# The Spiritual History of English | Andrew Thornton-Norris Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-cities-podcast-7107336/the-spiritual-history-of-english-andrew-thornton-norris Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-cities-podcast-7107336/the-spiritual-history-of-english-andrew-thornton-norris.md Podcast: [The Two Cities Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-cities-podcast-7107336) Published: 2025-03-12T15:51:59+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thetwocitiespodcastpodcast/episodes/2025-03-12T08_51_59-07_00 Audio file: https://www.podomatic.com/e/podcasts/thetwocitiespodcastpodcast/episodes/2025-03-12T08_51_59-07_00.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-two-cities-podcast-7107336/episodes/the-spiritual-history-of-english-andrew-thornton-norris Duration seconds: 3212 ## Resource The poet and author Andrew Thornton-Norris discusses his work, 'The Spiritual History of English': https://osjustipress.com/products/the-spiritual-history-of-english We discuss the Latin origins of English language and literature; the 'Protestant novel'; Romanticism, the heroic self and the Catholic revival; modern and postmodern despair and the potential signs of the future revitalisation of English culture once she returns to the Faith of her forefathers. To support my research and channel, and to access regular premium content please consider joining my Locals (the Beletage): https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.com ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-two-cities-podcast-7107336/episodes/the-spiritual-history-of-english-andrew-thornton-norris/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-cities-podcast-7107336/the-spiritual-history-of-english-andrew-thornton-norris.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.