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Chris Baker reflects on his recent trip to Denmark and wonders whether a harbourside bathing house might already be providing the perfect meeting point between the urban, the social and […]


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I once was lost, but now… I’m a rebel?

by Matthew Stemp

1 Nov 2019

As Extinction Rebellion reaches its first birthday, it seems at a loss for what to do next. But, Matt Stemp suggests, if he is learning anything from his research, it […]


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Representing the End of the World

by Tim Howles

18 Oct 2019

Tim Howles, Associate Research Fellow at the William Temple Foundation, explores ecological collapse, Extinction Rebellion and the impending apocalypse, finding both despair and hope at the end of the world. […]


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Spaces of Hope in an Age of Division

by Matthew Barber-Rowell

20 Sep 2019

Our new William Temple Scholar, Matthew Barber, offers his thoughts on our present politics and introduces the work of Spaces of Hope. Prorogation of Parliament and the ensuing High Court […]


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Associate Research Fellow Tina Hearn steps back from the current political turmoil to consider the wider context of our debate and how the conversation needs to be broadened. Jorge Luis […]


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Do not despise the day of small things

by Gill Reeve

26 Jul 2019

William Temple Scholar Gill Reeve encourages us to act out of hope in our turbulent times by taking us to the community garden of St Michael’s in the City, Liverpool. […]


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Blinded by grace?

by Val Barron

12 Jul 2019

William Temple scholar Val Barron reflects on the importance of both giving and receiving in light of a recent event on gift-giving. I’m blinded by your grace I’m blinded by […]


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Lies and damned lies about statistics

by John Henry

31 May 2019

John Henry, an ordinand at Ripon College Cuddesdon, makes a passionate moral case for increasing our statistical literacy. Do you love statistics? Do you get excited at the idea of […]


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Professor Chris Baker, Director of Research at the William Temple Foundation, reflects on our 2019 annual lecture by Archbishop Justin Welby. Watch the whole lecture on YouTube here Full lecture […]


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Whose “bloody GDP” is it anyway?

by Tim Howles

3 May 2019

Associate Research Fellow Tim Howles says we should be thinking again about the current politico-economic settlement. In the June 2016 Brexit referendum, one of the mistakes made by the “Britain […]


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