A unique reflection from a faith perspective on topical issues and news events. Speakers from across the world's major faiths offer a spiritual insight rooted in the theology of their own tradition. http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/thought
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Wed, 19 Jun 13
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The beleaguered Co-operative bank is having to raise one and a half billion pounds to shore up its balance sheet.
Mon, 17 Jun 13
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Rt Rev James Jones
Mon, 17 Jun 13
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My wife was unexpectedly poorly yesterday and, to cut a long story short, instead of me sitting down at my computer with a very pressing deadline, I found myself sitting down at school sports day with a very lively toddler, watching our 9-year-old balance hoops on his head.
Fri, 14 Jun 13
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The Oxford English Dictionary has just published its latest updates with words like dad dancing and fiscal cliff added to its pages.
Thu, 13 Jun 13
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Yesterday’s statement of the Health Secretary that, in the light of the report from an independent panel, he was suspending the process which would have stopped children’s heart surgery in three hospitals has been well received.
Wed, 12 Jun 13
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Most of us are savvy enough to know that our every click, search, swipe, email or download may be recorded and any useful information passed on for commercial purposes.
Tue, 11 Jun 13
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Rev Professor David Wilkinson
Mon, 10 Jun 13
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Rt Rev James Jones
Mon, 10 Jun 13
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Some time ago the news that a member of my family might have cancer filled me with terror: in my mind a positive diagnosis would have been a death sentence
Fri, 7 Jun 13
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Some years ago I was travelling on a train with a group of fellow priests from the South of England.
Fri, 7 Jun 13
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Catherine Pepinster
Wed, 5 Jun 13
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The first time I went into an Indian Restaurant in London, I ordered Saag Aloo with naan bread.
Tue, 4 Jun 13
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The week before the Queen’s Coronation, 60 years ago, the Queen Mother sent a letter to her daughter, ‘Darling Angel’, she wrote ‘I don’t want to bother you when you are so busy but I must somehow borrow a row of diamonds for the Coronation’.
Tue, 4 Jun 13
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A day at the races followed by a rock concert on Saturday were given a new perspective by the death of one woman one hundred years ago.
Mon, 3 Jun 13
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Vishvapani
Fri, 31 May 13
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I can still remember the excited announcement that Mount Everest had been climbed, and those first pictures of Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay on the summit.
Thu, 30 May 13
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Anne Atkins
Wed, 29 May 13
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When Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor of Russia in Global Affairs, was interviewed yesterday on World at One, he made a comment which - even allowing for English not being his native tongue - was alarming.
Tue, 28 May 13
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I’ve just enjoyed one of my annual treats, a day in Hay-on-Wye
Tue, 28 May 13
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One of the lessons that Christians learn from the story of Christ in the wilderness is that the devil can quote scripture.
Tue, 28 May 13
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A few hours ago we passed the May full moon.
Fri, 24 May 13
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Ingrid Loyau-Kennett in a bus on the way to Victoria coach station looked out and saw a body in the road, and as a trained first aider got out to see if she could help.
Thu, 23 May 13
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There are many unanswered questions about yesterday’s barbaric attack in South London.
Wed, 22 May 13
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I rarely if ever watch television, so it was an odd experience on Monday to be glued to a screen for over four hours.
Tue, 21 May 13
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The Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks
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