Two Vacancies: J.K. Rowling’s Novel and a New Archbishop
The Casual Vacancy book cover
‘The Casual Vacancy’ is not like Harry Potter.
Rowling’s latest novel is decidedly for adults.
The World’s Alex Gallafent talks with anchor Marco Werman about the type of local English government that forms the backdrop to the novel, and about related developments in the Church of England.
A committee is meeting to select a new Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of Anglicans across the globe.
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