In La Belle Sauvage there is a terrifying description of how school children are recruited to a kind of stars you're hit the youth by the church and government. I think that might have been in my mind when I was writing that passage, actually. What happened in La Belle Savage has had a long gestation, a long maturing, and it's going to come into full existence in this book. The Secret Commonwealth will be set 10 years after his dark materials. Lyra will be 20 and an undergraduate at Oxford. And yes, at St. Sophia's College, which you won't find on a modern map of Oxford, but it's exactly by some strange coincidence Lady Margaret Hall is
Over lunch in his house in Oxford, bestselling author Philip Pullman speaks to broadcaster Samira Ahmed about the moments of his childhood and youth that shaped and inspired his unique storytelling. This episode is part of our series How I Found My Voice, hosted by Samira Ahmed. If you like this episode do check out the entire series.
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