The Extra Mile: A Twenty First Century Pilgrimage
'a highly illuminating study...his selection may be domestic but it is by no means parochial...Particularly welcome is his ability to laugh at himself.' Michael Arditti: The Independent
'Stanford's delightful book is more an encounter with pilgrims than with Christ and his saints...these frequently difficult travels tell one more about today's religious faith than many a church report...It is a pleasure to tramp along beside him.' Ronald Blythe: Church Times
‘an intriguing investigation of what faith might mean in our apparently secular age’ London Review of Books
A modern-day pilgrimage round eight of Britain's ancient religious sites, including Stonehenge, Bardsey Island, Walsingham, Holywell, Iona, Lindisfarne and Glastonbury, taking the spiritual temperature of our apparently secular and sceptical age.
Published in London and New York by Continuum in March 2010. Hardback ISBN 9780826434043 Paperback 9781441167354. Also available on Kindle
'While Stanford takes quiet pleasure in unpicking woolly thinking, he writes movingly about the pull of the past, recognising that in hard times, the path of enlightenment becomes an appealing road-trip.’
– Victoria Segal: The Guardian