Ben Fulford
@benmfulford.bsky.social
Deputy Head, Humanities, Cultures and Environment and Associate Professor of Christian Theology at the University of Chester. Latest: God’s Patience and our Work: Hans Frei, Generous Orthodoxy and the Ethics of Hope (SCM 2024).
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What are the legal implications of Labour’s new asylum reforms?
Former permanent secretary of the Government Legal Department @sirjjkc.bsky.social examines some of the main legal implications of the proposals www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/lega...
Former permanent secretary of the Government Legal Department @sirjjkc.bsky.social examines some of the main legal implications of the proposals www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/lega...
What are the legal implications of Labour’s new asylum reforms? | Institute for Government
Some of the government’s proposals are thin on details, others are likely to be tested in the courts.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
What are the legal implications of Labour’s new asylum reforms?
Former permanent secretary of the Government Legal Department @sirjjkc.bsky.social examines some of the main legal implications of the proposals www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/lega...
Former permanent secretary of the Government Legal Department @sirjjkc.bsky.social examines some of the main legal implications of the proposals www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/lega...
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“Did Nathan Gill ever say anything you disagree with in return for his bribes from a Kremlin stooge?”
“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”
You can have those for nothing, lads.
“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”
You can have those for nothing, lads.
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“Did Nathan Gill ever say anything you disagree with in return for his bribes from a Kremlin stooge?”
“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”
You can have those for nothing, lads.
“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”
You can have those for nothing, lads.
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Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
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Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
www.bl.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
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It was non-contrastive account of divine transcendence day on Monday…
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It was non-contrastive account of divine transcendence day on Monday…
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The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
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Remembering talking to a Chilean refugee who had finally been able to visit Chile after decades in UK. "It was nice, but it is a different country now." She had put down roots in the UK and raised a family. Her life was, and is, here. This is the human reality that Mahmood and Labour want to destroy
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Remembering talking to a Chilean refugee who had finally been able to visit Chile after decades in UK. "It was nice, but it is a different country now." She had put down roots in the UK and raised a family. Her life was, and is, here. This is the human reality that Mahmood and Labour want to destroy
Reading for the train journey this morning.
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Reading for the train journey this morning.
Additional challenge for Archbishops in C of E: you don’t actually run the Church of England (no one person does) but people think you do.
See also:
Historic Environment Scotland
Church of England
Historic Environment Scotland
Church of England
Running the [insert]* has become an impossible job on.ft.com/4oE2cwk
*BBC
*ONS
*British Library
*country
*BBC
*ONS
*British Library
*country
November 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Additional challenge for Archbishops in C of E: you don’t actually run the Church of England (no one person does) but people think you do.
Weakening sanctuary for refugees and asylum seekers via temporary status ignores all the terrible lessons of the C20th about the vulnerability of these people and the readiness of governments to treat them as less than human. 1/2
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UK set to limit asylum seekers to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Weakening sanctuary for refugees and asylum seekers via temporary status ignores all the terrible lessons of the C20th about the vulnerability of these people and the readiness of governments to treat them as less than human. 1/2
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My dear friend and colleague Anthony Reddie, Professor of Black Theology at Oxford, and I are returning to Gladstone’s Library in North Wales next year to lead a weekend class on James Baldwin, race, religion, and literature. May 1-3. Please join us in this wondrous place! @orbisbooks.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
My dear friend and colleague Anthony Reddie, Professor of Black Theology at Oxford, and I are returning to Gladstone’s Library in North Wales next year to lead a weekend class on James Baldwin, race, religion, and literature. May 1-3. Please join us in this wondrous place! @orbisbooks.bsky.social
One to bookmark. Was just teaching Elizabeth Johnson this morning…
In a special three-part series, Sr. Joan Chittister interviews feminist theologian Elizabeth Johnson about her latest book, "Come, Have Breakfast: Meditations on God and the Earth" (Orbis, 2024).
www.globalsistersreport.org/opinion/risk...
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Risking the Questions podcast: Elizabeth Johnson speaks on God and creation
Listen: Sr. Joan Chittister talks with feminist theologian Elizabeth Johnson about her latest book, Come, Have Breakfast: Meditations on God and the Earth.
www.globalsistersreport.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
One to bookmark. Was just teaching Elizabeth Johnson this morning…
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Great to see this hard work be covered beyond religious correspondents
Ancient buildings and old bones aren’t getting in the way of the transition. www.wired.com/story/let-th...
British Churches Are Putting Their Faith in Heat Pumps
Ancient buildings and old bones aren’t getting in the way of the transition.
www.wired.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Great to see this hard work be covered beyond religious correspondents
‘“In the United Methodist tradition, we have something called connectionalism…”’
NEW: So, the courtroom at the "Broadview 6" arraignment in Chicago yesterday featured lotsa Methodist pastors.
Why? They were supporters of defendant/fellow Methodist Brian Straw.
"If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,” one pastor said. religionnews.com/2025/11/13/m...
Why? They were supporters of defendant/fellow Methodist Brian Straw.
"If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,” one pastor said. religionnews.com/2025/11/13/m...
Methodist pastors march into courtroom with 'boring suburban dad' indicted for protesting
CHICAGO (RNS) — ‘If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,’ said a Chicago area UMC pastor.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
‘“In the United Methodist tradition, we have something called connectionalism…”’
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This is what the EHRC's shitty Code will result in.
All. The. Time.
It's already happening, but if the Code becomes statutory this kind of gender-policing-based-on-appearance will become an order of magnitude or two worse.
All. The. Time.
It's already happening, but if the Code becomes statutory this kind of gender-policing-based-on-appearance will become an order of magnitude or two worse.
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is what the EHRC's shitty Code will result in.
All. The. Time.
It's already happening, but if the Code becomes statutory this kind of gender-policing-based-on-appearance will become an order of magnitude or two worse.
All. The. Time.
It's already happening, but if the Code becomes statutory this kind of gender-policing-based-on-appearance will become an order of magnitude or two worse.
Petition to stop cut of BA Theology and Religion at Nottingham - the subjects needs friends and supporters more than ever, just as we need all it offers students and society. c.org/BQN6S8JQHB
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November 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Petition to stop cut of BA Theology and Religion at Nottingham - the subjects needs friends and supporters more than ever, just as we need all it offers students and society. c.org/BQN6S8JQHB
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UK university news just this week: 163 jobs at risk + course closures at Leicester; 300 jobs at risk at Dundee; modern language & music courses being closed at Nottingham. Every week it‘s the same.
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University of Leicester to consult on redundancies
University bosses are also planning to stop a number of courses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
UK university news just this week: 163 jobs at risk + course closures at Leicester; 300 jobs at risk at Dundee; modern language & music courses being closed at Nottingham. Every week it‘s the same.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Exclusive: The parents of a man who killed himself are suing the company that created ChatGPT, claiming the product encouraged him to commit suicide.
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Exclusive: The parents of a man who killed himself are suing the company that created ChatGPT, claiming the product encouraged him to commit suicide.
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These courses have not been ‘suspended’ at all; such language only minimises what is actually happening at Nottingham: a systemic gutting out of the arts and humanities with no clear business case. These cuts affect us all; please, join UCU in fighting for our future
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
These courses have not been ‘suspended’ at all; such language only minimises what is actually happening at Nottingham: a systemic gutting out of the arts and humanities with no clear business case. These cuts affect us all; please, join UCU in fighting for our future
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Prof Becky Francis’ curriculum and assessment review recommends bringing #RE into the National Curriculum.
Would take some time but could be really significant if accepted by DoE. schoolsweek.co.uk/curriculum-r...
Would take some time but could be really significant if accepted by DoE. schoolsweek.co.uk/curriculum-r...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Prof Becky Francis’ curriculum and assessment review recommends bringing #RE into the National Curriculum.
Would take some time but could be really significant if accepted by DoE. schoolsweek.co.uk/curriculum-r...
Would take some time but could be really significant if accepted by DoE. schoolsweek.co.uk/curriculum-r...
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Lloyds, NatWest, Barclays, Nationwide and Santander will join HSBC and allow people without a fixed address to open bank accounts, in initiative with Shelter and government bit.ly/4nPm6U0
Five major banks to allow homeless people to open bank accounts under new pilot
Thousands of homeless people will be able to open a bank account and five major banks as part of a strategy to improve financial inclusion.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Lloyds, NatWest, Barclays, Nationwide and Santander will join HSBC and allow people without a fixed address to open bank accounts, in initiative with Shelter and government bit.ly/4nPm6U0
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Oh — the situation has escalated.
Pope Leo has spoken out: says "spiritual rights" of detainees should be respected and calls on the "authorities" to allow "pastoral workers" in.
"Jesus says very clearly … we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=taCi...
Pope Leo has spoken out: says "spiritual rights" of detainees should be respected and calls on the "authorities" to allow "pastoral workers" in.
"Jesus says very clearly … we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=taCi...
November 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Oh — the situation has escalated.
Pope Leo has spoken out: says "spiritual rights" of detainees should be respected and calls on the "authorities" to allow "pastoral workers" in.
"Jesus says very clearly … we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=taCi...
Pope Leo has spoken out: says "spiritual rights" of detainees should be respected and calls on the "authorities" to allow "pastoral workers" in.
"Jesus says very clearly … we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=taCi...
Grateful to Drew Collins for this generous review of God’s Patience and Our Work (‘rare and remarkable’, ‘a turning point in Frei scholarship’), which recognises key things I was trying to do in the book.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Grateful to Drew Collins for this generous review of God’s Patience and Our Work (‘rare and remarkable’, ‘a turning point in Frei scholarship’), which recognises key things I was trying to do in the book.
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This piece is in part advocating on behalf of the Russell Group, but this argument is widely applicable across the UKHE sector and its regions.
‘If the industrial strategy is to succeed, we’ll need English graduates as well as engineers, historians alongside computer scientists, and social scientists together with health professionals.’
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Do we need humanities graduates to deliver the industrial strategy?
Policymakers should take a broad view of the value of degree courses when building our future workforce, says Charlotte Hallahan
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This piece is in part advocating on behalf of the Russell Group, but this argument is widely applicable across the UKHE sector and its regions.
Re-reading this classic ready for teaching Rahner tomorrow morning…
November 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Re-reading this classic ready for teaching Rahner tomorrow morning…