, the voice of Highland Perthshire. Michael Berkeley talks to Peter Stanford about Guardian Angels, Adrian Plass reads a chapter from his book "The Unlocking", Willie Wright talks about Henry Lyte (composer of "Abide with me") and Rev Matthew Robertson describes his time as an Army Chaplain in Ireland. Between each item there is music, chosen and presented by Howard Simpson.

For more than 20 years, in more than 20 books, Peter Stanford has grappled with religious belief. Starting with a book called Catholics and Sex, he’s gone on to write the lives of Martin Luther and Cardinal Hume, and the biography of the campaigning Catholic Lord Longford; he’s published books about the devil, about heaven, and most recently – a fascinating book about angels. They’re works which mix history, theology, literature and art history – and some really honest and funny personal stories; because although he was brought up a Catholic, he says he’s the kind of church-goer who always wants to jump up and argue with the sermon. In conversation with Michael Berkeley, Peter Stanford reflects on his Liverpool childhood, and the challenges his mother faced living with MS. He talks about his commitment to prison reform, and his belief in the importance of rehabilitation, even for those who have committed appalling crimes. And he reflects on why so many people believe in angels, even when they say they don’t believe in God or any organised religion. Peter has never seen an angel himself; but at the end of the programme he does tell an extraordinary story about being touched by the supernatural. Music choices include Hildegard of Bingen, Jacqueline du Pre playing Bach, Mozart’s Exultate Jubilate, the political protest singer Harry Chapin, and Jennifer Johnston singing a song that resonates now: “You’ll Never Walk Alone”. Produced by Elizabeth Burke A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 3

The Auckland Writers Festival Winter Series will be streaming live and free-to-view on the Festival’s YouTube and Facebook channels, and then available as a video or podcast via our soundcloud, iTunes or our website. Episode Six features: OLIVIA HAYFIELD (England / Aotearoa New Zealand) Writer and editor Sue Copsey has released her first adult novel under the pseudonym Olivia Hayfield. Wife After Wife is a humorous modern take on the life and marriages of Henry VIII - in this version, Harry Rose, a 21st century womanising media mogul. PETER STANFORD (England) Journalist Peter Stanford’s latest book, Angels: A Visible and Invisible Mystery, is a thought-provoking and entertaining look at the origins of angels in religion, history, psychology and wider culture. previous books include biographies of Pope Joan, Judas, the devil, and Martin Luther, he regularly writes on religion and ethics for newspapers and the BBC. ELIZABETH KNOX (Aotearoa New Zealand) Elizabeth Knox is the author of 13 novels, three novellas and a collection of essays. Her latest, The Absolute Book, is a widely acclaimed epic novel that moves between real and fantasy worlds. She won several major Book Awards for The Vintner’s Luck and Dreamquake, and was granted an ONZM in this year's Queen’s Birthday Honours. HOST: PAULA MORRIS (Aotearoa New Zealand)Paula Morris (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Whātua) is an award-winning fiction writer and essayist. The 2019 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellow, she teaches creative writing at The University of Auckland, sits on the Māori Literature Trust and is the founder of the Academy of NZ Literature. This series provides an opportunity to champion New Zealand and international books that were to feature at our cancelled May Festival, we encourage you to support writers and NZ publishers and booksellers by purchasing featured books. Order via our Festival bookseller. #awfwinterseries

