''I laughed my way through this...Funny, fascinating, and gorgeously humane'' Marina Hyde
''Funny and touching in equal measure'' Tom Holland
''Touching Cloth is a delight - a masterclass'' Edward Stourton
''A warm-hearted and frequently hilarious insight into the daily life of the clergy'' Nick Pettigrew
A laugh-out-loud memoir of becoming a 21st-century priest, Touching Cloth is also a love letter to the Prayer Book, Liverpool, funerals, cake tins, lager and, above all, to what the Church of England can be at its best.
The very word ''reverend'' inspires solemnity. To be a priest is to dedicate one''s life to quiet prayer and spiritual contemplation. Isn''t it?
Fergus Butler-Gallie reveals what it''s like to become a priest in the twenty-first century. Find out why black really is slimming, how to keep a straight face when someone is inadvertently hot-boxing a funeral, and which royal-themed biscu
