Simone Weil, born to a secular Jewish family in France 100 years ago, is one of the most provocative, original and enigmatic political and religious thinkers of the twentieth century. Yet she's still virtually unknown in Britain, and her books limp off the shelves.

In her brief life - she died in 1943 - she sought to combine a tireless, lifelong commitment to social justice with a growing Christian mysticism. In this session, multi-award winning poet Michael Symmons Roberts, and poet and novelist Grahame Davies explore the legacy of a figure whose challenge to materialism and oppression of every kind is as sharp today as ever.