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Beyond BeliefConsciousnessGiles Fraser explores Dr. Iain McGilchrist’s brain hemisphere theory, which argues that the left and right hemispheres of the brain perceive the world in radically different ways—and that modern society has become dangerously dominated by the left hemisphere’s analytical, fragmented, and controlling mode of thought. He describes how the two hemispheres of the brain perceive reality in fundamentally different ways. The left hemisphere, he argues, sees a fragmented, abstract world—focused on control and acquisition—while the right hemisphere perceives a flowing, interconnected reality, rich in context, meaning, and mystery. We unpack this theory with our p...
2025-10-2127 minBeyond BeliefPrison ConversionsIn this episode of Beyond Belief, Giles Fraser explores the deeply personal and often transformative phenomenon of religious conversion in prison. From heroin addiction and violence to spiritual awakening, we hear the raw and powerful testimony of Tony Winter, whose journey to faith began behind bars & Maliki Clique aka Ali Abdul Raheem, a former US inmate whose conversion to Islam during incarceration reshaped his life and message to over 700,000 TikTok followers. Panellists Pastor Mick Fleming who leads the Church On The Street ministry based in Burnley, researcher Alex Beaumont from the University of Law, Manchester, psychotherapist Jackie Oglethorpe who's...
2025-10-2127 minBeyond BeliefFaith versus FearGiles Fraser delves into the moral and theological tensions surrounding immigration, asking whether Christian faith leads to exclusion or radical inclusion. British politician and prominent catholic Ann Widdecombe opens with a candid reflection on the limits of national capacity and the need for fair rules, citing scripture to support her belief in prioritizing care for one’s family and community. The discussion broadens with insights from Journalist & Historian Tim Stanley, human rights advocate Yasmin Halima, and Theos researcher George Lapshynov, who presents data showing Christians are more hostile toward immigration than the general public. The panel explores the biblical im...
2025-09-2327 min
Start Into A Uplifting Full Audiobook On A Rainy Day.A Song of Sacrifice by Savannah GilesPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/255986to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Song of Sacrifice
Author: Savannah Giles
Narrator: Kate Fraser, Vic Fraser
Format: mp3
Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
Release date: 05-22-25
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings
Genres: Fantasy
Publisher's Summary:
Once upon a time, there was a powerful witch who ran away from her grandmother. The grandmother sent out bloodhunters to find her, but she enchanted a cherry red cloak to mask her blood's scent. Not too far away, there was a big, bad Lycan who had one drink too many. Blurry visions of a woman in red...
2025-05-225h 57Beyond BeliefCultural ReligiosityGiles Fraser meets columnist Giles Coren, who was raised in the Jewish tradition, became an atheist and who now feels at home in a Christian church, to explore what it means to be culturally religious.Is cultural religiosity an oxymoron and totally untenable? Is it on the rise or has it always been there? Is it damaging to traditional religious practices? And, does it really matter?To examine these questions, Giles is joined by:
Michael Rosen, author and poet, known for his work exploring humanism and atheism. He has co-written a book, "What is Humanism...
2025-04-2227 minBeyond BeliefClaiming ChristianityGiles Fraser meets the Revd Canon Fr Phil Harris, of the Anglican Church in North America, to discuss defending Britain’s Christian heritage.Christianity has been deployed as a tool by those who have been labelled as far-right by their opponents, or by people supporting far-right views. Is right-wing appropriation of the faith a problem that needs solving and what issues does this claim to Christianity pose? To explore Giles is joined by:Dr Maria Power, Senior Research Fellow in Human Dignity at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford and a Research Fellow at the Centre fo...
2025-04-1527 minBeyond BeliefMixed BlessingsGiles Fraser and guests hear from novelist and opinion writer Lisa Solod on her negative experience of marrying outside of her Jewish faith, and from Amy and Takbir, on how they navigate marriage between a Christian and Muslim. What if your Mr or Mrs Right doesn't share your religious tradition and values? Is interfaith marriage a problem? And, what are religious traditions doing in an increasingly liberal, secular society to help couples navigate mixed relationships? To explore Giles is joined by:
Eleanor Nesbitt, a Professor in Religions and Education at Warwick University, a Quaker who...
2025-04-0127 min
Should I Delete That?Ozempic: miracle or myth? ... with Dr Giles YeoIt’s time to address the elephant in the room - Ozempic. We know that Ozempic will change - and is already changing - the body image landscape. There is so much noise online, in the media and in our personal lives about the so called ‘miracle’ drug - so we decided to call in the help of an expert, to clear up the myths from the facts. Dr Giles Yeo is a professor at the University of Cambridge, whose research focuses on food intake, genetics and obesity. We got him in the studio t...
2025-02-201h 02Beyond BeliefThe Religion of DetectionGiles Fraser and guests hear from authors of detective fiction, Kate Charles and Martin Edwards, on the subtle ways they weave faith into the crime puzzles in their novels. Why is religious detective fiction so popular in our increasingly secular society? Did the detective replace the priest as the one who looked into the mysteries of life and battled with good and evil? Why do religion and detective fiction share so many noble pursuits in common? And, what is it about the detective genre that lends itself to such deep ethical and spiritual questions? To...
2024-12-3127 minBeyond BeliefReligious FreedomGiles Fraser meets Stephen Schneck, Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, to explore the impact of globalisation on religious freedom.Restrictions on religious freedom are increasing. What impact has the spread of religious traditions had on freedom of belief? How does the secularisation of religion contribute? Should states be forced to adopt norms of religious rights and freedoms to meet international pressure? And what can be done about the perceived threat communities feel when they are exposed to other religions?To discuss Giles is joined by HRH Prince Khalid bin Bandar...
2024-12-0527 min
Jewish Mother MeSeries 4 - Episode 2: The Joy Of Mixed BlessingsJournalist and Christian priest Giles Fraser has a Jewish wife, and their children are being raised in both traditions. Giles shares with us the blessings of this blended life
2024-09-1628 min
The Country House PodcastWalled Kitchen Gardens With Giles Godfrey (Harvest Special Part 1) | 43Giles Godfrey from Keythorpe Hall in Leicestershire joins Geoff and Rory in the first part of a Harvest Special to discuss walled kitchen gardens. You can learn more about Keythorpe Hall at https://www.keythorpehall.co.uk/Remember to send questions for our Q&A episodes to admin@thecountryhousepodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-09-1040 minBeyond BeliefThe Gift of the GardenIn her poem 'God's Garden', Dorothy Frances Gurney writes:'One is nearer God’s heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on earth.’Join Giles Fraser and a panel of green-fingered guests as they gather together at the Aga Khan Centre in Kings Cross to reflect on the theological significance of gardens and gardening.From Eden and Gethsemane, to the ancient Islamic gardens of Andalusia, to the Japanese Gardens of Zen Buddhism; temples to churchyards, these sacred zones have been places of solace and reflection for millennia; places of life and death, of peac...
