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Rev Don Cupitt, Phyllis Dalton, Cecile Richards, Michael Longley

Matthew Bannister on theologian Reverend Don Cupitt, costume designer Phyllis Dalton, activist Cecile Richards and poet Michael Longley.

Matthew Bannister on

The Reverend Don Cupitt, the controversial theologian whose TV series 鈥淭he Sea of Faith鈥 asked in what form - if any - is Christian faith possible for us today?

Phyllis Dalton, the Oscar winning costume designer who worked on classic films, including 鈥淟awrence of Arabia鈥, 鈥淒octor Zhivago鈥 and 鈥淥liver!鈥.

Cecile Richards, the American activist who campaigned for women鈥檚 right to have abortions.

Michael Longley, the Northern Irish poet whose subjects included love, war and the natural world.

Interviewee: Professor Catherine Pickstock
Interviewee: Alexander Ballinger
Interviewee: Laura Kusisto
Interviewee: Paul Muldoon

Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies

Archive used:

Sea of Faith, 大象传媒 TWO, 12/09/1984; Thinking Aloud: Religion, 大象传媒 TWO, 22/12/1985; Don Cupitt on the non-realist position on God, Podcast 20:, The Middle Way Society, YouTube 12/04/2014; Doctor Zhivago film promo, Warner Bros, 1965; Oliver! Film promo, (1968), Sony Pictures Entertainment, YouTube 07/10/2021; Phyllis Dalton, The British Entertainment History Project, www.historyproject.org.uk, 11/02/2000; Championing Choice, The Thread Documentary Series, Life Stories. 17/06/2022; Hundreds protest at Planned Parenthood, WPRI, YouTube 22/08/2015; Cecile Richards, Life Stories, YouTube uploaded 12/10/2022; Protesters outside Louisville's Planned Parenthood, Courier Journal, 22/08/2015; Letters to a Young Poet: Michael Longley, 大象传媒 Radio 3, 15/01/2014; Poet Michael Longley reads "Wounds" in UCD Library, University College Dublin Library, UCD YouTube Channel 16/08/2016; Michael Longley, "Ceasefire", The Arts Show, 大象传媒 TWO, 12/03/2014; Michael Longley interview, Where Poems Come From, 大象传媒, 11/02/2024; Michael Longley, The Culture Cafe, 大象传媒 Radio 4, 18/02/2024

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