This week on ⁦‪@BBCRadio4‬⁩ Sunday: - Was Christianity hijacked at the Unite the Kingdom rally? - Jewish leaders respond to the UK’s recognition of Palestine - As the UN turns 80, is it living up to its original moral ambition? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Just saw a post saying, “People born in 1960 are now 85. Let that sink in.” Hundreds of people responded making the same inevitable point about arithmetic illiteracy. Not one seemed to realise that the post was ONLY about clicks and responses. Misinformation makes money.

This is certainly worth a watch on the Charlie Kirk murder 👁️👁️ #Trans #MAGA #Groyper @williamcrawley.bsky.social @newschambers.bsky.social @maitlis.bsky.social @lewisgoodall.com @aine-lawlor.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @ciarandunbarrach.bsky.social youtu.be/18FNK6ZNGuo?...

This week’s Sunday programme on ⁦‪@BBCRadio4‬⁩ — the use and abuse of “thoughts & prayers” — bishops challenge Reform UK on migration and asylum — the Catholic aid charity Caritas on starvation in Gaza — do Theology degrees have a future? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Is Japanese politics taking a turn to the right? This is my new Inquiry for ⁦‪@bbcworldservice‬⁩ (expertly produced by ⁦‪@Jill_Collins1‬). Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Trump has brought many reversals to US politics, and amongst the most striking is this: Republicans are now the defenders of a powerful and expansive federal state; Democrats are now the defenders of states’ rights.

James Baldwin’s message was simple: we’re afraid of love, because we’re afraid of exposing our true selves.

That READING is now an endangered species of human activity is the least surprising discovery since the creation of the internet.

There are 32,000 asylum seekers in UK hotels needing alternative accommodation. There are approximately 38,500 churches in the UK.

RTÉ: Charity Commission questioned over Presbyterian report concerns www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

A 150-page dossier detailing allegations of bullying and abuse of power in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland has sat with the Charity Commission for 3 years. Now Lord Alderdice breaks his silence—accusing the watchdog of failure and inaction. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Trump has repeatedly said today that he thought the Ukraine-Russia war was “one of the easier ones to stop”, and has been surprised that this hasn’t been the case.

President Trump in the Oval Office is again misquoting Jimmy Carter (who did NOT argue against the use of mail-in ballots). Mr Trump also suggests that the US is the only country in the world to allow mail-in ballots. That’s false.

President Trump says he has NOT given any commitment to an Article 5-type defense guarantee for Ukraine (in the event of a peace deal). That appears to contradict what his special peace envoy Steve Witkoff said this weekend.

The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, argues @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage:

Bishop who shut down London choir in his dressing gown issues apology

An extended interview with the historian Avi Shlaim on his new book, “Genocide in Gaza”. Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Another significant moment for Anglicanism and for LGBTQ+ Christians in the UK. The new Archbishop of Wales is the Most Reverend Cherry Vann, who is in a civil partnership with her other-half Wendy. www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-...

This new report from the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem concludes that the govt of Israel’s actions in response to the atrocities and war crimes committed by Hamas on 7 October constitute “genocide” — a deliberate attempt to destroy Palestinian society in Gaza. www.btselem.org/publications...

This week’s Sunday: Is there evidence of a “Quiet Revival” in the UK? Israeli settlers in the West Bank Hildegard of Bingen: saint and polymath What is “Christian Europe”? The Bishop in a bathrobe who gate-crashed a choir concert www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

@mirierubin.bsky.social Hi Miri - trying to get in touch with you about a BBC interview request. Can you send a contact number via DM?

This 3-hour interview with Hunter Biden is extraordinary. youtu.be/XBbkt2vYC4M?... via @YouTube

he’s going to struggle to shake this off

Photos emerge of Epstein at Trump’s wedding in 1993 www.channel4.com/news/photos-...

Du Bois on what these assholes were really like

Fascinating. www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...

Yesterday, Maurene Comey, who prosecuted the Epstein case, was summarily fired from SDNY. Her letter to colleagues pulls no punches. "Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought." h/t @msnbc.com

Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement. The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.

hard to surprise people with an article about pants in this news environment

If Trump declared that the world is flat, I fear that US mainstream editors would commission analysis pieces by geographers and TV news shows would book heterodox astronomers to debate each other.

Our current solution to taming A.I. is something like what Isaac Asimov envisioned in “I, Robot”: we program into our creations a set of rules about how we want them to behave. But this strategy isn’t working as well as we might like, Cal Newport writes.

Breonna Taylor (1993-2020)