Nicholas Baines

LATEST ARTICLES ( 598 )

• Bad Latin

  When I was preparing for ordination and studying theology at Trinity College, Bristol, a couple of friends set up a new society that met a number of times... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Latin

  This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.Who’d have thought that the Summer Silly Season would begin with a... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Power of Words

  This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.The Power of Words“Actions speak louder than words”. I hear that... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Football’s Coming Home

  This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on the morning after England beat Denmark in the Euros semi-final at... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• A Touching Place

  This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought with Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2.It probably shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that if you make a film... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Freshly Faithful

  This is the text of my Presidential Address to the Leeds Diocesan Synod this morning.I am doing a run of Pause for Thoughts on Zoe Ball’s Radio 2 breakfast... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Love Isn’t Hard at All

  This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2’s Breakfast Show with Zoe Ball.This has been a great last month for me with a new album... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• UK Foreign Policy

  This is the text of a speech in the House of Lords today in the debate on the Queen’s Speech, focusing on foreign policy and defence. Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Here I Stand

  This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme:One personal casualty of current travel restrictions is a... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Prince Philip

  This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2’s Zoe Ball Show:The death of the Duke of Edinburgh last week at the age of 99 puts into... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Hans Küng

  

  This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme:Back in 2010 in Munich I attended a remarkable public conversation... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Talking the Walk

  This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 with Matt Lucas.I went for a walk the other day.You’re... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Easter Day

  This is the text of my sermon in Ripon Cathedral this morning as the light streamed in.Don’t tell me of a faith that fearsTo face the world aroundDon’t dull my... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Easter Eve

  This is the basic text of a sermon in Wakefield Cathedral at the Easter Vigil:“Who will roll away the stone…?” (Mark 16:3)It’s an entirely reasonable question i... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Good Friday Silence

  This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.Winston Churchill is famous for many things and renowned for his way... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• By God’s Mercy

  This is the basic text of my Maundy Thursday sermon in Bradford Cathedral and streamed for the clergy and lay ministers of the Diocese of Leeds:“Since it is by... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Anniversaries and Grief

  This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2’s Breakfast Show with Dermot O’Leary standing in for Zoe Ball. Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Freshly Faithful

  This is the text of a Presidential Address I gave to the Leeds Diocesan Synod this morning via Zoom.Eighteenth Diocesan Synod, Saturday 13 March 2021Sometimes... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Funny Stuff

  This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2’s Zoe Ball Show:Perhaps one of the few upsides of these dreadful lockdowns is the explosio... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Sea Shanties

  This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on Zoe Ball’s BBC Radio 2 breakfast show:I grew up in Liverpool, by the sea. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY