Young Christians are flocking to traditional Anglican and Catholic services, embracing solemnity and

mysticism. But why is this happening? And could we be on the verge of an unexpected recovery of the

sacred? To discuss this further, the spectator would like to invite you to a special evening

taking place at the glorious and beautifully lit surroundings of St. Bartholomew the Great, the oldest

parish church in the city of London. Bartholomew the Great, the oldest parish church in

the city of London. This unique gathering includes speakers such as the editor of the spectator

Michael Gove, the rector of St. Bards, the Reverend Marcus Walker, the Oxford Regis Professor of

Divinity, Professor Andrew Davidson, and the host of this podcast, Damien Thompson, joined by the

renowned choir of St Bartz.

The event is taking place on Tuesday, July 8th, and for tickets and more information,

go to spectator.com.ukuk, forward slash church.

Hello and welcome to Spectators Book Club podcast. I'm Sam Leith, the literary editor of The Spectator.

This week, I'm very pleased to be joined by the crime and thriller writer Karen Slaughter,

whose new book inaugurates a new series. It's called We're All Guilty here.

Karen, I'm very cautious of describing the book in any way because I don't want to give any

any spoilers. Could you maybe introduce a bit what we're all guilty here's set up is for the

lessons? It's really hard to talk about without giving too much away. I guess the easy thing

is something really bad happens and by the end you know who did it. But it's hard. It's about young girls and

women, and we meet a very young teenage girl in the very first chapter who is waiting for her

friend, and it's Fourth of July in the southern part of the United States, in Georgia, where I'm

from. It's very hot. The sun's beating down, and the fireworks show starts,

and then something bad happens to them.

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