Notes from an Evil Burnee

I've said some things about Giles Fraser on this blog in the past, but recently — since his resignation from St Paul's — he...

In his Thought for the Day this morning Akhandadhi Das commits the linguistic infelicity I've noticed far too often recently (notice...

Evan Davis , one of the hosts of Radio 4 's morning news radio show, The Today Programme , shared his views about Thought for the Day ...

The Today Programme is the BBC 's premier morning news radio show. It lasts three hours (from 6 till 9) but inevitably some its subje...

"As the NHS looks to find at least £20bn of savings between now and 2015, could the provision of chaplains be one area where the s...

I'm a bit worried about my credentials as an atheist ("gnu" or otherwise). I know who the Four Horsemen are, but I couldn'...

The Rev Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral has come up with some weird suggestions for appropriate responses to crises in the pa...

The Today Programme this morning featured a discussion between "famous atheist" A. C. Grayling and Thought for the Day regular...

Peter Atkins has a new book out. On Being is apparently a rallying cry for the virtues and reliability of science in a solely materialist,...

From last Thursday's Today Programme on BBC Radio Four : A Christian couple who were refused permission to be foster parents on the g...

From the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme this morning come these two snippets. First is an interview with Eunice and Owen Johns who are no long...

A revealing segment on the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme yesterday seemed to confirm (anecdotally at least) that young people are by no mean...

Claire Rayner died yesterday. I heard the announcement on Radio 4 this morning, and remembered she had recently contributed (as I did ) to...

A short interview with Penn Jillette on the Today Programme this morning... "US magicians Penn and Teller are performing in the UK ...

Question: Does homeopathy work? Answer: No. This matter is settled. We don't need more research — the research has been done. It ...

I get my first news of the day from BBC Radio 4 , specifically the Today Programme . Yesterday regular host John Humphrys asked 1 the Arch...

Friday's " News Quiz " on BBC Radio 4 had a couple of minutes on the BBC Trust 's decision this week not to allow non-re...

In much of the mainstream media coverage of Camp Quest UK one can detect barely concealed false puzzlement, if not actual contempt, expres...

BBC Radio Four 's Today Programme this morning had a five-minute segment on what has become known as the "moon hoax". There a...

The BBC Trust is apparently considering calls for Thought for the Day to include non-religious speakers, and this morning the call was di...