The Dragon and The Dog

Published: July 14, 2023, 8 p.m.

While viewing a 16th Century painting of St George slaying a dragon, Adam Gopnik reflects on how we all, in life, attempt to slay \u2018the dragons of our disorder.\u2019

He concludes that 'dragon and saint are permanently entangled, as our demonic forces are with our better nature.\u2019

Producer: Adele Armstrong \nSound: Peter Bosher\nProduction coordinator: Gemma Ashman\nEditor: Richard Fenton-Smith