Heart speaking to heart: readings from St John Henry Newman

"The lights and shades of the saintly character, of the individual saint, are necessary for understanding what a saint is. To enter into the beauty and meaning of St Philip's life, I must compare together what he did when he was young and when he was old, when he was obscure and when he was an Apostle."

The actor Alex Macqueen reads passages from meditations and other writings by St John Henry Newman. Selection chosen by Roderick Strange, with introduction by Ruth Gledhill.