Lent Talks
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The Lent Talks are a series of talks, normally broadcast on Radio Four at 8: 45 p.m. on a Wednesday in the United Kingdom, to mark the Christian season of Lent. They typically are brief talks, lasting about fifteen minutes, and have featured various speakers from different backgrounds. Each week,the speaker gives talk on different subject, and reflects on how this relates to the life of Christ. Speakers in 2008 have included the Conservative politician Ann Widdecombe, and last year featured Armando Ianucci, who discussed why the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday is longer than forty days. The final Lent Talk in 2008 was delivered on March 19, by the Bishop of Durham, Tom Wright. His talk drew upon the Bible book Lamentations of Jeremiah, emphasising the negative moments in life and times when we need to sit and reflect.The theme of his talk, delivered duringHoly Week, was to reflect on the period between the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
[edit] Speakers in 2008
13 February 2008: Jude Kelly
20 February 2008: Professor Terry Eagleton
27 February 2008: Mary Loudon
5 March 2008: Clive Stafford Smith
12 March 2008: Ann Widdecombe
19 March 2008: Tom Wright, the Bishop of Durham as from 2003
Further Reading: Each week, the Radio Times lists who the speaker for the Lent Talks will be, and the topic of the speaker's talk.
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