Like the Church of England, Football Focus was gentle, measured and paternalistic
Ben Rumsby, the Telegraph, 25 April, on the announcement that the BBC programme Football Focus is to be axed after 52 years
I think there’s a desire among some people to recover a sense of history and a sense of their own philosophical, cultural and national consciousness and heritage. Which means going back to your church and finding out what the treasures there are
Marcus Walker, Rector of St Bartholomew the Great, London, quoted in the Telegraph, 26 April
There used to be a cohort of energetic, newly-retired middle-class English people who understood that when one retired, one became a church warden. . . That generation has almost passed away. People are tired. A lot of them have caring responsibilities. If they’re in good health and aren’t looking after someone, they go on cruises, unburdened by the impulse to polish brass or attend Deanery Synod
Alice Goodman, Prospect, May 2026 issue
Of all the things she will be remembered for, being the first truly multifaith monarch stands as one of her most enduring and quietly radical legacies
Zaki Cooper, a former press secretary to Queen Elizabeth II and a vice-president of the Council of Christians and Jews, The Times, 25 April
I hope that this fight — between the clergy and ICE, between the pope and the president — continues, because it’s providing a theological education to the public at large. For a very long time, people outside faith communities have regarded Christianity as some combination of silly and irrelevant . . . it’s good for everyone to be reminded that the Christian tradition is powerful, radical and subversive
Bill McKibben, The Guardian, 26 April
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