Thought for the Day
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Thought for the Day
Reflections from a faith perspective on issues and people in the news.
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153 episodes
Mark Vernon
Good morning.
The strike by resident doctors highlights the severe tensions faced by the National Health Service. The tragedy of the dispute, an...
The Rev Canon Dr Jennifer Smith
Along with joy, there’s a lot of fear in the days after Easter – no less for Jesus’ disciples than in our news today. It has made me think about door...
Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
Good Morning.
Tonight is Seder night, the start of Passover, the Jewish Festival of Freedom, when we recall the Exodus from Egypt, our people’s...
Bishop Richard Harries - 27/03/2026
Good morning. I recently came across a new term - ‘chronically terminal’. Janis Chen, has stage four lung cancer and writing in the Guardian, she desc...
Rabbi Charley Baginsky
Good morning.
When societies argue about definitions, it can sound technical, the sort of debate lawyers or policymakers care about. But definit...
Akhandadhi Das
Good morning. The appearance of a special planetary parade at the weekend was eclipsed by the coverage of the intense military operations in the Middl...
Catherine Pepinster
According to Professor Hannah Fry, people’s lives are enriched by artificial intelligence. It makes problem-solving easier, helps medical diagnosis, a...
Rev Canon Dr Jennifer Smith
Good Morning.
I’m enjoying the warmer weather this week, and in London atleast, a bit of sun. However as we begin to dry out, there is one weat...
Rev Lucy Winkett
100 years ago this year, on a grey January day in 1926, the very first public demonstration of a new piece of technology was given in Soho, London by...
Bishop James Jones
Good Morning,
Coming down from Yorkshire to London I usually walk through Marchmont Street. I often stop and look up at a Blue Plaque over a sho...
Bishop Richard Harries
Good morning. There was a time in the early 2000’s when you could not open a paper without seeing a photo of Tracey Emin at a party, glass in hand, st...
Michael Hurley
Good morning. How do you feel about mind control? New research from a laboratory in Zurich suggests it may be possible to make people less selfish – b...
Rhidian Brook
Good Morning,
In the rushed attempt to reckon with the Epstein files and what they mean, it’s become hard to hear from and easy to forget the w...
Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, Senior Rabbi of Masorti Judaism
Good Morning.
‘Speak about hope:’ I hear those words everywhere in these frightening times
At synagogue, we’ve just read the Ten Commandm...