Richard Holloway
Season 7, Episode 10
Author of over a dozen books and the former Bishop of Edinburgh, Richard Holloway joins Robin and Josie to talk about his latest book, Waiting for the Last Bus: Reflections on Life and Death. They chat about dealing with death, faith, great last words, inspiring poetry, Graham Greene, Viktor Frankel and much more.
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Reading List
Richard recommends:
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
The Last of the Just by Andre Schwarz-Bart
The Bible
The poetry of Philip Larkin
The Book of Job
Aubade by Philip Larkin
The work of Alan
Alan Bennett’s diaries
The poetry of Kathleen Raine
Robin recommends:
Godless Morality by Richard Holloway
Between the Monster and the Saint by Richard Holloway
Waiting for the Last Bus by Richard Holloway
Leaving Alexandria by Richard Holloway
Psychiatric Tales by Daryl Cunningham
Supercrash by Daryl Cunningham
A Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Anger, Sex, Doubt and Death by Richard Holloway
Love After Love by Derek Walcott
Josie recommends:
Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut
The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Women Poets edited by Jeni Couzyn
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