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Surprised as Betjeman
During the pandemic, poet, priest, and academic Dr. Malcolm Guite began his YouTube channel, Spells in the Library. These 10 minute videos were a way he could continue to offer “office hours” so to speak. As chaplain of Cambridge University’s Girton College, Dr. Guite kept office hours when students would stop for a visit. His Spells in the Library were a way Dr. Guite labored to keep something of the ordinary of ministry and hospitality during those unprecedented times.
Since 2020, Dr. Guite has continued to offer his spells these incantations of moments in story and words. You’ll recall…
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