New Generation Thinker Catherine Fletcher and Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones join Rana Mitter to discuss how women's stories have shaped art and advertising from the baroque painter Artemesia Gentileschi to the suffragettes promoting boot polish in 20th-century England. And against the backdrop of the Me Too movement, Rana hears how the best-selling novel Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 became a rallying cry for young women in south Korea. Catherine Fletcher's new book about the Italian Renaissance peels back the glittering art of the period to discover the political and military turmoil beneath while Jonathan Jones tells the story of Artemesia Gentileschi who channeled the trauma of her rape at 17 into a body of powerful and challenging work. Cho Nam-Joo's novel, translated by Jamie Chang, raises questions about misogyny and discrimination in today's Korea. Rana visits the Art of Advertising exhibition at the Bodleian Library with curator Julie-Ann Lambert and Selina Todd, professor of modern history at Oxford University, where he explores how female buying power and social mobility transformed the consumer market. Catherine Fletcher's book is called The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance. Jonathan Jones has written a biography called Artemisia Gentileschi (Lives of the Artists). An exhibition of her work runs at the National Gallery in London from 4th April to 26th July. The Art of Advertising runs at the Bodleian Library in Oxford until August 31st. Admission is free. Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo is translated by Jamie Chang. Selina Todd's books include The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class, and Tastes of Honey: the making of Shelagh Delaney and a cultural revolution. New Generation Thinkers is a scheme run by the BBC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to put academic research on the radio. You can find a collection of programmes and podcasts on the Free Thinking programme website called New Research https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03zws90 Also in the archives you can download a Free Thinking Landmark on The Prince with Catherine Fletcher with Sarah Dunant, Gisela Stuart and Erica Benner debating Machiavelli's ideas https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08h0l9j and Breaking Free - Martin Luther’s Revolution is debated by Peter Stanford, Ulinka Rublack and Diarmaid MacCulloch hosted by Anne McElvoy at LSE https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08nf02y Producer: Paula McGinley

Peter Stanford explores the historical, cultural and theological significance of angels. Recorded at St Paul's Cathedral on 1 December 2019.

This week, Ed Thornton speaks to the writer and broadcaster Peter Stanford about his new book, Angels: A Visible and invisible history, published by Hodder. The book looks at the origins of angels in religious thought and asks why, in a secular age, they remain more compelling and comforting to many than God. You can buy the book at the Church House Bookshop for the offer price of £16 – go to chbookshophymnsam.co.uk or call 020 7799 4064.

In this week’s books podcast Sam talks to Peter Stanford, author of Angels: A Visible and Invisible History. Why is it that, according to some polls, more people believe in angels than believe in God? Peter takes us on a tour through history, theology and literature to find how the winged cherubs on our Christmas cards got there, and why they look as they do. Along the way he addresses some of the vital questions. Do angels have wings — and if so, how many? What are they made of — light, or compressed air? Are they above or below humans in the hierarchy of creation? Which is the friendliest archangel: Michael, Gabriel or Raphael? And how many can dance on the head of a pin? Presented by Sam Leith.

In this week’s books podcast Sam talks to Peter Stanford, author of Angels: A Visible and Invisible History. Why is it that, according to some polls, more people believe in angels than believe in God? Peter takes us on a tour through history, theology and literature to find how the winged cherubs on our Christmas cards got there, and why they look as they do. Along the way he addresses some of the vital questions. Do angels have wings — and if so, how many? What are they made of — light, or compressed air? Are they above or below humans in the hierarchy of creation? Which is the friendliest archangel: Michael, Gabriel or Raphael? And how many can dance on the head of a pin? Presented by Sam Leith.

There are more than 10,000 graveyards associated with the Church of England and more than half are managed solely because of their natural historical significance. Bob Walker met Professor Stefan Buczacki who explains why Churchyards are so important and why their Eco system needs preserving. The spotlight is on London this week as violent crime rises month by month. Pastor Tobi Adegboyega, is a senior pastor at SPAC Nation church in the capital. He talks to Edward Stourton about strategies his church is employing to help reduce violence on the streets. Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders have joined forces to call for a policy limiting benefits to families with more than two children to be scrapped. The Bishop of Chelmsford, Stephen Cottrell is one of the 60 Church of England Bishops who signed a letter to the Times this week. The author and journalist Peter Stanford has been interviewing politicians and people in the public eye about their faith and beliefs for over 35 years. He explores why conversations about faith tend to be uncomfortable, even confrontational, and thus instinctively avoided. Between Manchester's Victoria station and the Co-op's new glassy energy-efficient building lies a red brick building, 150 years old and a monument to Victorian philanthropy. The area is earmarked for a major redevelopment programme - Rosie Dawson looks at what this might mean for the building and the people it serves. This Sunday a documentary on Channel 4, "Jesus' Female Disciples: The new Evidence" looks at the role of women in the early church. Theologians, Helen Bond and Tina Beattie examine the role women played then and now. Producers: Carmel Lonergan Louise Clarke-Rowbotham Editor: Christine Morgan Photo Credit: Felicity Price-Smith.

What do Nick Cave, Delia Smith, Michael Gove, and Caron Armstrong have in common? They have all been interviewed by Peter Stanford, the Roman Catholic journalist and biographer. On the podcast this week, Ed Thornton interviews Peter Stanford on his new book, What We Talk About When We Talk About Faith published by Hodder. It features a collection of 44 interviews with high-profile figures, who talk unguardedly about faith.

Martin Luther is undeniably one of the people who made the modern world. He risked his life to challenge the corruption and complacency of the late medieval church, and in doing so both changed the political face of Europe and liberated believers to pursue their faith based on scripture and conscience. On the 500th anniversary of Luther nailing his 95 theses to the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Peter Stanford will examine this complex, often charismatic man of God, his legacy, and the myths that have grown up around him. Peter Stanford is a writer, journalist and broadcaster. Formerly Editor of the Catholic Herald, his books include Judas: the Troubling History of the Renegade Apostle (Hodder 2015) and Martin Luther, Catholic Dissident (Hodder 2017). Recorded 1 October 2017.

This shorter version contains just the talk with no introduction or Q&A. Martin Luther is undeniably one of the people who made the modern world. He risked his life to challenge the corruption and complacency of the late medieval church, and in doing so both changed the political face of Europe and liberated believers to pursue their faith based on scripture and conscience. On the 500th anniversary of Luther nailing his 95 theses to the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Peter Stanford examines this complex, often charismatic man of God, his legacy, and the myths that have grown up around him. Recorded 1 October 2017.

Peter Stanford, Ulinka Rublack and Diarmaid MacCulloch join Anne McElvoy to explore the question Martin Luther - Fundamentalist, Reactionary or Enlightened Creator of the Modern World? The discussion was recorded in front of an audience at theLiterary Festival for Radio 3's Breaking Free series of programmes exploring Martin Luther's Revolution. 500 years ago Martin Luther launched the Protestant Reformation when he nailed a sheet of paper to the door of a church in a small university town in Germany. That sheet and the incendiary ideas it contained flared up into religious persecution and war, eventually burning a huge hole through 16th century Christendom. And yet the man who sparked this revolution has somehow been lost in the glare of events. Peter Stanford is the author of a new biography of Luther Ulinka Rublack is the author of Reformation Europe Diarmaid MacCulloch's most recent book is All Things Made New - Writings on the Reformation Producer Zahid Warley.

Lucas Cranach the Elder (c. 1472 – 16 October 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is known for his portraits, both of German princes and those of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation, whose cause he embraced with enthusiasm, becoming a close friend of Martin Luther. He also painted religious subjects, first in the Catholic tradition, and later trying to find new ways of conveying Lutheran religious concerns in art. He continued throughout his career to paint nude subjects drawn from mythology and religion. He had a large workshop and many works exist in different versions; his son Lucas Cranach the Younger, and others, continued to create versions of his father's works for decades after his death. Lucas Cranach the Elder has been considered the most successful German artist of his time. Peter Stanford is a writer, biographer, journalist, and broadcaster. Peter’s new book,

As the Church marks 500 years since the Protestant reformation, Catholic broadcaster and author Peter Stanford tells Sam Hailes why Martin Luther matters today. Peter also explains why he's a Catholic, how he got into journalism and what happened when he went to visit Myra Hindley in prison. Peter's latest book Martin Luther: Catholic Dissident (Hodder & Stoughton) is out now.

Did you know Martin Luther King was named after the Reformer Martin Luther? In this clip from Premier Christian Radio’s ‘The Profile’, Catholic journalist and writer Peter Stanford tells Sam Hailes why he’s written a biography of Martin Luther. Peter Stanford is a journalist, broadcaster and author of Martin Luther: Catholic Dissident (Hodder & Stoughton).

This week we speak to the historian Peter Stanford about his new book - published exactly 500 years after the Reformation began - a biography of Martin Luther.

On Start the Week Andrew Marr looks back 500 years to the moment Martin Luther challenged the power and authority of the Catholic Church. Peter Stanford brings to light the character of this lowly born German monk in a new biography. Prior to Luther, for a thousand years the Catholic Church had been one of the greatest powers on earth, but in her study of the Italian Renaissance the writer Sarah Dunant reveals how bloated, corrupt and complacent it had become. Dunant also explores the role of the Church in the home, in a new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Madonnas and Miracles, before the Reformation swept away such iconography. The historian Alec Ryrie charts the rise of the Protestant faith from its rebellious beginnings to the present day, while the sociologist Linda Woodhead asks whether the defining characteristics of Protestant Britain, such as the freedom of the individual, national pride and a strong work ethic are still relevant today. Producer: Katy Hickman Image: Boy falling from a window, 1592 (c) Museo degli ex voto del santuario di Madonna dell'Arco.

Its 500 years since the German friar, Martin Luther, challenged the authority of the Pope and sparked the Reformation. The violent upheavals that followed have tended to obscure his character, his beliefs and his legacy. Nowadays when we think of him we usually conjure up the image of a jowly zealot. To uncover a truer likeness Anne McElvoy was joined at the London School of Economics by Luther's latest biographer, Peter Stanford and the historians, Diarmaid MacCulloch and Ulinka Rublack -- was he a fundamentalist reactionary or the enlightened creator of our modern world.Producer: Zahid Warley

Matthew Sweet joins curator Katy Barron and three photographers, Wolfgang Suschitzky, Dorothy Bohm and Neil Libbert, all now over 75, to explore a show that offers an account of the twentieth century seen through their eyes. Still image then gives way to the moving image as Matthew considers what the much heralded new Carry On film may have to offer and what the original films tell us about the historical and social context from which they emerged. To ponder both the old and the new in Carry Ons he's joined by actress Jacki Piper, film historian Graham McCann and screenwriter David McGillivray. And author and former editor of the Catholic Herald Peter Stanford considers the role of relics as a bone fragment believed to come from St Thomas Becket travels from Hungary to be displayed at Canterbury.Unseen London, Paris, New York 1930s-60s: Photographs by Wolfgang Suschitzky, Dorothy Bohm and Neil Libbert is at the Ben Uri Gallery in London from May 20th to August 27th. Dorothy Bohm also has work on show at the Jewish Museum in London looking at Sixties London from 28 April - 29 August 2016Between 1958 and 1992 there were 31 Carry On films made. Plans have been announced at Cannes to make a series of new films. The fragment of bone is the centrepiece of a week-long pilgrimage in London and Kent. Peter Stanford is the author of books about Judas, the Devil, Cardinal Hume, Catholics and Sex, Heaven, A Life of Christ. Producer: Zahid Warley

The question of what happens after we die is central to the world's faith traditions. How has the belief in an afterlife developed across the religions? And what does Heaven mean to people of faith today? Ernie Rea discusses the concept of the afterlife with Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies; Dr Shuruq Naguib, lecturer in Islamic Studies at Lancaster University; and the writer and broadcaster Peter Stanford. Producer: Amanda Hancox.

The question of what happens after we die is central to the world's faith traditions. How has the belief in an afterlife developed across the religions? And what does Heaven mean to people of faith today? Ernie Rea discusses the concept of the afterlife with Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies; Dr Shuruq Naguib, lecturer in Islamic Studies at Lancaster University; and the writer and broadcaster Peter Stanford. Producer: Amanda Hancox.

Medicine Unboxed 2015 MORTALITY looked at life and death and the lines that separate them. We will marvel at how molecules are arranged into life and examine other beginnings and endings, of the universe and how all nature folds and unfolds in time. We will wonder about time. We will hear the sounds of loss and grief and recovery and how death is felt in war, in hospital, in our homes and fields. We will see medicine’s hand raised against death and suffering and explore its duties to the living and dying. We will ask what a life costs and what it is worth. We will look at social and cultural differences in the experience of death, how immortality is conceived in mythology and sought in technology, our pursuit of the afterlife, and how fact and imagination meet in our encounter with death.

Philip Dodd considers violence in culture with crime writer Frances Fyfield, historian Professor Richard Bessel, Forensic Psychiatrist Mayura Deshpande, and writer Peter Stanford

This is the Holy Week; the time when Christians remember the events leading up to the trial and execution of Jesus of Nazareth. It came to a climax on a Cross on a hillside outside Jerusalem, when Jesus laid down his life, according to Christian belief, as an atonement for the sins of the world. He was a scapegoat, an innocent man who suffered the punishment which by rights should have been ours. The scapegoat motif has resounded throughout history. Jews, held responsible for Christ's death, have been made scapegoats right up to the present day. The scapegoat is nearly always "the other;" the stranger who can be made to bear the responsibility for the problems the rest of us don't want to own. Joining Ernie Rea to discuss the Scapegoat are Rabbi Dan Cohn Sherbok, Professor Emeritus of Judaism at the University of Wales: Sharon Dirix, Tutor at the Centre for Christian Apologetics at Oxford; and Peter Stanford, writer and broadcaster whose latest book on Judas came out last week. Producer: Rosie Dawson.

This is the Holy Week; the time when Christians remember the events leading up to the trial and execution of Jesus of Nazareth. It came to a climax on a Cross on a hillside outside Jerusalem, when Jesus laid down his life, according to Christian belief, as an atonement for the sins of the world. He was a scapegoat, an innocent man who suffered the punishment which by rights should have been ours. The scapegoat motif has resounded throughout history. Jews, held responsible for Christ's death, have been made scapegoats right up to the present day. The scapegoat is nearly always "the other;" the stranger who can be made to bear the responsibility for the problems the rest of us don't want to own. Joining Ernie Rea to discuss the Scapegoat are Rabbi Dan Cohn Sherbok, Professor Emeritus of Judaism at the University of Wales: Sharon Dirix, Tutor at the Centre for Christian Apologetics at Oxford; and Peter Stanford, writer and broadcaster whose latest book on Judas came out last week. Producer: Rosie Dawson.

On Start the Week Tom Sutcliffe discusses shame and betrayal. Jennifer Jacquet argues that modern-day shaming of corporations is a powerful tool to bring about change. However Jon Ronson believes too many lives have been devastated by public shaming and ridicule. Judas is a name synonymous with betrayal but Peter Stanford asks whether in the 21st century he has become the ultimate scapegoat? Arthur Miller's play All My Sons is a classic tale of family, loyalty, guilt, and betrayal and is brought to the stage by the artistic director of Talawa, Michael Buffong. Producer: Katy Hickman.

The world has a new horror: Ukraine. This week, the Telegram talks to foreign correspondent David Blair in Kiev, where he tells us that the bloodshed and fighting suggests a country on the brink of civil war. Janet Daley and Peter Oborne argue over what the West should do – or if, even, it has the moral responsibility to do anything at all. Peter Oborne warns that we could be involving ourselves in a conflict that is beyond the usual paradigm of good vs evil. Also, Peter joins Peter Stanford to debate the church/state clash over benefits. Can a Christian vote Conservative and still go to Heaven...?