2024-08-2027 minBeyond BeliefReligion in the therapy roomGiles Fraser explores the parallels and overlaps between spirituality/religion and psychotherapy. Professor Josh Cohen is a psychotherapist, who believes that God can be a problematic figure in the therapy room.Joining the discussion with Giles is Dr Jeremy Holmes, British Psychiatrist and author of -The Spirit of Psychotherapy- which examines the parallels, contrasts, and overlaps between the secular world of psychotherapy and the realm of spirituality. Dr Rania Awaad; Stanford University Professor, Psychiatry, Islamic Law & Theology. And Canon Leanne Roberts; Church of England priest and psychotherapist (Jungian) Dean of Clergy well-being for the Diocese...
2024-08-1327 minBeyond BeliefA Suffering GodGiles Fraser hears about the revolutionary ideas of late theologian Jürgen Moltmann, whose work challenged and transformed Christian ideas of God in the twentieth century.Hamburg, July 1943. The combined might of the Allies rains bombs down on the city causing a catastrophic firestorm. A young German anti-aircraft bomber cries out to God in the midst of devastation. He would go on to be one of the most important Christian theologians of the twentieth century.Giles Fraser recounts how he first started to develop his ideas at a Prisoner of War camp in Scotland after t...
2024-08-0627 minBeyond BeliefWine of the GodsGiles Fraser explores the place of wine in some religious traditions, as the blood of Christ, the nectar of the Greek Gods or Persian poets, to something forbidden or proscribed.We start on a balmy evening in Napa Valley, with a sea breeze blowing through the vines at Marinda Kruger's vineyard. For her, life as a viticulturalist has an intimate connection to her faith. Gisela H Kreglinger, theologian from a wine-making family, Catholic Priest, Father Marc Lyden-Smith and Muhammad Ali Mojaradi, translator of the Persian Sufi poets under the moniker Persian Poetics on social media...
2024-07-3027 minBeyond BeliefSpreading the WordStreet evangelist Marios Kaikitis tells Giles Fraser why he stands on Leicester Square with a sketch board trying to engage passers by with his message of Jesus Christ. And Giles explores how different religious groups, within Christianity and Islam, evangelise today. Perhaps crucially, does it work?He's joined by Daryl A Watson, a mission leader at the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, also known as the Mormon church, Dr Shuruq Naguib, a lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Lancaster University and Reverend Dr Hannah Steele, Director of St Mellitus...
2024-07-2327 minBeyond BeliefPoetry: Reaching for Divine HeightsRecorded live at the Bradford Literature Festival three poets join Giles Fraser to consider the relationship between poetry and the divine.Some of our most feted poets, from Rumi to John Donne, Tagore to William Blake – have found that poetry opens up a space to explore the divine. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare praised the poet’s eye, glancing ‘from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven’ as ‘imagination bodies forth the forms of things unknown’.In front of a live audience, a fascinating panel of contemporary poets and wordsmiths join Giles to discuss whe...
2024-07-2327 minBeyond BeliefWhy We WalkWhy is walking spiritual? Giles Fraser asks if the power of pilgrimage in it's destination, or along the pathway. Alice Sainsbury was recovering from a serious neurological illness when she slowly started to walk again. Step by step she found herself again through walking, and small pilgrimages near her home in Cornwall. It wasn't just a physical journey for her, but a spiritual one as well.She tells Giles Fraser why she walks. And Giles asks a panel of enthusiastic pilgrims from different faiths about the religious beliefs behind walking and pilgrimage.Phil...
2024-07-1027 minBeyond BeliefMore Than One WifeGiles Fraser meets Hafsa Rizki, a British Muslim women who coaches women in polygamous relationships. Her husband was already married when they met and got married themselves. She doesn't like the term, but she says she is a second wife and tells Giles about why it's a successful relationship, and how it's part of her spiritual journey. Perhaps surprisingly, polygamy is 'more commonplace' than might be expected in the UK, according to Dame Louise Casey in her government review on integration and equality in 2016. In a society where the model of monogamy has dominated for centuries, what...
2024-07-1027 minBeyond BeliefAyodhya’s Ram Mandir: Religion and Politics in IndiaIn a temple in Southall, west London, Giles Fraser hears about the spiritual significance for British Hindus of the opening of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, consecrated with much fanfare in January 2024 by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As Indians go to the polls in the largest democratic election in history, what is the relationship between religion and politics in the country?Giles is joined by Professor Shruti Kapila, Associate Professor Ashraf Hoque and Dr Prakash Shah to discuss the temple's significance and the controversy that surrounded it, built on the site of a...
2024-05-2027 minBeyond BeliefSpiritual SeekersEddy Elsey, an estate agent in London, was struggling with his mental health and looking for support. Like 37% of people, according to the last census in England and Wales, traditional religion wasn’t a place he turned to. But, as he tells Giles Fraser, he did find a spiritual connection through shamanism, which has helped him. When people say they are "spiritual but not religious", what do they mean and what do they believe?A group of people who make use of spiritual ideologies describe their practices, from sound healing to astrology. What are oracle ca...
2024-05-0827 minBeyond BeliefEmbracing NeurodiversityGiles Fraser hears from a Mum of two who describes how her family’s neurodivergence has affected their practice of faith. Carolina Mountford has recently been diagnosed with ADHD and strong autistic traits. Her two sons are also neurodivergent and Carolina describes some of the challenges that poses in their Christian evangelical church.A panel discusses what faith leaders and communities can learn about spirituality by embracing neurodiversity, in children and adults. What is the relationship between spirituality and the neurodiverse brain? Is there a different relationship with theology, and with God?Giles is joined by...
2024-05-0727 minBeyond BeliefFaithful FeetIn our society feet are often hidden away in shoes, perhaps to make an odd appearance post pedicure… but they can be an incredibly powerful symbol within many religions. Giles Fraser meets Kai Bridges, a Shamanic practitioner who guides people through firewalks as part of his spiritual practice. For him firewalking goes beyond an exercise in empowerment and grounds him in the moment, connecting him to the elements. Our panel Sughra Ahmed, Priyesh Patel and Lucy Winkett walk us through what feet symbolise in their respective faith traditions, and the different ways feet are a pa...
2024-04-1627 minBeyond BeliefAssisted DyingGiles Fraser hears about Alison Davis, who was in pain, very unwell and wanted to die. Her friend and carer Colin Harte describes how she changed her mind and went on to campaign against euthanasia, or assisted dying, and also developed a Catholic faith. The debate about assisted dying, the right to choose when and how we die if we're terminally ill, is back in the political spotlight. Life, death and attitudes to suffering are at the heart of all religions. After hearing Alison's story, a panel of people of faith discuss how their beliefs shape their...
2024-04-1627 minBeyond BeliefInterfaith: Can We Still Talk?People of faith who have pro-actively built bridges with those from other religions say their work is the most difficult it's ever been. Since the Hamas attack of October 7th 2023 and the conflict in Gaza, previously friendly relations between British Jews and Muslims have been strained. Separately, the British government has withdrawn funding from one national network. Interfaith work can span gatherings in places of worship, sharing bagels and samosas to women's discussion groups, debates and shared charity work.Giles Fraser asks if this effort is in crisis? And with many feeling disillusioned, is interfaith work worth...
2024-04-0827 min
Narelle Fraser InterviewsGiles Easton - Prison Officer/Corrections Victoria Part 2Giles was Prison Officer with Corrections Victoria for 12 years.for 6 of these years he worked in the Operations Team for Corrections Victoria Intelligence Unit. His role was to investigate prison offences, drug trafficking into prisons, disrupt prison gang activity, investigate staff misconduct and to provide intelligence information to law enforcement agencies. Giles discovered a love of investigating and has recently landed a great role as an investigator for another government organisation.But it is his role within Corrections Victoria we are going to talk about today. His inside knowledge of many prisoners we have...
2024-02-2047 minNarelle Fraser InterviewsGiles Easton - Prison Officer/Corrections Victoria Part !Giles was Prison Officer with Corrections Victoria for 12 years.for 6 of these years he worked in the Operations Team for Corrections Victoria Intelligence Unit. His role was to investigate prison offences, drug trafficking into prisons, disrupt prison gang activity, investigate staff misconduct and to provide intelligence information to law enforcement agencies. Giles discovered a love of investigating and has recently landed a great role as an investigator for another government organisation.But it is his role within Corrections Victoria we are going to talk about today. His inside knowledge of many prisoners we have...
2024-02-131h 02
Mother of All SolutionsSpecial Episode - Creativity Found with Caro GilesI am delighted to share this episode from the Creativity Found podcast…
Claire Waite Brown interviews Caro Giles, author of Twelve Moons. I loved this conversation and love Caro’s book, which outlines her life as a single mother of four daughters living in rural Northumberland. There is family, nature, isolation, rediscovery - it’s practical and emotional.
I hope you enjoy Claire’s interview about Caro’s life and work, here on my podcast feed.
To connect with them both:
https://www.creativityfound.co.uk/Podcast @creativityfoundpodcast
https://www.carogiles.com/ @carogileswrites
Mother of All Solutions is hosted and produced by Laura...
2023-08-2138 min
Call To ActionWhy the 'London bubble' is a myth with research duo, Andrew Tenzer & Ian Murray
This week, we cast a spell of double double toil and trouble and caught the pair from Burst Your Bubble; it’s Andrew Tenzer and Ian Murray.
The duo behind a treasure trove of award-winning research on the culture of marketing, Andrew and Ian have recently launched a radical new consultancy powered by the art and science of perspective-taking.
There’s no eye of newt or toe of frog in this cauldron of conversation topics, but the duo turned up the heat on studying politics, when their paths first crossed, monkeys, bananas, and pandas, provocative research, why Ia...
2023-07-281h 01
Men, Sex & Pleasure with Cam Fraser#172 Giles Brindley, the Needle, and the Penis (with Callum Fraser)On this special episode of #mensexpleasure, I welcome with my brother, Callum, and we do something a little different. I regale him with a story about British physiologist, Giles Brindley. This is our foray into the history/comedy genre of podcasting. As such, we have a few drinks and a bit of fun.
Key points:
- Welcome Callum
- Who is Giles Brindley?
- Visual prostheses and eye experiments
- Spinal prostheses and side effects
- The hour lecture that changed sexual medicine
2023-07-131h 09
Billy Gilmore Podcast · An Adam Sandler Appreciation ShowBonus Episode: AIRHEADSIn celebration of AIRHEADS star Brendan Fraser's Academy Award nomination for THE WHALE, we revisit the 1994 film starring Fraser, Adam Sandler, and Steve Buscemi, among many other favorites. You may have a hard time watching this one on a streaming service as of February 2023, but we invite you to listen along as we discuss AIRHEADS.
2023-02-141h 16
The Filmmakers Podcast'The Whale' - screenwriter Samuel D Hunter on making his Oscar and Bafta nominated debut featureSamuel D Hunter on writing 'The Whale'. He sits down with Giles Alderson and Dom Lenoir to chat:Adapting his own play into a feature screenplayCreating charactersWorking on dialogueBrendan Fraser and Sadie Sink& working with director Darren AronofskyThe Whale is our in cinemas on Friday 3rd FebruarySPONSORCheck out Q SCRIPTSBig thank you to:Lee HutchingsMarli J MonroeKaren N...
2023-01-311h 02
Word In Your EarFarewell Jerry Lee Lewis and is ‘Talking Book’ the most influential record ever made?… in which we remember the luminous music and diabolical life of the last of the old rock and roll guard standing. And this includes … the weird old America he came from (backwoods country, religious sects with their transporting songs), the career-cancelling British tour in 1958, the electrifying Live at The Star Club album, the Steve Allen Show breakthrough and the Seven Wives of Jerry Lee Lewis. Much to applaud, much to deplore. … and some of his deathless lyrics eg ‘39 And Holding’ – ‘Dim lights hide the mileage line/ Clairol hides the grey/ And he won't mention anything to give his old...
2022-11-0150 minWord In Your EarFarewell Jerry Lee Lewis and is ‘Talking Book’ the most influential record ever made?… in which we remember the luminous music and diabolical life of the last of the old rock and roll guard standing. And this includes … the weird old America he came from (backwoods country, religious sects with their transporting songs), the career-cancelling British tour in 1958, the electrifying Live at The Star Club album, the Steve Allen Show breakthrough and the Seven Wives of Jerry Lee Lewis. Much to applaud, much to deplore. … and some of his deathless lyrics eg ‘39 And Holding’ – ‘Dim lights hide the mileage line/ Clairol hides the grey/ And he won't mention anything to give his old...
