Tim Wyatt

2 months ago | tswyatt.substack.com | Tim Wyatt

Hello! We start this week with a fascinating (if a little nerdy) debate breaking out in the Church of England: has a deal cooked up in the 1990s to save the church’s pension fund from oblivion accidentally pushed dioceses into penury? And why is a bishop who’s scored a tasty £11m grant from the national church attacking the same body which just wrote him that chunky cheque?

2 months ago | tswyatt.substack.com | Tim Wyatt

Hello! There isn’t really one big church news story to get our teeth into this week, so today’s newsletter will instead try to rattle through a series of shorter tales. First up is a mildly confected story about anti-racist efforts in the Diocese of Norwich, which is most interesting for what it reveals about the struggles to persuade comfortable middle-class white rural Anglicans of the need for diversity.

Mar 9, 2025 | independent.co.uk | Tim Wyatt

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.

Mar 7, 2025 | tswyatt.substack.com | Tim Wyatt

Hello! This week we look at two cathedrals which are wrestling with internal conflict, but conflict which we are not apparently allowed to know anything about. Bangor and Winchester Cathedrals have endured infighting, safeguarding complaints, social media campaigns, and outside investigations - but despite all of that it remains hard to know what on earth is going on at these flagships of the faith.

Mar 4, 2025 | religionmediacentre.org.uk | John Newton |Tim Wyatt

By Dr John NewtonThe different dates used by the various Christian churches for the celebration of Easter and Christmas stem from a fascinating history about attempts to align the calendar accurately with the seasons, and the key mysteries of the Christian faith.