Nicholas Baines

LATEST ARTICLES ( 612 )

• 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

• Learning Maths

  This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on Zoe Ball’s breakfast show on BBC Radio 2:There’s nothing quite like a ten year old looking at you as i... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Words and Music

  This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on the morning after the Inauguration of President Joe Biden and... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• White Lines

  This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.Before the latest lockdown I watched a man painting white lines in a... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• American Coup?

  This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, written late last night.To be surprised by events in Washington is... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Christmas (Yorkshire Post)

  This is an article commissioned by the Yorkshire Post and published today.Last year my wife and I went to Germany where I conducted the marriage of two young... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Waiting

  This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on the Zoe Ball Show on BBC Radio 4.When I was a kid I found December a hard month. Waiting for... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY