@zugzwanged.bsky.social I'm pretty sure I just saw you and your wife on the canal whilst on my run in Chester... thought I was imagining it as was listening to something you'd written at the time!

open.spotify.com/episode/7szk... This is possibly the best podcast episode I've heard all year. It was deeply moving, and full of rich wisdom. I was in tears at several points. It encouraged me to slow down and ponder on the richness of the everyday

I get asked this a lot by my students. I think this is a great answer

Christian evangelist @glenscrivener.bsky.social joined me at the University of Sussex to discuss whether Christianity is the root of contemporary moral values! Check out our discussion on his YouTube channel here - a model of respectful interreligious engagement, imo! youtu.be/hKbyL4isUdU?...

Today's performative clampdown on migrants will gut our care homes of desperately needed staff. We are *already* short of over 150k carers. Banning foreign care workers will only exacerbate this - increasing suffering of society's most vulnerable members & pressures on the NHS. It's madness.

My direct appeal to @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social & Keir_Starmer in the light of yesterday's vote on AD. If they sincerely care about dying people, surely now they will publicly & urgently commit to properly funding our threadbare, neglected palliative care? www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

The Assisted Dying bill currently before Parliament makes worrying reading. Here's a reminder about the gaps in services recently identified by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome & Death, for people with limited life expectancy. The timing of this bill is simply wrong.

I gave a lecture at this day with Dr Iain McGilchrist and all the recordings are available now (for purchase) channelmcgilchrist.com/the-future-o...