Nicholas Baines

LATEST ARTICLES ( 598 )

• Cars

  

  I was asked by the BBC to come down to Chewton Glen in Dorset to do Pause for Thought on the Chris Evans Show this morning. A number of very generous and... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Rough Justice

  

  When the phone hacking scandal erupted a national print journalist tweeted something like: “Go on, Nick, launch the feeding frenzy! Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• World Cup Kick-off

  So, the 2014 World Cup has kicked off. The Church of England published my five prayers yesterday and the response has been mixed. Anyone with half a sense of... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Five Questions

  

  I have been a little occupied recently. I legally became the Bishop of Leeds on Sunday in a legal ceremony (called Confirmation of Election) at York Minster. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Losing Life

  This the script for this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4′s Today programme – the eve of the seventieth anniversary of D-Day:A rabbi once spok... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Born Somewhere

  

  This is the script of this morning's Pause for Thought on the Chris Evans Show on BBC Radio 2 (following last night's Sandford St Martin Awards ceremony at... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 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:A couple of months ago I took a couple of weeks out to go away and... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Caring Capitalism?

  This is the text of this morning's Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4's Today programme:Yesterday a conference on Inclusive Capitalism was held at the Mansion... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Which Europe?

  

  It's interesting to watch the political parties responding like headless chickens to the Euro-elections. Short-term reaction again, or taking a long-term view o... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Religion in the Media (again)

  

  There is an excellent article by Ed Stourton in today's Sunday Telegraph about the importance of good media understanding of religion (and a strong reference... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Sitting on the Fence (again)

  

  This is the text of this morning's Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2's Chris Evans Show with Zoe Ball. It contains ten song titles by guests James and Tony... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Death on the Nile

  

  One of the partnership links enjoyed by the Diocese of West Yorkshire the Dales is that developed over thirty years with the dioceses of Sudan. The Bisho of... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Repentance and a Long-term View

  This is the script of this morning's Thought for the Day on BBC Radio4's Today programme.A month or two ago I had a coffee in London with a friend who has her... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Who Are We? (and Other Electoral Questions)

  

  I am all for fixed-term parliaments and knowing when the next general election will take place, but we had better learn from other countries that have had them... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Be Good

  

  This is the text of this morning's Pause for Thought on the Chris Evans Show on BBC Radio 2. In the studio were Dawn French, Henry Winkler and Gregory Porter. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Britain First?

  Last Saturday a group of blokes drove up from London to Bradford, entered mosques, confronted whomsoever they could find, and tried to intimidate Muslims. I... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Religion for the Times

  

  It was reported last week that the BBC is to move current Defence Correspondent Caroline Wyatt to Religion, replacing Robert Pigott who has held the post for a... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• A Blunt Affair

  

  This morning my office was emptied and sent to the new office in Leeds where it will open for business on 30 April.As the last bits were being loaded we came... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Fostering Division

  A letter was published in the Daily Telegraph this morning, signed by fifty eminent people, in which they criticise the Prime Minister’s article of faith... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• A New Day Dawns

  

  Happy Easter!Today we celebrate God's inability to stay down. Death, violence and destruction do not have the final word in this world, after all; God does. It... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY