…are you reading now?
The Ecclesiastical History Of The English People by the Venerable Bede. I am writing a book on English spirituality, to be titled The English Soul, and Bede will be the subject of the first chapter, to be followed by chapters on John Wycliffe, John Bunyan, John Henry Newman and others. I am also reading W. J. Loftie’s The Colour Of London because I have been asked to write about, well, the colours of London.
…would you take to a desert island?
I would take The Imitation Of Christ by Thomas à Kempis. It had a profound impression on me as an adolescent, but I have not read it since. It would be a pleasure to re-experience my first sensations and perhaps also furnish me with more memories of my past life.