Clifford Longley is an author, broadcaster and journalist who has specialised since 1972 in the coverage and analysis of British and international religious affairs. For 20 years he wrote a weekly column in religion, morality and culture in The Times and from 1992 to September 2000 in The Daily Telegraph. He currently has a fortnightly column in The Tablet, of which he is also Editorial Consultant. He is a regular panelist on Radio 4’s The Moral Maze and a regular contributor to Thought for the Day.
