Radio can — occa­sion­ally — be very spe­cial. Trust me. This really is worth half an hour of your time. It’s Michael Buerk inter­view­ing the only Anglican priest in Bagh­dad, Canon Andrew White — well, the only one not wear­ing dog tags with his dog collar.

White is grap­pling with the later stages of MS, so his voice sounds like you would after a couple of stiff gin and tonics.

Don’t get me wrong. He’s no stranger to pub­li­city. And quite prob­ably a pain in the arse. And quite prob­ably hard on his loved ones. A bit like some for­eign cor­res­pond­ents of my acquaint­ance, except with added God.

But it’s an extraordin­ary and spe­cial inter­view. And I like dif­fi­cult people. (God knows, I might even be one.)

Pour your­self a glass of some­thing and listen here.