2022-11-0150 minWord In Your EarFarewell Jerry Lee Lewis and is ‘Talking Book’ the most influential record ever made?… in which we remember the luminous music and diabolical life of the last of the old rock and roll guard standing. And this includes … the weird old America he came from (backwoods country, religious sects with their transporting songs), the career-cancelling British tour in 1958, the electrifying Live at The Star Club album, the Steve Allen Show breakthrough and the Seven Wives of Jerry Lee Lewis. Much to applaud, much to deplore. … and some of his deathless lyrics eg ‘39 And Holding’ – ‘Dim lights hide the mileage line/ Clairol hides the grey/ And he won't mention anything to give his old...
2022-11-0150 min
Queen Mary History of EmotionsChildhood TraumaWhen it comes to childhood trauma, do our bodies keep the score, and with what emotional impacts?
Historian of child psychology Emma Sutton finds out about the recent explosion of interest in "trauma-informed" approaches and their impact on family relationships. She tries out some trauma-informed therapy herself, and discusses with therapists and experts what this approach can mean for dealing with the aftermath of adverse childhood experiences - including the additional harm done to families when someone decides to "go no contact" with a parent.
Emma discusses with Reverend Giles Fraser the dangers of overly medicalising painful experiences - and...
2022-08-1242 min
Queen Mary History of EmotionsRethinking EmotionsIn this first episode of "Living With Feeling" - our new series about emotions in the 21st century - priest and writer Giles Fraser and psychotherapist Philippa Perry join Thomas Dixon for a lively conversation, tackling some big questions about the place of emotions in modern culture.
Philippa, Giles, and Thomas discuss whether people are too ready to interpret painful or difficult emotions as signs of mental illness, and whether it is always true that "Your emotions are valid".
Giles confesses to an emotional outburst in the middle of the night, and suggests we should all try to be a...
2022-07-2244 min
Wander Your WayExploring Edinburgh Scotland with Bo FraserYes, Edinburgh Scotland has a castle.And yes, it has the famous street, the Royal Mile.But there is so much more to the capital of Scotland that you should put on your list.Tune in as Blue Badge guide, Bo Fraser, joins me again to talk about this incredible city.From fabulous museums to hidden nooks and crannies to charming neighborhoods, Edinburgh is a city that definitely has something for everyone.Want to chat about Scotland's capital more?Email me at lynne@wanderyourway.com.
2022-05-171h 12
Holy SmokeDoes Putin think he's fighting a holy war to preserve Orthodox Russia?Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is fundamentally inspired by his determination to preserve the Orthodox identity of Holy Mother Russia, according to the Rev Giles Fraser, writing for UnHerd today. That's not as preposterous a suggestion as you might think, given that the first mass baptisms in the ancient homeland of 'Rus' took place in Kiev – and that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church recently repudiated the authority of the Patriarch of Moscow. But does that mean that Putin's murderous behaviour should be seen in the context of a war of religion? Does the former KGB agent have a religious bone in hi...
2022-02-2415 min
Relatively31 | Rev Dr Giles FraserPriest, journalist and broadcaster Giles Fraser talks about his brother Jonathan, who died before Giles was born. His parents' grief shaped the way he was parented and has even influenced the way he approached fatherhood. In this episode, he talks about: the sadness that is always close to the surface, about loving someone you never met, philosophy, teenage rebellion and acquiring a new brother at 13. If you have been affected by stillbirth, miscarriage or SID, please be aware that this podcast talks about them all, as well as 'saudade' the Portuguese word which expresses sadness and longing for something that...
2021-11-1631 min
Start The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Captivating!Let's Fly by Giles FraserPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556108to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Let's Fly
Author: Giles Fraser
Narrator: Will Huggins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 5 minutes
Release date: November 5, 2021
Genres: Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
How do you survive when a lucky break turns out to be the worst thing that ever happened to you? Nick Hunter is about to find out. He made a colossal mistake when he was barely out of school and now his whole world is in jeopardy as he races against the clock to save his family and his business from disaster. In 1979 Hunter heads to London, and a sq...
2021-11-058h 05Get New Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseLet's Fly by Giles FraserPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556108to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Let's Fly
Author: Giles Fraser
Narrator: Will Huggins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 5 minutes
Release date: November 5, 2021
Genres: Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
How do you survive when a lucky break turns out to be the worst thing that ever happened to you? Nick Hunter is about to find out. He made a colossal mistake when he was barely out of school and now his whole world is in jeopardy as he races against the clock to save his family and his business from disaster. In 1979 Hunter heads to London, and a sq...
2021-11-058h 05Word In Your EarHappy 50th to the Pink Moon recording sessions!In which we debunk the eye-watering Adele Hyde Park ticket prices, note the crowd-losing absence of choruses in Nick Drake songs, remember the strangest onstage guests, marvel at McCartney’s childhood memories and applaud Steve Van Zandt’s theory about the beginning and end of rock music. And birthday patron Giles Fraser is piped aboard plus his proposition about rock and roll legacy.Giles Fraser's Let's Fly: https://www.troubador.co.uk/bookshop/contemporary/lets-fly/Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon and receive every future Word Podcast before the rest of the...
2021-11-0438 minWord In Your EarHappy 50th to the Pink Moon recording sessions!In which we debunk the eye-watering Adele Hyde Park ticket prices, note the crowd-losing absence of choruses in Nick Drake songs, remember the strangest onstage guests, marvel at McCartney’s childhood memories and applaud Steve Van Zandt’s theory about the beginning and end of rock music. And birthday patron Giles Fraser is piped aboard plus his proposition about rock and roll legacy.Giles Fraser's Let's Fly: https://www.troubador.co.uk/bookshop/contemporary/lets-fly/Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon and receive every future Word Podcast before the rest of the...
2021-11-0438 minWord In Your EarHappy 50th to the Pink Moon recording sessions!In which we debunk the eye-watering Adele Hyde Park ticket prices, note the crowd-losing absence of choruses in Nick Drake songs, remember the strangest onstage guests, marvel at McCartney’s childhood memories and applaud Steve Van Zandt’s theory about the beginning and end of rock music. And birthday patron Giles Fraser is piped aboard plus his proposition about rock and roll legacy.Giles Fraser's Let's Fly: https://www.troubador.co.uk/bookshop/contemporary/lets-fly/Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon and receive every future Word Podcast before the rest of the...
2021-11-0438 min
The ProfileRev Giles Fraser: Lost and found between Judaism and ChristianityJournalist-priest Giles Fraser talks to Justin Brierley about his conversion, ministry, change of politics and new memoir ‘Chosen’ which tells the story of his spiral into depression after resigning from his ‘dream job’ at St Paul’s Cathedral, and how he found healing through reconnecting with his Jewish ancestry.
