Richard Peers

Here’s one she made earlier! Biddy Baxter, the TV genius who made Blue Peter matter Baxter was the sharp – if tough – TV brain behind the beloved children’s show’s most celebrated parts, from the studio pets to the coveted badges

Here’s one she made earlier! Biddy Baxter, the TV genius who made Blue Peter matter

Good Shabbos everyone

When churches say ‘All are welcome’ the implication is of an equality.

‘welcome’ is used differently for different groups of people.

Many LGBTQ+ are offered such a substantially lower grade ‘welcome’ (eg with regard to marriage) that the word ‘welcome’ becomes redundant.

Every day’s a school day.

Only 29% would back Brexit now — poll suggests tables have turned We asked Britain about Europe, China and their least favourite world leaders, but one answer stands out

The shocking thing about the British political system is that even now when two thirds of the country things Brexit was a bad decision and well more than half want to rejoin the EU--not a single major national political party supports rejoining.

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I originally thought it a good thing when dog-whistling politicians finally allowed their racism to show overtly. I thought they’d be seen for what they were, booted off the media and thrown out of their parties. I was a fool.

Pope Leo at Youth Jubilee: “Reflect on your way of living, and seek justice in order to build a more humane world. Serve the poor, and so bear witness to the good that we would always like to receive from our neighbors.” (Full Text) www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

You don't often see the dust jacket on this one. What an author photo! (Great book, too.)

Allan Ahlberg, beloved children's author, dies aged 87 Working first with his wife Jane, and later with illustrators including Raymond Briggs and Bruce Ingman, he wrote more than 150 books

Sad to see death of Alan Ahlberg, author of children’s classics Peepo and Each Peach Pear Plum which was so important in our house it ended up being brought up at my mother’s funeral. She gave it to every new baby and could recite it at will www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

I’ve been at a Carmelite retreat center all weekend. We have a Sand Hill Crane who is apparently a Carmelite as well.

MCC Featured in USA Today on LGBTQ+ Inclusion

The Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), alongside other LGBTQ+ affirming denominations, was recently highlighted in a USA Today article focusing on the movement for inclusion within faith communities.

“With their spiritual enthusiasm and vitality, migrants can help revitalize ecclesial communities that have become rigid and weighed down, where spiritual desertification is advancing at an alarming rate.” - Pope Leo

Pope Leo in message for World Day of Migrants: “In a world darkened by war and injustice, even when all seems lost, migrants and refugees stand as messengers of hope. Their courage and tenacity bear heroic testimony to a faith that sees beyond what our eyes can see…” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

A Well-Tempered Ministry Occasional Sketches from My Clerical Life

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I'm not loving a country that pays its adults half as much to teach children to spell as it does to kidnap them.

Public Responses to RFK Jr. Show How Americans’ Attitudes Toward Autism Have Transformed Since 2009 Americans now see autistic humans as people. Don’t let RFK Jr turn back the clock.

Don’t let RFK Jr. reverse the progress we’ve worked so hard to achieve. Let’s keep up the momentum towards a world where autistic people can fully belong. From @mosaicofminds.bsky.social:

mosaicofmindss.substack.com/p/americans-... #autism #neurodiversity #autismAcceptance

144. Gary Stevenson: From Teenage Drug Dealer to Millionaire Trader (Part 1) How did Gary Stevenson go from being expelled for drug dealing, to one of the most successful traders in London? How does class and privilege play into the world of finance in the UK? What could men d...

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with @garyseconomics.bsky.social

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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

Andy Burnham: These Dangerous, Alienating Times Call for Radical Change of Our Politics From imposter syndrome and proportional representation, to fixing the fundamentals and the 'incestuous' Westminster media-political class – Labour’s Greater Manchester Mayor believes the right can be ...

Why do so many people feel completely alienated from politics? And when did politics on the left stop being about helping them with the fundamentals in their lives?

I sat down with Labour's Greater Manchester Mayor @andyburnham.bsky.social to find out how he thinks the hard-right can be defeated 👇

Girton Fellows solve a 130-year-old Chaucerian literary mystery

I'm so thrilled to have this published! Starting from a chat over lunch at @girtoncollege.bsky.social, James Wade & I chipped away at this & have made some fascinating discoveries.

The actual article should be published later today. In the meantime, more here: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/song...

How “The First Homosexuals” Shaped an Identity A timely exhibition dissects the emergence of modern ideas about gender and sexuality—and the backlash against them.

The new exhibition “The First Homosexuals” tracks the emergence of modern ideas about gender and sexuality across more than 300 art works.

"Issues" is no more - What is in Kelvin's Head? Earlier today, the General Synod of the Church of England took a hugely significant step. It removed a document called “Issues in Human Sexuality” from the discernment process for people being assesse...

"Issues" is no more! Why what the Church of England did today in binning an offensive document about sexuality really matters.

thurible.net/2025/07/15/i...

Today, Pope Leo paid a visit to the Poor Clares in Albano where he told them: “It is good that the Church knows your life, for it is a precious testimony.”

BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, The Relatives of Jesus - John (The Evangelist) Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Jay Hulme.

Glad to be back doing the Daily Service at the end of the month, with an episode reflecting on Chosen Family, and the Disciple Whom Jesus Loved.

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“The atheist staring from his attic window is often nearer to God than the believer caught up in his own false image of God.” Martin Buber

Solar tops EU power mix for first time in June, Ember says Solar power was the European Union's largest source of electricity for the first time in June, overtaking nuclear and wind while coal's contribution fell to an all-time low, data from energy think tank Ember showed on Thursday.

"Solar power was the European Union's largest source of electricity for the first time in June, overtaking nuclear and wind while coal's contribution fell to an all-time low."

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‘Now Is Now’: PW Talks Zen with David Chadwick The author and lifelong student of the late Zen master Shunryu Suzuki now brings to life the founding Suzuki's center of practice in California with Tassajara Stories: A Sort of Memoir/Oral History of...

I’m really proud to be publishing this book at Monkfish. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

‘Unconscionable cuts’

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NEW: Bishop Rojas of San Bernardino has dispensed his Diocese from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass due to ongoing ICE raids.