60: Terry Waite CBE – The mind's eye: why love and compassion will win

“At the end of the day, love and compassion will win." Those are the inspiring words of Michael’s guest today, Terry Waite – former special envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury, author and humanitarian. Working as a hostage negotiator in Beirut in 1987, he was taken hostage himself and held captive for more than four years – almost all of which was spent in solitary confinement. But in even the most trying of circumstances, Terry never let his imprisonment overcome him. While in captivity, he wrote his first book ‘Taken on Trust’, in his head, the first in what was to become a fruitful literary career. Since his release in 1991, Terry has founded numerous charities, including Hostage International, which gives emotional and physical support to hostage victims and their families. This is a story of someone who made light from the darkest situation and for whom love, hope and peace is always the answer.