Read this interview: https://www.premierchristianity.com/giles-fraser-how-the-journalist-priest-discovered-his-jewish-roots/5507.article
For ‘Chosen’: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chosen-Found-between-Christianity-Judaism/dp/0241003261
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2021-10-0854 min
Unbelievable?Giles Fraser and Amy-Jill Levine - Judaism & Christianity: Can we recover the Jewish Jesus?
Jesus was a Jew. But has Christianity become divorced from its Jewish roots? How should we understand the shared story and differences of these two great religious traditions?
Journalist-priest Rev Giles Fraser who has been on a journey to rediscover his Jewish roots, interacts with Jewish scholar Prof Amy-Jill Levine, who has written extensively on the Jesus and Judaism.
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2021-07-231h 26
Connecting Conversations | Psychotherapy and the ArtsEpisode 11: Reverend Giles Fraser in conversation with group analyst Sue EinhornOriginally hosted by Severnside Institute for Psychotherapy, in partnership with The Bridge Foundation and Rowan Arts, Connecting Conversations is a series of events bringing the arts together with practitioners from the world of psychoanalysis.
Recorded on Monday 14 October, 2013 at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG.
Group Analyst Sue Einhorn talks to The Reverend Giles Fraser about ‘the personal is political’ in the context of his own experiences within the Church of England. Always outspoken and challenging in his views, his support for The Occupy Movement when he resigned from...
2021-06-231h 30
Escape To Your Ears To A Vivid Full Audiobook.Chosen: Lost and Found between Christianity and Judaism by Giles FraserPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/489436to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Chosen: Lost and Found between Christianity and Judaism
Author: Giles Fraser
Narrator: Giles Fraser
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 58 minutes
Release date: April 29, 2021
Genres: Lessons in Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. It was one of the most startling moments in the modern history of the City of London. In 2011, the Occupy movement set up camp around St Paul's Cathedral. Giles Fraser, who was Canon Chancellor of the Cathedral, gave them his support. It ended in disaster. This remarkable book is the story of the personal crisis...
2021-04-297h 58Embark On A Sensational Full Audiobook On Your Commute.Chosen: Lost and Found between Christianity and Judaism by Giles FraserPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/489436to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Chosen: Lost and Found between Christianity and Judaism
Author: Giles Fraser
Narrator: Giles Fraser
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 58 minutes
Release date: April 29, 2021
Genres: Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. It was one of the most startling moments in the modern history of the City of London. In 2011, the Occupy movement set up camp around St Paul's Cathedral. Giles Fraser, who was Canon Chancellor of the Cathedral, gave them his support. It ended in disaster. This remarkable book is the story of the personal crisis that followed...
2021-04-297h 58Listen to New Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsChosen: Lost and Found between Christianity and Judaism by Giles FraserPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/489436to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Chosen: Lost and Found between Christianity and Judaism
Author: Giles Fraser
Narrator: Giles Fraser
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 58 minutes
Release date: April 29, 2021
Genres: Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. It was one of the most startling moments in the modern history of the City of London. In 2011, the Occupy movement set up camp around St Paul's Cathedral. Giles Fraser, who was Canon Chancellor of the Cathedral, gave them his support. It ended in disaster. This remarkable book is the story of the personal crisis that followed...
2021-04-297h 58
Arts & IdeasLinks between Judaism and ChristianityFrom the Jewishness of the New Testament to attempts by 19th- and early 20th-century British Jews to blend in to Christian England, Giles Fraser shows how the two religions have a vexed history but are also surprisingly interconnected in his new book called Chosen. He also looks back at 2011, when the Occupy London took over the steps and surroundings of St Pauls and the resulting division in the church about how to react to this protest movement led him to leave his job and to a crisis of confidence.
Miri Rubin, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at...
2021-04-2846 min
Start the WeekPersonal faith and the ChurchWhat it means to be a black Christian woman in the UK is at the heart of Chine McDonald’s new book, God Is Not a White Man. Part memoir and part theological and historical study, McDonald looks back at the role the Christian faith has played over the centuries in perpetuating ideas of white supremacy. She tells Tom Sutcliffe that black women in the church have stayed silent too long. The writer Jeet Thayil re-imagines the story of the New Testament through the eyes of the women suppressed and erased from the Gospels. Names of the Wo...
2021-04-2641 min
Culture Wars – with Andrew DoyleHas the left abandoned solidarity?, with Giles FraserPriest and polemicist Giles Fraser talks about his journey from revolutionary to parish priest, our human need for community, and why it’s dangerous to demonise our opponents.
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2021-02-1140 min
The God Cast - Religion - Football - Comedy - Music - Politics - Celebrities with Fr Alex FrostRev Dr Giles Fraser - The God Cast Interview episode 7We do hope you are enjoying The God Cast interviews, this interview is with, Reverend Dr Giles Fraser who is a distinguished philosopher, respected broadcaster, and a dedicated servant of the Church of England. Well known for his liberal, compassionate and inclusive views, Giles has taken a thoughtful, principled and outspoken stand on many of the critical issues facing the Church today.Today Giles is the priest at St Mary’s, Newington, where he grapples with many practical concerns of poverty and hardship in his Parish, working with the Robes Project, for example, to tackle the problem of homelessness....
2020-10-2837 minArts & IdeasGreek classics and the sea plus a pair of novels byTolstoy and DostoevskyClassicists Edith Hall and Barry Cunliffe explore the importance of the sea in the classical world in a discussion hosted by Rana Mitter. Pat Barker and Giles Fraser look at Tolstoy's War and Peace and Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov and the depiction of faith in those novels with presenter Ian McMillan.The Ancient Greeks often preferred to take sea journeys rather than risk encounters with brigands and travelling through mountain passes inland and colonised all round the Black Sea and Mediterranean. In the writings of Xenophon and Homer, Greek heroes show skills at navigating and fighting on...
2020-07-2941 min
Freud Museum London: Psychoanalysis PodcastsPsychoanalysis and ReligionGiles Fraser in conversation with Adam Phillips
Dr. Giles Fraser is a well known cultural commentator, priest and vicar of St Mary's Newington. He took a controversial stand on Occupy at St Paul's, resigning his post there in the process. He is also passionate about psychoanalysis.
Adam Phillips is a psychoanalyst and writer, author of many celebrated books, among them Missing Out and Promises, Promises. He has just finished a biography of the young Freud, who understood religion as an illusion.
Together they discuss psychoanalysis and religion.
2020-01-091h 03
EmpathyMedia PodcastIs Christianity Over, Giles Fraser?Giles Fraser, priest and prophet of the airwaves, in conversation with Peter Armstrong.
