Nicholas Baines

LATEST ARTICLES ( 598 )

• 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

• General Synod: Ukraine

  This is the text of my introductory speech on Friday 8 July 2022 to a debate on Ukraine. The text of the motion follows the script. Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Shaping a Future

  This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the morning after the Boris Johnson signalled his intention to... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Here We Go Again: Learning from History

  This is the text of the 2022 annual lecture for the Council on Christian Approaches to Defence and Disarmament (CCADD) of which I am a Vice-president. It was... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Leeds Diocesan Synod

  This is the text of my presidential address to the Leeds Diocesan Synod this morning.There’s really not a lot to talk about at the moment, is there? Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Platinum Jubilee

  This is the basic text of the various sermons preached in Ripon, Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield at civic services for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee over the last... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2022 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY