Paul Handley is a distinguished journalist whose career has spanned the post of press officer at Lambeth Palace when Robert Runcie was Archbishop of Canterbury and various roles on Anglican newspapers.
His decades-long editorship at the Church Times provides an unparalleled vantage point from which to look at changes in ecclesiastical and broadsheet journalism.
During that time, Paul has witnessed the terms of three Archbishops of Canterbury: George Carey, Rowan Williams and Justin Welby.
The interview also covers the ordination of women priests, the New Atheism, the development of websites and social media, and the Church Times cartoon!
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0:00 Dunstable, Bedfordshire: Family background
25:47 University. Arriving at Goldsmith’s and exploring Christianity
40:24 Church of England Newspaper: Entry into journalism
42:47 Community life at Little Gidding & working for the Church Times
52:56 Press secretary at Lambeth Palace
59:47 Westcott House & the Ordination of Paul’s wife
1:06:21 Returning to the Church Times as News Editor
1:14:06 Journalism in a digital age.
1:22:34 Christian Prime Ministers: Blair, Brown, Cameron and May
1:35:18 The New Atheists
1:39:59 Archbishops of Canterbury: George Carey, Rowan Williams and Justin Welby
1:44:22 Church Times Cartoons & Other aspects of journalism