2019-01-3007 min
PRmoment PodcastGiles Fraser, co-founder of Brands2Life, on the PRmoment podcastThis week, in the latest of our life stories podcast series, I’m interviewing Giles Fraser.Giles is co-founder of Brands2Life. He started the agency in 2000 with Sarah Scales and today, the agency has over 140 staff, a fee income of £14m and offices in the UK and US. Giles started his career at mid-sized agency Infopress on Fleet St when the papers were all still there and he spent four years pitching stories to journalists in the newsrooms and pubs.He then moved on to work in the communications strategy team at manag...
2019-01-2849 min
Cross Question with Iain DaleTom Tugendhat, Andrew Doyle, James McGrory and Giles FraserJoining Iain Dale on Cross Question this week is Tom Tugendhat, Conservative MP for Tonbridge and Malling & Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee; Andrew Doyle, Comedian; James McGrory, Director of the People's Vote Campaign and Giles Fraser, Anglican Priest & Broadcaster.
2019-01-0946 min
Moral MazeClimate ChangeTwelve years to save the world. While we're squabbling about Brexit, climate scientists are reminding us that the existential threat of our day is global warming. This week’s report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issues the most extensive warning yet on the risks of rising temperatures. According to its authors, keeping to the preferred target of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels will mean cutting carbon emissions by 45% by the year 2030. That will involve, they say, "rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society". Decades of increasing prosperity, freedom and choice in the West have co...
2018-10-1142 minMoral MazeThe Objectification of WomenThat rich men attract beautiful women - and vice versa - has for centuries been obvious and unquestioned. Suddenly a few noisy scandals have started a social avalanche that some call the new puritanism. In the past week Formula 1 racing has abolished the 'grid girls' whose role had been to look glamorous in the company of racing drivers; the Professional Darts Corporation, in consultation with BBC TV, has done away with the 'walk-on girls' who had provided a similar service for the masters of the triple-twenty; and the UK's gambling regulator has threatened to boycott the world's largest gambling...
2018-02-0942 min
The Sacred#5 Giles FraserGiles Fraser is an Anglican priest, a columnist, author, and broadcaster. It's unlikely you haven't come across his work in one way or another. He wrote a frequent column in the Guardian called 'Loose Canon', dealing with issues around faith, spirituality and progressive politics. He's also a panellist on BBC Radio 4's 'Moral Maze' and has contributed to 'Thought for the Day'.
In this episode, Elizabeth speaks to Giles about growing up with a Jewish identity, how bullying during his childhood shaped his view of the world, and how he thinks people with opposing views and perspectives could communicate with...
2018-01-1733 min
Saturday ReviewWoyzeck, The Other Side of Hope, Handmaid's Tale, Elif Batuman, California exhibitionJohn Boyega plays the title role in Woyzeck; an updating of a 19th century German play about a man driven mad by circumstances. How well has the Star Wars actor adapted to the stage? And has Jack Thorne - who adapted Harry Potter for the theatre - made the play relevant for today's audience?
Finnish film director Aki Kaurasmaki's latest film is The Other Side of Hope - told in his trademark low key, quiet manner, it deals with a refugee arriving in Helsinki.
There's a new TV version of The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, coming to...
2017-05-2745 min
PRmoment PodcastGiles Fraser, co-founder of Brands2Life, on PR agency trends in 2016As part of a series of interviews reviewing 2016 I caught up with Giles Fraser, co-founder, of Brands2Life.Key trends from 2016 that Giles identifies include:There has been a continued demand for creative campaigns and content across all formats.Increasingly marketing directors are purchasing from PR agencies. They are keen to talk to PR firms because they recognise that they have good ideas, produce good content and can drive engagement quickly.To be successful PR firms need a broader range of skills than ever before
2016-12-1405 minMoral MazeUS Presidential ElectionOn the afternoon of Thursday 19th November 1863, the American President, Abraham Lincoln, delivered what has become perhaps the most important speech in American history. Lincoln was dedicating a National Cemetery for the 50,000 men who'd been killed in the Civil War battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. His address was only 272 words long, but it has become one of the greatest and most influential statements of a national moral purpose "that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." America has always seen its Constitution and the Declaration of Independence not just as foundational...
2016-11-0342 min
We Need to Talk About...Utopia 2016: how to die a good death – Guardian Live event podcastBy turning away from death, by ignoring its inevitability, are we making our death more distressing for ourselves and for our loved ones? Giles Fraser and an expert panel shed some light on the positive things that can happen when we face this entirely natural part of life
2016-11-011h 28Moral MazePrivacyFor Donald Trump it was an 11 year old dusty tape that appeared from the archives. For Sam Allardyce it was a sting by undercover reporters. For the Olympic gymnast Louis Smith it was a video leaked on to the internet. All of them conversations they thought were private becoming embarrassingly public, with varying degrees of consequences. We all say things in private we wouldn't want made public, so what right to privacy should those in the public eye be entitled? Is it a simple case that we have a right to know if it tells us about the character...
2016-10-1342 minMoral MazeA world without Down's syndrome?Do we want to live in a world without Down's syndrome? This isn't just a theoretical question. It could soon become a reality. A new technique called non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), detects Down's syndrome with 99% accuracy and it should soon be available on the NHS. It's already being used in Iceland where 100% of Down's syndrome pregnancies are terminated. The Danish health system declared the objective of being Down's-free and introduced the test in 2006. The termination rate there today is 98%. In Britain the termination rate for positive tests is 90 per cent and around 775 babies with Down's syndrome are born every...
2016-10-0642 minMoral MazePolicing OffenceWhen is a personal opinion so offensive that it becomes morally unacceptable? This weekend former Tory leadership candidate Andrea Leadsom discovered her comments on motherhood had transgressed an unwritten social convention. The outraged legions of leader writers, columnists and Twitterati descended and by Monday she was gone. As the politics of offence, identity and rights become ever more toxic, they become equally hard to navigate and the price of transgression is ever higher. The whole Brexit debate and its aftermath have been characterised by claim and counter claim of racism, ageism and classism. We've had laws against "hate speech"...
2016-08-3143 minSaturday ReviewGhostbusters, Unreachable, Kei Miller, Liverpool Biennial, Secret AgentThe remaking of Ghostbusters in 2016 has 4 women taking the leading roles and it has caused consternation among devotees of the original film. What on earth is all the fuss about? Is it just a bunch of sexist fanboys determined not to enjoy it because girls are involved?Matt Smith plays a perfectionist film director in Unreachable, a new play at London's Royal Court Theatre.
Kei Miller's novel Augustown is set in a lightly-fictionalised version of the real Jamaican town of the same name, involving flying prophets and civil unrestThis year's Liverpool Biennial has a...
