Nicholas Baines
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Musings of a restless bishop
http://nickbaines.wordpress.com/
I write about anything that interests me - from faith to football, from politics to the arts and media.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 584 )
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Damned Power
Having returned on Thursday evening from Sudan I left agin in the early hours of Saturday for Jena in Germany. This forms the real beginning of my sabbatical... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Sudan Visit
I went with a colleague to Sudan last Saturday for a series of meetings and a day conference on ‘freedom of religion’ in Khartoum. Read more
Posted on 01 February 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Going Back a Different Way: Being Christian in a Populist World
This is the basic text of a lecture at Bradford Cathedral today at the launch of the centenary year. It is quite long.Bradford Cathedral is 100 years old in... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Happy Christmas!
This is the script of my address at the BBC Radio Leeds carol service recorded at Halifax Minster (with the same joke as in the Yorkshire Post piece. Sorry. Read more
Posted on 24 December 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Deal Or No Deal?
This is the text of a commissioned article published in the excellent Yorkshire Post yesterday:A quick story.A little boy sat in his room trying to write his... Read more
Posted on 23 December 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Jolabokaflod
This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme:Icelandic isn’t one of my languages, but I learned recently about... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
‘Tis the Season
This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on the Chris Evans Show on BBC Radio 2. In the studio were Lee Mack, Paloma Faith, Tom Kerridge and... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Whose Story?
Ths is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme – delivered five minutes after the announcement that Tory MPs have... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Brexit in the Lords
This is the Hansard transcript of my speech in the House of Lords yesterday (39 out of 180) in the take-note debate on the EU Withdrawal Agreement and... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
People, Place and Purpose
This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4 Today programme:Some years ago a Church of England report confidently asserted that... Read more
Posted on 05 December 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Brexit Debate (again)
This is the basic text of my speech in the House of Lords in today’s debate on the Prime Minster’s Statement on Brexit last week. Read more
Posted on 20 November 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Populism
I was asked to preach in chapel at St John’s College, Cambridge, on ‘Populism’ in a series of sermons on ‘Thinking Allowed’. The readings were from Exodus 32:1-... Read more
Posted on 18 November 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Food for Thought
This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on the Chris Evans Show on BBC Radio 2 (with Sara Cox):Isn’t the internet a wonderful thing? Read more
Posted on 16 October 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Diocesan Synod: Presidential Address
This is my Presidential Address to the Leeds Diocesan Synod in Harrogate this morning:When we decided to create the Diocese of Leeds back in 2013/14, who’d... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Zimbabwe Elections
This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme:Of the thousands of photos in my phone one I return to time and time... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Greek Wildfires
This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme:Television does not do justice to the reality of fire. Nor does what w... Read more
Posted on 26 July 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Mis-speakings
This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on the Chris Evans Show on BBC Radio 2:I know it was a week or two ago, but I am still – somewhat... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Brexit White Paper: Debate in the House of Lords
This is the text of my speech in the House of Lords this afternoon in the debate on the preparations and negotiations for Brexit. It needs to be read in the... Read more
Posted on 23 July 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
NHS at 70
This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme:As we approach the 70th anniversary of the founding of the National... Read more
Posted on 25 June 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
The Wide Space of Hope
This is the text of this morning’s Presidential Address to the Leeds Diocesan Synod:Thank you for making it through the weather this time! Read more
Posted on 16 June 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY