Josh Richards
@joshbrichards.bsky.social
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parent, priest and phd student
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
19 days ago
On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day. As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time. At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
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The Labour government could not have had a child poverty strategy without this policy. It may be the first major decision the government has taken where the views of 200 backbenchers on what is necessary/right have trumped the focus group/opinion poll view, prior to the decision being taken
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Stephen Bush
5 months ago
Magical thinking latest: that you can have an effective child poverty strategy while leaving the big lever marked 'this lever guarantees child poverty' untouched.
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No 10 delays child poverty strategy with tens of thousands more facing hardship
Exclusive: Flagship policy put back until at least autumn amid fears cost of scrapping two-child limit will outweigh political benefit
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/23/no-10-delays-child-poverty-plan-despite-tens-of-thousands-more-hardship
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Freya has written about Hadestown and Easter.
www.seenandunseen.com/hadestown-hi...
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Hadestown hints at so much more | Seen & Unseen
https://www.seenandunseen.com/hadestown-hints-so-much-more
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A short piece on scarcity and the abundance discourse.
www.seenandunseen.com/abundance-an...
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Abundance and the attempt to build a better world | Seen & Unseen
https://www.seenandunseen.com/abundance-and-attempt-build-better-world
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Great conversation on The Anxious Generation, moral formation and AI
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Parenting in the Age of Social Media and — Help! — A.I.
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 01/04/2025 · 1h 12m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ezra-klein-show/id1548604447?i=1000701703939
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Some quick thoughts on Adolescence:
www.seenandunseen.com/can-we-ever-...
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Can we ever understand the ‘whydunnit’ of Adolescence? | Seen & Unseen
https://www.seenandunseen.com/can-we-ever-understand-whydunnit-adolescence
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This is pretty cool. Someone has translated an article I wrote into Mandarin.
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/5Rk5VNGGr1...
Original here:
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长生不死:对生命的不懈追求
若真存在超越死亡的方法,我们难道不应该放弃一切去寻找它吗?
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/5Rk5VNGGr1gv7pBuCoEqHA
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Seen & Unseen
8 months ago
Don’t die: the relentless pursuit of life. After watching the Netflix series, Josh Richard asks, if there was a way beyond death, shouldn't we give up everything to find it?
#DontDie
#Netflix
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Don’t die: the relentless pursuit of life | Seen & Unseen
https://www.seenandunseen.com/dont-die-relentless-pursuit-life
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A short piece for the beginning of Lent, on death and becoming a dad.
www.seenandunseen.com/preview-link...
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Don’t die: the relentless pursuit of life | Seen & Unseen
https://www.seenandunseen.com/preview-link/node/1384/0b2c070e-ba7f-4140-ab11-0007684ceada
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Church of England in Parliament
8 months ago
Bishop of London: "The best safeguard is the current law. I urge Parliament to reject this Bill. It is neither safe nor compassionate. We should be focusing on providing the best possible palliative care services. Dying people should be offered hope, not fear."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Really, really lovely.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Katherine Rundell · Why children’s books?
Children’s books, to a great extent because they are written for those who cannot participate in the market, can offer...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n02/katherine-rundell/why-children-s-books
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I wrote about the superlative Severance and its exploration of work, identity and grief.
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Great writing.
harpers.org/archive/2025...
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High and Dry, by Barrett Swanson
Sobriety and transcendence at Bonnaroo
https://harpers.org/archive/2025/02/high-and-dry-sobriety-transcendence-bonnaroo-barrett-swanson/
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Islington Guided Walks
9 months ago
What are your plans this Saturday 18th? Join us at 2pm for our monthly tour of St Mary’s Church,
#Islington
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#Islington's
history & enjoy the spectacular panorama from the 18th century Church tower, the best views in London! Tickets here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/st-mary-is...
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St Mary Islington - Church and Tower tour
Discover the history of Islington’s first parish church and enjoy a panoramic view across London from its 18th-century tower.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/st-mary-islington-church-and-tower-tour-tickets-542957158477
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The New Statesman
10 months ago
Rowan Williams on the meaning of ecstasy:
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
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The meaning of ecstasy
Simon Critchley’s On Mysticism shows how the language of religious rapture can help us teach us how to live.
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2024/12/the-meaning-of-ecstasy
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Seen & Unseen
11 months ago
Live today! First up: dance music allows us to encounter what’s ’beyond our ken’, Are you moved by Ezra Collective?
www.seenandunseen.com/ezra-collect...
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Ezra Collective understands the where and how of transcendence | Seen & Unseen
Dance music allows us to encounter what’s ’beyond our ken’.
https://www.seenandunseen.com/ezra-collective-understands-where-and-how-transcendence
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Seen & Unseen
11 months ago
Why does snowfall still awe us? We long for snow this time of year because longing is all there is to do, writes Josh RIchards.
www.seenandunseen.com/why-does-sno...
#snow
#UKsnow
#winter
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Why does snowfall still awe us? | Seen & Unseen
https://www.seenandunseen.com/why-does-snowfall-still-awe-us
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