If only Fox News or GB News were held to even 100th of the standard that the BBC is expected to operate. Nandy needs to offer full throated support for the organisation. I fear she won't.

There are many subtle and complex arguments one can have about the future of the BBC — but I guarantee you that no other channel or streaming service will be as committed to factual programming, children’s education, history shows, religious discussion, poetry, arts, or state of the nation debate

“So now is the time to come to the aid of the BBC. It needs all the friends it can get (and that includes members of the current government, who might like to be a bit more voluble in their support). Because I promise you this: you’ll miss it when it’s gone.” By @robinlustig.bsky.social

Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians

It’s been a powerful and moving day, praying with and listening to our Palestinian Christian sisters and brothers in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Thank you Father Fadi for hosting us on day two of our pilgrimage of prayer and solidarity.

OK, now write the article about all the rabbis and Jewish leaders who supported him in his vision for the future. Or would that not be clickable enough?

I’ve just seen this on another post and it sums up the whole thing brilliantly.

Federov may play down this as the “gamification” of war but it’s hard to see it as anything else. Which is a terrifying development for humanity

A number of online articles about tragedy at Huntingdon use headlines that talk about “the two words” repeatedly shouted by man at police. They know what two words are because they’re in article. So why this headline? Are they hoping you’ll come to different conclusions about what they were?

A Christianity that makes the ultra wealthy and powerful feel safe and supported while making the poor and powerless feel unsafe and unsupported is a Christianity that is following someone other than Jesus.

It’s okay to be glad that restaurants are doing stuff like this AND absolutely furious about the utter failure of the United States government.

Happy #Halloween! A wonderful 2nd century AD Roman mosaic found near Antioch, Turkey showing a skeleton, cup of wine in hand, reclining on the floor of a dining room in a house reminding guests to enjoy life: ‘ευφρόσυνος’

Hope this turns out to be a landmark result for the right to protest www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head

UK manufactured weapons fuelling world’s biggest human catastrophe in Sudan. We should be ashamed - and stop supplying arms to UAE www.theguardian.com/global-devel....

Blind people were able to read again, Ireland kept its basic income for artists, and life returned to a liberated US river, plus more good news www.positive.news/society/good...

A highly recommended documentary: A people's history of Gaza, by BBC's Tim Whewell www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... From 1940s to 2010, through the eyes of a teacher, a bird watcher, musicians, doctors, others...

West Bank residents fear they may be Israel’s next target after Gaza

Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025 – in pictures

New short course alert! In this new 15-hour online course, discover what Christian tradition says about being human and living your best life. Info and registration: www.queens.ac.uk/creatures-ea...

Louvre robbery. French police release image of suspect.

‘One of the oldest urban centres on the planet’: Gaza’s rich history in ruins

Reflecting on the peace pilgrimage to the DSEI arms fair @peacepilgrimage.bsky.social jpit.uk/guest-blog-p...

“What a beautiful thing it is…” Thank you for making it so. Let’s do it all again next year.

She was arrested for holding a sign reading: “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action” How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

Gary Neville says he took down a union flag being ‘used in a negative fashion’

Lots of solo but not single women on Via Francigena / including me!

"It will begin with rebuilding friendships with Jewish neighbours; intentionally reaching out to ensure they and their families are safe. In time we will find brave spaces to continue to hear the lived experiences of the Jewish communities in Crumpsall, Manchester, Britain, and beyond."

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

This is simultaneously not an especially radical theological belief and, politically speaking (especially in the U.S. context), quite a thing for Pope Leo to say. www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266859/...

Evidence that @johnfinnemore.bsky.social is a prophet. I worry for Jersey….

I really like today’s poem - Asymmetries by Rae Armantrout. I can imagine myself into the poem - though very intrigued by the last line! www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

Sampling all the pistachio gelato on the #ViaFrancigena so you don’t have to. This one - in Orio Litta - is especially creamy

Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday. I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric. Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.

FFS 🙄 This is the ‘understandable concerns’ bullshit again, isn’t it? This morning would have been the perfect time for a senior minister to go on TV and condemn racism, condemn hatred, reassure people in minority communities … and they didn’t do it Please do better! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I liked today’s poem, even though I’m not sure of its frames of reference(s). A little research on the author led to other interesting poems. Cross by Rajiv Mohabir. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

This is the owner of X actively campaigning to take down the elected government of a country he is neither a resident nor a citizen of - and using threats of violence in the streets to further his aims www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

When I think about the demonising propaganda which precedes war - and then hear of what was broadcast yesterday in London - my stomach churns

As a 60 year old travelling in Italy on a budget, my go-to phrase is no longer “may I have a white coffee” but now “ may I use your bathroom please?”

"...the wind seems to have changed spiritually, and I’m not surprised at all that this is starting to show up in statistical surveys." Some thoughts on the Quiet Revival. thurible.net/2025/09/12/l...

Praying from afar for all in London as evening draws on

There’s some poems I can’t connect with on any level and this was one of them. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

Why in this Mandelson saga are we ignoring the elephant in the room? That we’re about to welcome and honour a man who was a great pal of Epstein and who continues to lie about that every day?

Today’s Poem of the Day is a resetting of the Lord’s Prayer in the setting of Silicon Valley by Black British poet Samatar Elmo. I wish it didn’t feel so horribly appropriate #Mammon www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

After an unexpected evening in Paris - blessed by Mass in the newly resurrected Notre Dame - the journey to rejoin the #ViaFrancigena continues. En route to Milan - 16 hours late but it’s a new day!

Possibly incoherent rantings, but anyway: paragraph break for my newsletter that turned into a diagram: The new even- thinner mobile phone.

No one should profit from war and violence. As protests against arms dealers continue today, Quakers handed in their demand to Clarion Events, calling on them to drop the DSEI arms fair. 📸Michael Preston for Quakers in Britain

Thankyou to @seatsixtyone.bsky.social for flawless directions as to how to get from Gare du Nord to Gare de Lyon. However an 85 min delay on Eurostar due to broken window means will still miss connection

NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before. Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.