Current AP Top 25: http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings Pick division winners and conference champions American Athletic champion Peter: LOUISVILLE Joel: LOUISVILLE ACC champion Peter: FLORIDA STATE vs Miami Joel: CLEMSON vs Miami PAC-12 champion Peter: STANFORD vs UCLA Joel: OREGON vs UCLA Big 10 champion Peter: OHIO STATE vs Nebraska Joel: OHIO STATE vs Nebraska Big 12 champion The post NCAA Football 2013 Predictions appeared first on Down the Sidelines.

With Mark Lawson. Director Joe Wright, whose film credits include Atonement and Anna Karenina, makes his stage debut with a new production of Pinero's Trelawny of the Wells. Described as Pinero's love letter to theatre, the play pokes fun at the cliches associated with life on the stage. Writer and comedian Viv Groskop gives her verdict. Broadchurch and Mayday are two new TV thriller series starting next week. In Broadchurch, David Tennant and Olivia Colman star as detectives in a small coastal town trying to understand what lay behind the death of a young boy whose body was found at the foot of a cliff. Mayday has a similar theme, as a small community tries to find out what happened to a 14 year old who vanished without trace. Crime writer Dreda Say Mitchell and crime fiction specialist Jeff Park review the two series. Veteran American short story writer Edith Pearlman has received great acclaim for her new collection, Binocular Vision. The stories span 40 years of writing, with settings including tsarist Russia and London during the Blitz. Edith Pearlman discusses the appeal of the short form. As Pope Benedict XVI enjoys his last full day in office before retiring on Thursday, writer Peter Stanford considers the papacy in fiction from Morris West's bestseller The Shoes Of The Fisherman to the bio-pics of the short life of Pope Joan. Producer Ellie Bury.

Novelist, poet and musician Amit Chaudhuri joins Samira Ahmed to discuss his latest book which reflects on his relationship with Calcutta. Clifford Longley and Peter Stanford discuss the unexpected resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. Susannah Clapp joins us for a first-night review of Robert Lepage's Playing Cards 1: Spades, the latest production by one of theatre's boldest and most innovative directors. And former Whitehall insider Gill Bennett lifts the lid on the workings of British foreign policy.

In the first of a new series, Ernie Rea and guests discuss the Christian understanding of Hell. Hell appears in several mythologies and religions as a place of suffering and punishment after death, but it is Christianity which has lent it its most vivid imagery. The Christian understanding of hell grew out of the Jewish concept of Sheol, a shadowy abode of the dead. Jesus used graphic images to describe hell which were further elaborated by the early church wrestling under persecution with the question of how a Just God could permit such suffering. That the Evil will be eternally punished was one answer to this dilemma, although there has always been a minority strain within Christianity arguing that eternal hell is incompatible with the workings of a loving God. Joining Ernie to discuss hell are the Catholic writer and commentator, Peter Stanford, lecturer in patristic theology at Exeter University, Morwenna Ludlow, and lecturer at Oakhill theological college Daniel Strange.

In the first of a new series, Ernie Rea and guests discuss the Christian understanding of Hell. Hell appears in several mythologies and religions as a place of suffering and punishment after death, but it is Christianity which has lent it its most vivid imagery. The Christian understanding of hell grew out of the Jewish concept of Sheol, a shadowy abode of the dead. Jesus used graphic images to describe hell which were further elaborated by the early church wrestling under persecution with the question of how a Just God could permit such suffering. That the Evil will be eternally punished was one answer to this dilemma, although there has always been a minority strain within Christianity arguing that eternal hell is incompatible with the workings of a loving God. Joining Ernie to discuss hell are the Catholic writer and commentator, Peter Stanford, lecturer in patristic theology at Exeter University, Morwenna Ludlow, and lecturer at Oakhill theological college Daniel Strange.

Is the pope wading into troubled waters in his relations with Jews? Plus, an important anniversary for female rabbis. Jason is joined in the studio by Peter Stanford and Miriam Berger