Nicholas Baines

LATEST ARTICLES ( 583 )

• Westminster Attack

  This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme (written late last night after getting out of Parliament):I entered th... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Local News

  This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2’s Chris Evans Show with Michael Ball:If you are anything like me, there are times in the... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Loving. Living.Learning.

  This is the text of my Presidential Address to the Leeds Diocesan Synod this morning:I am suspicious of straplines and convoluted vision statements that are... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Hear Hear

  This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2’s Chris Evans Show:Well, we’re one day into Lent and I’m already struggling. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• House of Lords and Brexit

  This afternoon the House of Lords voted at Committee stage against the Government and in favour of an amendment to the European Union (Notification of... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Babylon

  This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme:Just about a year ago I skirted the Isis stronghold of Mosul in Iraq. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• House of Lords: Brexit

  Before resuming debate on the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill the House took four oral questions. Lord (Norman) Tebbitt, commenting on emission... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Love Yourself

  This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on the Chris Evans Show on BBC Radio 2 with Sara Cox (and after a nice chat with a couple of Strictly... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Language and Reality

  A meeting of bishops from the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Churches is coming to an end here in Birmingham. It has been a stimulating, encouraging,... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Populism, Nationalism and International Order

  This is the basic text of my speech in the House of Lords this afternoon, not wanting to repeat what had already been said and trying to make a contribution... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• For Or Against in 2017?

  

  So, the new year has begun. In with a bang, or with a whimper of fear and hesitation?I was reminded this morning (while preparing for a radio interview) of the... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Dementia: Memory and Identity

  This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme in which dementia was one of the themes chosen by guest editor Carey... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Slaughter in Berlin

  This is the text of an article published today (and written in haste) in the Yorkshire Post following the attack in Berlin last night:Any pretence at optimism... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• From the Train

  

  I have a weird life.Last Monday I chaired a Bishop's Staff Meeting in Leeds before getting the train to London to record BBC Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Abdication

  

  This is the text of an article I published today in the Yorkshire Post marking the eightieth anniversary of the abdication of King Edward VIII:It is not every... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Oh. My. God.

  

  This is the script of this morning's Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2's Chris Evans Show in the company of the Kaiser Chiefs, actors Michael Fassbender and... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• “Scared Christians”

  I knew I shouldn’t have done the interview with PA the other night. That said, I did, and I take responsibility for what followed. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Reconciliation

  This is the script of this morning's Thought for the Day on BBC's Radio 4 Today programme:This week we have heard two stories about violence and extremism that... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Jaws of Defeat

  This is the script of this morning's Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4's Today programme:Chatting recently to an academic who leads a leadership consultancy,... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Remembrance 2016

  

  This is the text of an article published in the Yorkshire Post today: A couple of years ago a book was published that offers readings, prayers, poems and... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY