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Jesus Who? - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

Yesterday the Telegraph published an article I had written about Andrew Lloyd Webber’s search for Jesus. Not his personal spiritual quest, of course, but…

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Added by Guest Blogs on June 29, 2012 at 17:30 — 1 Comment

Oh for a memory! - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

Oh no! The Archbishop of Canterbury has lost his inhibitions, thrown caution to the wind, and – in a massive scoop for the media – has slagged off the government in a book to come out after he has left office in 2013. It must be his considered revenge, mustn’t it?…

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Added by Guest Blogs on June 25, 2012 at 11:33 — 1 Comment

This and that - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

The last three weeks have seen me in Kazakhstan (interfaith conference), Brussels (round-table with…

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A hearing problem - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

I was doing Pause for Thought on the BBC Radio 2 Chris Evans Show this morning. It’s not always easy to know what to say about what, especially when you have to write he script a day or two ahead of the game.…

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Added by Guest Blogs on June 15, 2012 at 15:51 — 1 Comment

Marriage, footie and chairs - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

I was sitting in a cafe waiting to do a radio gig and had the time to look back at the last couple of days’ news. Also scanned Twitter. Then thought about …

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Added by Guest Blogs on June 15, 2012 at 15:47 — No Comments

Chillaxing and other misdemeanours - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

Too much travel and too many meetings make it hard to hit the keypad and write stuff here. But, today’s ridiculous preoccupation with David Cameron’s abandonment of his daughter in a pub forced the…

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Added by Guest Blogs on June 12, 2012 at 9:48 — 1 Comment

Jubilee - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

Having missed most of the Jubilee celebrations in the UK, two scripts have (for me, at least) gone to the heart of the matter.

The first is David Hare’s…

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Added by Guest Blogs on June 6, 2012 at 12:46 — No Comments

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

I came to Brussels to contribute to a round-table discussion last night with the President of the European Council, Herbert van Rompuy, and four other guests from Sweden, Greece/France, Germany and Ireland. The theme…

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Added by Guest Blogs on June 6, 2012 at 12:44 — No Comments

Last on the Kazakhs (for now) - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

Having got back from Kazakhstan last Friday and spent Saturday and Sunday with family, I am now (supposed to be) on holiday and am in Brussels. I’ll explain in the next post. However, lack of wifi in Kazakhstan mean that I couldn’t do the usual business of blogging as I went along. So, here’s…

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Kazakhstan discussions - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

Here is the text of my address (minus the opening stuff and greetings from the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom I represent) to the opening plenary session of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Astana on Wednesday 30 May. Please note that it wasn’t delivered in a…

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Funny hats in Astana - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

wifi was poor in Kazkahstan this week, so I was unable to post anything about the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. A packed programme and some substantial public and private conversations didn’t leave much time or mental space for writing anyway. But, what I intended to be…

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