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Science; Love; Theology of Poetry

Audrey Carville and guests discuss the role of science in society, while Hunter Davies reflects on life after the death of his wife Margaret and their 60-year romance.

Audrey Carville and guests discuss the role of science in society, while the new moderator-designate of the Presbyterian Church, Rev Nobel McNeely of first Holywood, sets out his vision for the church in the next year.

After a 60-year romance, author Hunter Davies gives his inimitable take on life alone following the death of his beloved wife Margaret, and academic and priest Malcolm Guite reveals the theology of the work of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge through his best-known piece - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

The resonances between modern and historical poverty? Dr Olwen Purdue from Queen's University will be shedding light on the parallels and the similarities she has unearthed in her latest Belfast project, and Roald Dahl's Marvellous Medicine - neuro scientist Professor Tom Solomon on the special friendship with one of the world's best loved children's authors and the medical breakthroughs they researched.

Plus, the best of the Sunday papers.

1 hour, 45 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 Feb 2017 08:30

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  • Sun 12 Feb 2017 08:30