Thought for the Day
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Thought for the Day
Reflections from a faith perspective on issues and people in the news.
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Chine McDonald
Good morning,
There’s much discussion over flags and marches and what it means to be British at the moment. This has meant the legitimate concer...
Mona Siddiqui
The headline simply says: ‘All I have left is a burnt bag.’ These are the words of a parent in a recent Sky News investigation. The report has ident...
Mark Vernon
A friend relates the stresses of getting up in the morning. Her child has stubbed a toe but is it broken, poor kid? Simultaneously, the radio on, ther...
Dr Paula Gooder
Good morning.
For followers of football, this is an important day. The FIFA men’s World Cup begins, and all around the world, fans are preparin...
Michael Hurley
Good morning. What would you do if you came across a man in a park, sitting in front of a typewriter, offering to write a poem with you? I would avoid...
Canon Angela Tilby
Good morning. One of the clichés of the media industry is that the public have a ‘right to know’ especially when things go wrong. It’s often true. Thi...
The Rev Lucy Winkett
Good morning. The late rock singer Ozzy Osbourne’s son, Jack, spoke recently about the fact that the family have worked with an AI provider to make a...
Mona Siddiqui
On Monday over one and a half million Muslims from around the world began filling a vast tent city in Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage. Each year...
Mona Siddiqui
I don’t really follow football but this past week there seemed to be a lot of it in the news. One of the most contentious stories has been that of S...
Michael Hurley
Good morning. “Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.” I was reminded of that quip from G. K. Chesterton last week, when I visited The Ol...
The Rev Canon Dr Jennifer Smith
Good morning.
As the sun finally begins to coax flowers into bloom, the Chelsea Flower Show will open its gates today. The Royal Horticultural...
Martin Wroe
Good morning. Reed Hoffman, one of the founders of Linked In, tells us that typing is over and voicepilling is here.
This is the word he has coi...
Catherine Pepinster
Sometimes, digging into the origins of a word can help with real insights into a contemporary issue.
Take the meaning of the word person...
Chine McDonald
Good morning,
In Monday’s speech, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer used the word ‘hope’ 14 times. He said the country would see hope reflected in...
Jayne Manfredi
Good morning.
If you live to be one hundred, will you still be the same person inside who you’ve always been? Will the same things still make yo...
Jasvir Singh
Good morning.
75 years ago this weekend saw the Festival of Britain open to much fanfare. In 1951, cities were being rebuilt from the rubble of...
The Rev Dr Michael Banner
Good morning.
Desmond Morris the zoologist, tv presenter and best-selling author who died at the weekend at the age of 98, owed his fame to his...
Michael Hurley
Good morning. There have been some notable anniversaries in the news recently.
Fighter plane extraordinaire, the Spitfire – star of the Battle o...
Rev Lucy Winkett
I found myself not long ago in a courtroom as a witness for a person claiming asylum in the UK on the grounds that they had converted to Christianity,...
The Right Reverend Dr David Walker
Good Morning.
Resilience has been the watchword of the last few days, politicians across the parties choosing to follow up the Prime Minister’s...
Mark Vernon
Good morning.
The strike by resident doctors highlights the severe tensions faced by the National Health Service. The tragedy of the dispute, an...