• Reading Levels 3 - 5

Can silence set us free?

Everyone has an idea of what freedom means. It might mean freedom to move from place to place. Freedom to say what we think. Freedom to explore. Father Giles has been a Benedictine monk at Pluscarden Abbey for 47 years. In this extraordinary interview with BBC Ideas, he reflects on what freedom means to him.

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