Mark Oakley: 'Music on the wind': the love poetry of George Herbert and RS Thomas

At last month’s Church Times Festival of Faith and Literature, Mark Oakley gave a talk titled “Music on the Wind”: The love poetry of George Herbert and RS Thomas. Canon Oakley is the Dean of St John’s College, Cambridge, and the Canon Theologian of Wakefield Cathedral. His book The Splash of Words: Believing in Poetry (Canterbury Press) won the Michael Ramsey Prize in 2019. Get the Church Times delivered for 10 weeks for just £10: www.churchtimes.co.uk/10-weeks