Richard Harries is to give the T. S. Eliot Society’s Annual Lecture this year. The lecture, titled Eliot, Auden and the enjoyment of life, will be given at Newnham College, Cambridge on Thursday 24th October at 5:30pm, and will be followed by a drinks reception.

Richard Harries is a writer, broadcaster and theologian. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has written over 30 books on the interface of Christian faith with literature, the visual arts, politics and ethics.

He was Bishop of Oxford from 1987-2006 and was made a life peer as Lord Harries of Pentregarth on his retirement. For more than 50 years he has been a regular contributor to ‘Thought for the Day’ on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

The lecture is free, but booking is required. Further information can be found here.