William Temple Foundation

Guest blogger Ruth Valerio is Churches and Theology Director for the Christian environmental charity, A Rocha UK. I can’t think about the Desert Fathers without imagining a Monty Python or […]

Guest blogger Julie Siddiqi has been nationally coordinating The Big Iftar for the last four years, is co-chair of Nisa-Nashim Jewish and Muslim Women’s Network and Director of Sadaqa Day. […]

I am not likely to forget the morning of June 24th. The evening before I was in Worcester Cathedral listening to my colleague Prof Chris Baker delivering the opening address […]

As part of a visiting choir, I once sang Evensong in Ely Cathedral. As we robed in the Lady Chapel, we were bathed in ethereal summer light, filtering dramatically in […]

I’ve recently returned from a visit to Lutherstadt-Wittenberg, a town where preparations for the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation are bordering on frantic. I brought home with me […]

Dr Charles Pemberton recently finished his PhD at the University of Manchester, on Christian socialism, neoliberalism and civil society. He is now based at Durham University, where he volunteers, tweets […]

I have the great privilege of living beside a beautiful river, the Ribble, as it flows through Preston. As I write from my study window I can see the still […]

A small village church in North Oxfordshire. I conduct the funeral of an 89-year-old lady originally born in Germany. The eulogy begins with a quote from Hildegard of Bingen – […]

I was at the House of Lords last week attending the unveiling of the newly-launched Oasis Foundation. In front of a packed and appreciative audience of politicians, civil servants, think tanks, […]

When the news of Tata Steel’s decision to close its British plants broke, Business Secretary Sajid Javid indicated that he was unaware of either the detail or the time scale. […]