2016-07-1641 minMoral MazeThe Chilcot Inquiry130 sessions of oral evidence,150 witnesses, 150,000 documents, more than 2.5 million words - the Chilcot Report on the Iraq War was finally published on the day of this programme. The inquiry was set up to examine our reasons for taking part in the US-led invasion of Iraq, how the war was prosecuted and its aftermath. But was the decision to go to war morally justified? Chilcot confirms that there was a massive failing in intelligence in the lead-up to the decision to go to war, especially around WMD; it accepts that Tony Blair was acting in good faith and did not...
2016-07-0742 minMoral MazeThe EU ReferendumThe murder of the MP Jo Cox has cast a very long and dark shadow across the closing days of the EU referendum. The nature of the campaign and how her death might influence the result are a matter of conjecture. On this week's Moral Maze we're going stand back from that speculation and ask a much bigger question - has this referendum been good for us and good for democracy? The intense campaigning has been going on for many months now and comes hard on the heels of the Scottish independence referendum. Arguably, both have been characterised by...
2016-06-2342 min
Free Speech DebateGiles Fraser on free speech and religionGiles Fraser, commentator and Anglican priest, talks with Free Speech Debate about the relationship between free speech and religion, and the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris.
2016-06-1616 minMoral MazeAssisted DyingEvery year thousands of terminally ill patients are being helped to die by their doctors, according to Baroness Molly Meacher, the new chairwoman of Dignity in Dying. She claims doctors are prepared to risk their own freedom rather than see their patients continue to suffer unbearably. Her assertion comes as the British Medical Association next week prepares to discuss the results of its 18 month long survey in to the public and medical professionals' attitudes on end-of-life care and physician-assisted dying. For 26 years now this programme has charted the moral and ethical life of the nation and this subject, above...
2016-06-1642 min
A History of IdeasTheologian Giles Fraser on AltruismGiles Fraser discusses gene theory versus altruism with playwright Tom Stoppard whose play The Hard Problem explores the extent to which our genes dictate human acts of love and kindness, and Armand Leroi, the evolutionary biologist who says we are merely programmed to carry out altruistic acts.Producer: Maggie Ayre.
2015-07-2912 minA History of IdeasWhat Is Love?A history of ideas. Presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices.Each week Melvyn is joined by four guests with different backgrounds to discuss a really big question. This week he's asking 'What is Love?'.Helping him answer it are theologian Giles Fraser, writer Lisa Appignanesi, classicist Edith Hall and psychotherapist Mark Vernon.For the rest of the week Giles, Lisa, Edith and Mark will take us further into the history of ideas about love with programmes of their own. Between them they will examine Freud's ideas on erotic love...
2015-07-2712 min
Summer 2015 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfMoney and its RedemptionContributor(s): Dr Laura Bear, Professor David Graeber, Professor Bill Maurer | Can “bad money” be made good? Leading economic anthropologists will debate the morality of money, philosophies of philanthropy, and the lure of redemption. Laura Bear is Associate Professor of Anthropology at LSE. David Graeber (@davidgraeber) is Professor of Anthropology at LSE. Bill Maurer is Professor of Anthropology and Law at UC Irvine. Giles Fraser (@giles_fraser) is a Priest, former Canon Chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral and Guardian columnist. TheForum on Religion is part of the Programme for the Study of Religion and Non-Religion at LSE, based in the De...
2015-05-071h 26Summer 2015 | Public lectures and events | VideoMoney and its RedemptionContributor(s): Dr Laura Bear, Professor David Graeber, Professor Bill Maurer | Can “bad money” be made good? Leading economic anthropologists will debate the morality of money, philosophies of philanthropy, and the lure of redemption. Laura Bear is Associate Professor of Anthropology at LSE. David Graeber (@davidgraeber) is Professor of Anthropology at LSE. Bill Maurer is Professor of Anthropology and Law at UC Irvine. Giles Fraser (@giles_fraser) is a Priest, former Canon Chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral and Guardian columnist. TheForum on Religion is part of the Programme for the Study of Religion and Non-Religion at LSE, based in the De...
2015-05-071h 26A History of IdeasGiles Fraser on Wittgenstein and Blade RunnerGiles Fraser thinks being human isn't a matter of biology or some unique attribute like language. It's not to do with what we are but about how we treat each other. Taking the work of the philosopher Wittgenstein he argues that to be human is to be considered worthy of certain kinds of respect and moral compassion. For Giles, human is a moral category and it is an instruction to treat each other well.
2015-01-2312 minA History of IdeasWhat Makes Us Human?A new history of ideas presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices.
Melvyn is joined by four guests with different backgrounds to discuss a really big question. This week he's asking What makes us human?
Helping him answer it are philosopher Barry Smith, classicist Catharine Edwards, historian Simon Schaffer and theologian Giles Fraser.
For the rest of the week Barry, Catharine, Simon and Giles will take us further into the history of ideas about being human with programmes of their own. Between them they will examine the evolution of language, the Stoic philosopher Seneca, the classification of...
2015-01-1912 minA History of IdeasTheologian Giles Fraser on Thomas AquinasIf the universe exists what caused it to be? Theologian Giles Fraser examines the brilliant medieval scholar St. Thomas Aquinas' and his argument for God as the first cause of everything.
It's part of a powerful body of ideas arguing for the logical necessity of the existence of God. But Giles also wonders how valuable these kinds of 'cosmological arguments' are for us today.
2015-01-1512 minA History of IdeasHow Did Everything Begin?A new history of ideas presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices.Each week Melvyn is joined by four guests with different backgrounds to discuss a really big question. This week he's asking 'How did everything begin'?Helping him answer it are Cosmologist Carole Mundell, Historian Justin Champion, Theologian Giles Fraser and Creation myth Expert, Jessica FrazierFor the rest of the week Carole, Giles, Justin and Jessica will take us further into the history of ideas about origins with programmes of their own. Between them they will examine early modern...
2015-01-1211 minA History of IdeasTheologian Giles Fraser on Moral character
How do you make good moral decisions when you have no time to make them?
This is a question that troubled Giles Fraser after he met soldiers who had served in Afghantistan. The moral codes Giles had studied required a lot of time for thinking and reflection but you simply don't get that when deciding whether to shoot on the battle field. This led Giles to think about the Greek philosopher Aristotle and his system of virtue ethics – a way of thinking about morals that emphases character rather than rules.
Giles talks to former SAS soldier Andy McNabb and ph...
2014-11-2511 minA History of IdeasHow Can I Tell Right From Wrong?
A new history of ideas presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices.
Melvyn is joined by four guests with different backgrounds to discuss a really big question. This week the question is 'How do I tell wrong from right?'
Helping him answer it are Neuro-psychologst Paul Broks, Philosopher Angie Hobbs, Theologian Giles Fraser and Lawyer Harry Potter.
For the rest of the week Paul, Angie, Giles and Harry will take us further into the history of ideas about morality with programmes of their own.
Between them they will examine the idea of conscience and moral intuitions...
2014-11-2411 minA History of IdeasTheologian Giles Fraser on Religious FreedomTheologian Giles Fraser thinks freedom is overrated. It has become a kind of tyranny or obsession. He is interested in the tradition of religious thinking that understands true liberation sometimes comes from accepting boundaries on life. His key thinker is the medieval philosopher and Franciscan monk William of Ockham whom he blames for this turn of events. Giles talks to Brother Sam, a contemporary Franciscan Monk, about the way his life of constraint has led him to feel free. Giles also talks to Phillip Blond, theologian and political adviser.This programme is part of a week of...
2014-11-1311 minA History of IdeasWhat Does It Mean to Be Free?A new history of ideas presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices.Melvyn is joined by four guests with different backgrounds to discuss a really big question. This week he's asking what does it mean to be Free?Helping him answer it are philosopher Angie Hobbs, criminal barrister Harry Potter, neuropsychologist Paul Broks and theologian Giles Fraser.For the rest of the week Angie, Giles, Harry and Paul take us further into the history of ideas with programmes of their own.Between them they'll talk about Isaiah Berlin's distinction...
2014-11-1011 minSaturday ReviewDV8: John, Interstellar, Peter Carey, Gold at Buckingham Palace, Puppy LovePeter Carey's latest novel, Amnesia follows a disgraced Australian journalist hired to write the life story of a hacker activist who has raised the hackles of international governments because she wrote the code that unlocks prisons around the world. Carey is has twice won The Booker Prize, is this another winning work?
DV8 Physical Theatre Company's new show "John" tells the tale of a man who grows up in an extremely abusive family and who- as an adult - finds comfort and company in gay saunas. There's a lot of vivid descriptions of what goes on - how will...
2014-11-0741 minSaturday Review05/07/2014Great Britain at London's Lyttleton Theatre is written by Richard Bean and directed by Nicholas Hytner (the team that was behind the wildly successful 'One Man Two Guvnors'). Starring Billie Piper as an unscrupulous tabloid newspaper editor who is right in the middle of a web of corruption involving phone hacking, politicians the press and the policeIt's half a century since the Beatles made their big screen debut with A Hard Day's Night. It was considered a lightweight thing by many when it was released cost £180,000 and made many millions just in its opening weekend and h...
2014-07-0541 minSaturday ReviewI'm So Excited! and Lionel Shriver's Big BrotherPedro Almodovar's new film I'm So Excited! is a sky-high romp with The Pointer Sisters on the soundtrack but its plane stuck in mid-air is also a metaphor for Spain caught in economic crisis.Richard Eyre's production of The Pajama Game comes to Chichester with Joanna Riding and Hadley Fraser; a triumph on Broadway in 1954, the film version with Doris Day wasn't a critical success. Can a musical based on industrial relations in a nightwear factory prove zingy and uplifting?Lionel Shriver has turned her attention to obesity in the West in Big Brother. It's...
2013-05-0441 min
National Theatre Podcast MP3Frank McGuinness and Dr Gile Fraser on Damned by DespairPlaywright Frank McGuinness and Dr Giles Fraser - priest-in-charge at St Mary's Newington, London and Religious Advisor on the production - discuss the representation of Christian morality in Damned by Despair. Damned by Despair opens on October 10 and runs until December 17 2012.
2012-10-1000 minSummer 2012 | Public lectures and events | VideoAt the Origins of Modern AtheismContributor(s): Rev Dr Giles Fraser, Professor John Gray | In the first event of the Programme for the Study of Religion and Non-Religion, Giles Fraser examines the links between Enlightenment thought and theology, reflecting on how theology frames the very ways in which we can understand the denial of God. Giles Fraser is the former canon chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral. John Gray is emeritus professor of European Thought at LSE. This event is supported by the LSE Annual Fund.
2012-06-061h 27Summer 2012 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfAt the Origins of Modern AtheismContributor(s): Rev Dr Giles Fraser, Professor John Gray | In the first event of the Programme for the Study of Religion and Non-Religion, Giles Fraser examines the links between Enlightenment thought and theology, reflecting on how theology frames the very ways in which we can understand the denial of God. Giles Fraser is the former canon chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral. John Gray is emeritus professor of European Thought at LSE. This event is supported by the LSE Annual Fund.
2012-06-061h 27
Thinking Aloud with Giles FraserGiles Fraser's Thinking Aloud podcast: non-militant secularism | Giles FraserLady Warsi's speech at the Vatican complaining about 'militant secularism' is odd. Secularism is not the political arm of atheism
2012-02-2002 minThinking Aloud with Giles FraserGiles Fraser's Thinking Aloud podcast: how valuable is shame?How effective is shame as a means of punishment and how valuable is it in shaping social norms? Giles ponders the subject in the wake of Fred Goodwin being stripped of his knighthood and the release of Steve McQueen's new film about sex addiction
2012-02-0602 minThinking Aloud with Giles FraserGiles Fraser's Thinking Aloud podcast: a period of noisy reflectionGiles compares his new surroundings in the Guardian newsroom with his former workplace at St Paul's Cathedral
2012-01-3002 minStart the WeekThe Spirit of Christmas: Claire Tomalin, Susan Hill and Canon Giles FraserAndrew Marr discusses the idea of Christmas with Canon Giles Fraser who argues that the Christian Christmas was invented by the Emperor Constantine for political, not religious, reasons, 300 years after the birth of Christ. Canon Fraser will be discussing the idea that the legacy of Constantine's December feast distorts the message of Christ and casts a long shadow on modern believers. Clare Tomalin will be talking about Dickens and how the Victorian imagination shaped our understanding of what Christmas is and should be, and Susan Hill will be exploring the Christmas ghost story - one of the tenacious Victorian...
2011-12-1941 min
Guardian FocusGuardian Focus podcast: Rev Giles Fraser and the Occupy London campReverend Giles Fraser tells Alan Rusbridger how a protest on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral led to his resignation as canon
2011-10-2714 min
All Saints' Episcopal ChurchKanuga 2010 - The Rev'd Giles FraserThe Reverend Canon Giles Fraser has been the
2010-10-0350 min