Thought for the Day
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The Rev Dr Michael Banner
Good morning.
A German holiday maker has successfully sued his tour operator alleging that he had spent 20 minutes every morning trying, without...
The Right Reverend Dr David Walker
Good morning.
Ocean transport has rarely left our news headlines over these last few weeks. The ongoing efforts of the USA and Iran to block or...
Martin Wroe
Good morning. After another tense night watching football in the pub, my friend reminded me of how different the experience is to when we were younger...
Rev Lucy Winkett
Early one morning last week, I was taking a walk from the church to the park in central London where I live. I walked down Waterloo Place, named after...
Brian Draper
I don’t know about you, but May is my favourite month: spring in its pomp and the blessing of light, warm days to come!
And with ‘international...
Rev Hannah Malcolm
Good morning I’m a bit biased, but the River Wear might be my favourite river in Britain. Winding through the city of Durham and connecting the Pennin...
Mona Siddiqui
During my many years of teaching undergraduates I always invited my honours students to give an oral presentation on a chosen topic. In a particular c...
Rev David Wilkinson
Good morning. This week will mark the centenary of the birth of Queen Elizabeth II and a new charity is being established in her honour. Its work wi...
Professor Tina Beattie
Good morning.
They say that religion and politics don’t mix, but it’s impossible to separate the two when the Pope and the American President ha...
The Rev Lucy Winkett
In an interview on this programme yesterday, the former national security adviser Peter Ricketts; was asked ‘what about that old thing…. Wisdom’? it w...
Chine McDonald
Good morning,
The words of Jessie Buckley dedicating her Oscar win to ‘the beautiful chaos of a mother’s heart’ have been echoing in my mind thr...
Rev Dr Sam Wells
Good morning. Justice delayed is justice denied. But justice rushed is no bowl of cherries either. In July, Lord Leveson warned that "fundamental" ref...
Jasvir Singh
Good morning.
This week sees in the Sikh New Year, and I find myself reflecting on the nature of new beginnings and fresh starts. For me and my...
Rev Roy Jenkins
Baroness Louise Casey was refreshingly frank on this programme the other day. As chair of the independent committee on adult social care, she set out...
Jayne Manfredi - 06/03/2026
As a dog lover and an ordained Christian, one of the questions I’ve been asked the most is, “Do dogs have souls?” It’s a question which is often accom...
The Right Reverend Dr David Walker
Good Morning
Viewed from the comfort of our kitchens and living rooms, global conflict can all too readily resemble a twisted form of spectator...
Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra
Good morning!
It seems like everyone’s at it - Muslims, Christians, and soon Jews will be too. Don’t be alarmed - I’m talking about fasting. On...
Vishvapani - A member of the Triratna Buddhist Order
Good morning.
The worse the news gets, the closer we come to some underlying questions. Epstein, Ukraine, climate change, geopolitics – you nam...
The Rev Canon Dr Rob Marshall
Places where strangers become friends
Good morning. The pub in Oxford last week looked its usual, amazing self. I’d been doing a bit of teaching...
Jayne Manfredi
“You’ve failed.”
Words spoken to me by a man with a clipboard, in a Renault Clio back in 1997. Failing my driving test seems trivial now, from t...
Bishop Richard Harries
Good morning. There is deep sadness in Tehran and other Iranian cities today as more that 2,500 dead are mourned and it appears that the regime is in...
Rev Dr Sam Wells
Good morning. Over New Year, two elite Premier League clubs decided being in the top six wasn’t good enough, and they needed a new manager. One of the...
Rev Dr Giles Fraser
The Bible doesn’t call them kings, nor that there were three of them. But tradition has come to call them kings, with their famous three gifts - gold...