Faith, Fire and Song: The writings of Richard Rolle for everyone by Elizabeth Ruth Obbard ( published by New City Press 2021: £7). Richard Rolle, probably born about 1300, dying in 1349, was an individual who had an insatiable appetite for knowledge and was driven by a desire to gain a deep practical experience of God rather than through intellectual knowledge of God. For this hermit of the fourteenth century searching for God is made possible by the depth of our love and kindness for our neighbour.