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A man of few words - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

 

There’s a great scene in Amadeus when the Emperor is prompted by the disgruntled Salieri to tell an over-excited Mozart that his latest piece “has too many notes; just take  some notes out”. It sometimes… Continue

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And then? - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

 

Preparing to move from Croydon to Bradford at the end of April, I am conscious of the discontinuities that make life interesting. In Rumsfeldian terms, I am moving from a particular set of…

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A time for time - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

 

Chris Evans spotted that I had written this morning’s Pause for Thought for his show while on a train to Bradford yesterday. I was up there for meetings and hadn’t had time the day before to do the script. So,…

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Big Society, big questions - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

 

The Archbishop of Canterbury got another Honorary Doctorate this evening. This time it was from King’s College London and he was given it after he had delivered…

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Added by Guest Blogs on March 22, 2011 at 9:30 — No Comments

Unfortunate collisions - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

 

It is a fact of life that decisions made by politicians or any other leaders are analysed by observers as if they were made in isolation from other factors. The moral purity or political expediency of a particular decision is examined as if this decision were made to stand alone and bear…

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Oh dear... - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

 

I know I should have better things to think about, but someone pointed me to this great commercial celebration of the up-coming Royal Wedding and I thought it was worth passing on.

Just proves that the detail…

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Stripping away the nonsense - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

 

Massive catastrophes such as the earthquake and tsunami in Japan not only remind the world of (a) the fragility of life, (b) the commonality of human lives and (c) the contingency of all life, but also render as insignificant luxuries many of the preoccupations that drive our energies. (They might also provide an attentiveness smokescreen…

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When the subtle spirit flees… - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

 

Life is a bit full-on this week because of a deluge of speaking engagements and my final working weekend in Croydon. So, there hasn’t been much time for blogging.

The work I have been doing in my study has been accompanied by the most hauntingly beautiful music that helps make sense of some of the contradictions of life, yet also makes me feel guilty for being moved by it.…

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Added by Guest Blogs on March 11, 2011 at 13:30 — No Comments

You having a laugh? - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

 

This morning saw me staggering into London only half awake to do Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2′s Chris Evans Show. Chris and the production team are excellent and never make me feel like an intruder on their territory – which I suppose I am. This morning’s real guest was the wonderful Stephen Merchant – clever, funny, insightful…

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Added by Guest Blogs on March 7, 2011 at 9:30 — No Comments

Just keep it to yourself - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

 

My grandson is almost seven months old. He lives with his mum and dad in Liverpool. On the notice board in my office I have a big photo of him. He’s laughing all over his face… wearing his first Liverpool kit. No wonder he’s happy.

Does dressing him in a Liverpool kit mean that he is being brainwashed or indoctrinated by narrow-minded parents and grandparents? Well, if one line of argument is right, we should probably all be in court for ‘shaping’ the little…

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Poor stupid people who need to be told what to think - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

 

I was going to write something about the 2011 Census and the campaign by the British Humanist Association against the ‘religion’ question. But, then I got back to my office and read George Pitcher’s take on it – and he is funnier than I could be.

Read his blog post (‘The religion control freaks…

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Added by Guest Blogs on March 1, 2011 at 15:00 — No Comments

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