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 ( 583 )
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Just Pray?
This is the text of an article requested this morning by the Yorkshire Post in relation to the decision by cinema advertising bodies not to show an advert... Read more
Posted on 22 November 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
A Way with Words
This is the script of this morning's Thought for the Day on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme:There's an oft-repeated story that St Francis of Assisi told his... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Requiem for Paris
I once lived in Paris. I worked for a telecommunications company near the Eifel Tower, doing a variety of jobs in translation, teaching and accounts.I loved... Read more
Posted on 15 November 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Dancing into Mourning?
This is the script of this morning's Pause for Thought on the Chris Evans Show on BBC Radio 2 with Sara Cox, Jeremy Vine, Gabrielle Aplin and Carrie... Read more
Posted on 13 November 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
BBC Futures
I chair a media trust that goes by the name of Sandford St Martin. We reward excellence in religious broadcasting and advocate for the same in a range of... Read more
Posted on 11 November 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Helmut Schmidt RIP
Another giant has died. Former West German Chancellor, Helmut Schmidt died today at the age of 96.I got interested in Schmidt when I was studying German politic... Read more
Posted on 10 November 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Out of Office (Sri Lanka 3)
I remember being in Indonesia in 1999 and failing to comprehend the rules of the road. The traffic looked chaotic. It was impossible to work out who had the... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Out of Office (Sri Lanka 2)
We have just spent two days in the far north of Sri Lanka. This is where the civil war saw its bloody conclusions in Jaffna in 1995 and Kilinochchi only five... Read more
Posted on 22 October 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
‘That’ Letter (again)
Following the furore over the bishops' letter to the Prime Minister about refugees, I was asked to put pen to paper for the Yorkshire Post to explain why I... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Out of Office (Sri Lanka 1)
I am currently in Sri Lanka with our diocesan link bishop. I hadn't realised when we arrived yesterday in an almighty thunderstorm that this might be the mood... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
All Things Considered
This is the text of this morning's Presidential Address at the first Diocesan Synod of the new triennium in the Diocese of Leeds (West Yorkshire & the Dales):“A... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Denis Healey
is dead at 98. He was the best leader Labour never had. He was also the last of a generation of politicians who had a hinterland to their political life. Read more
Posted on 04 October 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Who Do We Think We Are?
I am in Liverpool to chair the Meissen Commission for four days. This Commission brings together the Church of England and the Evangelische Kirche in... Read more
Posted on 02 October 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Freedom of Religion
I am about to leave New York City having attended the second meeting of the International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief. Read more
Posted on 19 September 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Anglican Communion Futures
It was announced yesterday that the Archbishop of Canterbury has invited the Primates of the Anglican Communion to Canterbury in January 2016 to discuss the... Read more
Posted on 17 September 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Refugee Crisis: More Than a Quick Fix Needed
This is the text of an op-ed article I published in the Yorkshire Post this morning:The Prime Minister has been clear that the UK’s response to the refugee... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Living on the Edge
This is the text of this morning's Pause for Thought on the Chris Evans Show on BBC Radio 2. Guests in the studio were Caro Emerald, Sally Lindsay (Mount... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
If This is a Man?
There is a fundamental question underlying responses to the current migration and refugee challenge in Europe. In the question behind the title of Primo Levi's... Read more
Posted on 10 September 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Refugee Crisis in Europe
Actually, the crisis is not in Europe, but in the appallingly destructive states from which millions of people are fleeing.If, as some politicians and... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Reimagining Europe
Well, that's the sort of title to set the cat among the pigeons.It sometimes seems impossible to have an intelligent, informed and adult conversation about... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY