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The Rt Rev Lord Harries of Pentregarth obituary

Progressive bishop of Oxford and popular contributor to Radio 4’s Thought for the Day

The Guardian - UK

Solidarity by Rowan Williams review – what does it really mean to stand by someone?

The former archbishop delves deep into a word that is easy to use on social media, but hard to follow through on

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky warns Putin’s forces planning ‘large-scale attack’ in coming days

Zelensky says sustained Russian strikes against Ukraine's energy grid show Putin is not serious about ending the war

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Former Archbishop of Canterbury: Putin is a heretic – he has no holy mission in Ukraine

INTERVIEW: For years, the Russian Orthodox Church has given its blessing to Moscow’s brutal invasion and attempted to frame it in religious terms. The former archbishop tells Maira Butt that Vladimir Putin’s violence directly contradicts the message preached by Christ

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Migrants are at the heart of our art, our music, our whole history. That’s what the right won’t admit to you

From Britain’s medieval buildings to western pop and contemporary art, these creations showcase our interwoven stories, says former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams

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Nick Cave’s Veiled World: the starry tale of how sometimes the devil doesn’t have the best tunes

This documentary on the musician interviews everyone from Flea to … Rowan Williams. It’s a thoughtful take on his songs and Christianity

The Guardian - UK

Ordinary people outside hotels raging at ordinary people inside them: that’s the tragedy of this refugee controversy

Anyone who has met refugees sees the ordinariness of their hopes and dreams. If we reject their humanity, how can we be proud of ourselves, asks former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams

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Ex-archbishop of Canterbury urges cathedrals to ditch banks funding fossil fuels

Dr Rowan Williams said he would like to see more cathedrals switching or committing to switch to greener banks.

Evening Standard

The Charity Commission must amend its report on Kids Company

Letter: This week’s judicial review should bring justice for the late charity founder Camila Batmanghelidjh, write Chris Martin, Joanna Lumley, Joy Madeiros, Susie Orbach, Rowan Williams and Alan Yentob

The Guardian - UK

Economic growth for its own sake is ruining Britain

Letters: Philip Wood, Daniel Scharf and Sheila Triggs respond to an article by Rowan Williams calling for a refocusing of Labour’s goals on wellbeing, not wealth

The Guardian - UK

When politicians tell us to focus on growth we need to ask: ‘Why, and for whom?’

Isolate growth from public good and you are simply planning for breakdown. My research shows that a resilient society should be rooted in wellbeing, not wealth, says former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams

The Guardian - UK

City skyline to get huge new skyscraper next to Liverpool St station

The Brookfield scheme will deliver almost 100,000 sq m of office and other commercial space

Evening Standard

99 Bishopsgate: Huge new skyscraper in the City of London set for approval

Plans for new 54 storey tower have faced opposition amid fears it could harms views of St Paul’s Cathedral

Evening Standard

People everywhere are head down, lost in the oblivion of infinite scroll. Just stop and let the moment breathe

The pull of our feeds reduces our capacity to be present. Practising relaxed attentiveness – or prayer – can bring us back to what really matters

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What happens now the archbishop of Canterbury has resigned?

Justin Welby’s departure sets in train a process involving the monarch, the PM and a 17-strong voting panel

The Independent UK

Lib Dems put God on trial in court case of deselected Christian candidate

A deselected Christian candidate who is suing the Lib Dems has been told by the party that he must prove the truth of his faith in court

The Independent UK

Former archbishop warns it may be ‘impossible’ to represent the Lib Dems and be Christian

As the Lib Dems gather to meet in Brighton for their annual conference, a legal dispute over the way a candidate was deselected for his Christian beliefs has seen the party disavow two of the giants in its recent history, Charles Kennedy and Shirley Williams

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Axing of Cambridge mixed choir ‘regressive move for women’, say supporters

Open letter backed by Rowan Williams and Aled Jones says decision is backward step ‘for arts provision for women in the UK’

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Northern Ireland will leave the union, and Scotland could too. True devolution is the only way to save it

Yes, there are leadership crises everywhere, but make no mistake: the UK’s future rests on devolving more powers, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Remember the tenacity of 400,000 Welsh women a century ago. Then use your power to shape events today

As we celebrate the return to Wales of the peace petition sent to the US in the 1920s, we should also harness its spirit of togetherness , says former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams

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Nick Cave speaks out against boycotting songs because of creators’ actions

Australian musician told Hay festival we should not ‘eradicate the best of these people in order to punish the worst of them’

Wales Online

'Wales isn’t known in parts of the world and that doesn’t create opportunities'

For the past year, the independent commission has been gathering evidence on how Wales is currently governed

Bangkok Post

Artificial idiocy and the rise of the chatbots

There is nothing new about "chatbots" that are capable of maintaining a conversation in natural language, understanding a user's basic intent, and offering responses based on preset rules and data. But the capacity of such chatbots has been dramatically augmented in recent months, leading to handwringing and panic in many…

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Residents react as Whitley Bay is named the best place to live in Northern England by The Times

The seaside town has been recognised as the best place to live for the first time, and the people of Whitley Bay are ecstatic

Birmingham Post

Gordon Brown's report on UK constitutional reform treats Wales as an afterthought

In one of the rare references to Wales, the report alludes to “the Welsh Assembly Government” – a title that was discarded more than a decade ago

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