"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
I often meet people who think that C.S. Lewis was English. He wasn’t, he was actually born and raised in Belfast. However, if anyone has heard one of the few remaining recordings of Lewis, they could easily be forgiven for this mistake since he has a remarkably “plummy” English accent.
Below you’ll find YouTube videos containing all the remaining audio of Lewis which I can find…
Some rather amusing stand-up about growing up Catholic in Ireland:
I was recently reminded in conversation that most American Catholics have never watched the TV show “Father Ted”. To be fair, it’s a rather bizarre TV show, with a distinctly quirky sense of humour. However, it’s well worth a watch.
So, in honour of England’s recent victory over Columbia in the World Cup, here’s the episode where Fr. Ted coaches the All-Priests Over 75 Five-A-Side Football Challenge Match…
If you’d like to be introduced to more wonderful British TV, I’d recommend looking at my Best of British series, where I talk about some of my favourite TV shows from home.