Continuing our perusal of “Jack’s Bookshelf”, today David interview co-host of “Classical Stuff You Should Know”, Graeme Donaldson, about the author of Paradise Lost, John Milton.
As we continue to browse through Jack’s bookshelf, David interviews Dr. Sarah Waters about William Shakespeare.
Dr. Michael Dauphinais joins David for a half-pint to discuss the links between “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”, and the book from this week’s “Jack’s Bookshelf”, Dante Aligeri’s “Divine Comedy”.
Today we kick off “Jack’s Bookshelf”, a series of episodes where we consider the authors and works which shaped the life of C.S. Lewis. Today we speak to returning guest, Dr. Jason Baxter, and begin with Dante Alighieri, author of The Divine Comedy.
A couple of brief announcements from David.
Recently on the “Catching Foxes” podcast, Michael Gormley (“Gomer”) announced some upcoming life changes. David wanted to know more and so invited him out for a “swift half” to chat about it… as well as Gomer’s new-found love of Shakespeare!
In July 2023, we’re beginning “Jack’s Bookshelf”, a series which we hope to repeat every season going forward. In this series, we’re going to be looking at books and authors who helped shape the mind of C.S. Lewis…
David quizzes Matt and Andrew on toasts, they argue about the state of Malacandra, and cast actors for their movie.
The Shortest Way Home is an introductory review to Lewis’s classic work on issues of faith and reason
David recently tracked down the audio for an operatic adaptation of Perelandra, the sequel to Out of the Silent Planet, and invited Professor Judith Wolfe and Professor John Marr onto the show to talk about it.