Nicholas Baines
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Musings of a restless bishop
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I write about anything that interests me - from faith to football, from politics to the arts and media.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 583 )
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Levelling Up?
This is Hansard’s record of my speech in yesterday’s Committee stage debate in the House of Lords as we began line-by-line scrutiny of the Levelling Up and... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2023 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Feet of Clay
This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.When I was just twenty years old I worked in France for six months. Read more
Posted on 16 February 2023 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Borderlands
This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.President Zelenskiy’s address to Parliament yesterday was another... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2023 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Teachers
This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.When I visit schools – usually primary schools – I always get asked... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2023 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Levelling Up
This is the text of my speech in the debate in the House of Lords on Levelling Up (Second Reading) on Tuesday 17 January 2023. I was the fifth speaker out of 69... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2023 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Watchnight Awaits
This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2’s Zoe Ball Breakfast Show with Gary Davies.I always get nervous as the end of the year... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Messiah
This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2 with Zoe Ball.In the last week I had one big miss and one big hit.Jools Holland was in... Read more
Posted on 22 December 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Who Are We?
This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.I was struck in the last few days by the coincidence of two events. Read more
Posted on 09 December 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Life and Death
This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.Recently my daughter gave birth eleven weeks prematurely. Both mum... Read more
Posted on 02 December 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Public Service Broadcasting
This is the text of a speech I delivered in the House of Lords today in a debate “to take note of the future of public service broadcasting in the year of the... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
“Strengthening Everything That Connects Us”
On 28 October 2022 the German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, delivered a speech that is a model of maturity, honesty and humility whilst offering a clear... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Found by God
This is the text of my presidential address to the Leeds Diocesan Synod on Zoom this morning.The collect for today reads as follows:“Almighty God, you have... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Corruption in the UK
This is the basic text of a speech in Grand Committee (in the Moses Room) of the House of Lords this afternoon. I was the fourth speaker and there was a... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Fragility
This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.Some years ago on a visit to the United States, I drove from the Gulf... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
The Getaway Girls
This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought with Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2 (live from Leeds).Well, this has been a weird couple of days. Read more
Posted on 26 September 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
The Eve of the Queen’s Funeral
This is the basic text of a sermon at Ripon Cathedral on the eve of the Queen’s funeral.The Death of Queen Elizabeth IIRipon CathedralSunday 18 September... Read more
Posted on 18 September 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Death of the Queen
This is the text of a brief article in yesterday’s Yorkshire Post.The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II changes the world. Read more
Posted on 14 September 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Warm Welcome
This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2’s breakfast show with Zoe Ball.I don’t know about you, but the summer gives me a bit of... Read more
Posted on 30 August 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Olympic Stories
This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.Next week sees the tenth anniversary of the opening of the 2012 Olympi... Read more
Posted on 22 July 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
The Teardrop Explodes
This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.Listening to the news about Sri Lanka this last couple of weeks,... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY