Thought for the Week: John Lampen’s view from above

‘The greatest love poem ever written.’

by John Lampen 24th April 2026

The astronauts on the recent Artemis mission, like the others before them, have recounted their feelings of awe when looking down on Earth. For several of them it was a truly religious experience. This sent me back to an earlier account: Dante’s description when he made the same journey imaginatively, 700 years ago, in The Divine Comedy. It is a masterpiece of science fiction as well as poetry.