Immediately after Russia invaded Ukraine the BBC recognised that something extra meaningful would be required from its daily religious slot, Thought for the Day.
No offence to its regular Thinkers, the meek being blessed and so forth, but this was a moment for TFTD’s random Buddhists, novelist-preachers and the man from the Iona community to step aside while one of the world’s star prelates showed how a secular audience can still benefit from organised religion.
