The text for a new opera written in 2017, telling the story of Winfrith (St Boniface), the Christian missionary who was murdered in 754. This stage work was developed from the music drama commissioned for the Millennium celebrations at Brixworth in 2000. The full music score is available separately from Lulu. The action is based on historical fact, and the text is based on contemporary letters that have survived - letters to and from the central characters. The work deals with the central ethical issue of religious extremism, and its destructive impact on individuals, on personal relationships and on whole communities. This is not a work of Christian triumphalism, but an exploration of the perils of religious fundamentalism, whatever the creed.