Sam McBratneyNov 6, 20232 min readGazaSome personal recommendations for podcasts about the Middle East.
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-May 3, 20213 min readSomething to celebrate?Today is a special birthday: the centenary of the birth of a new state - Northern Ireland. It was borne of political pragmatism and...
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-Jan 20, 20213 min readBear in mindIt’s easy to think that theology is something we do in our spare time, with a glass of wine in our hand perhaps. It has become something...
-Jan 20, 20213 min readStuck on BrexitThe public sphere is full of talk of Brexit - hard, soft, chaotic, in-name-only. Yet, among the clamour, the voices of the Churches are...