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George Pitcher
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Writer and Anglican priest
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"The qualities needed in a new BBC director general have some resonances with the sacramental quality of satisfaction"👇

BBC finds sorry is the hardest word
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BBC finds sorry is the hardest word
Penance doesn't cut it without action, writes George Pitcher
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November 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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"Maybe we’re just not teaching theology very well"👇

Don't take God out of context
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Don't take God out of context
Contextual Theology needs to be a degree option, writes George Pitcher
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November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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"Royalty has always behaved hideously"👇

Andrew simply follows the royal type
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Andrew simply follows the royal type
From King David onward, they've been philanderers and murderers, writes George Pitcher
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October 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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"Something bubbling under and as yet unseen, like unexploded magma or the unbearable tension of a fault-line"👇

It's a bit dark for Halloween this year
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It's a bit dark for Halloween this year
World events make it feel all too real, but there's nothing there, writes George Pitcher
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October 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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"Islam emphasises external harmony with neighbours and strangers. One presumes Hamas didn’t get the memo."👇

Peace is more than the absence of war
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Peace is more than the absence of war
Justice holds a sword for a reason, writes George Pitcher
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October 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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"This isn’t just about a historic moment for women, it’s about womanhood"👇

We need a woman's prophetic voice
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We need a woman's prophetic voice
Archbishop-designate Sarah Mullally isn't just a historical aberration, writes George Pitcher
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October 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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"Muslim and Jew and Christian not only tolerate one another but prosper in each other’s company. It might be worth trying again."👇

Spain showed how we can live together
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Spain showed how we can live together
Cordoba cathedral assimilates Islam perfectly, writes George Pitcher
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October 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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"It fails the minimum threshold for a nation that supposedly holds that the kingdom of heaven belongs to children"👇

Child poverty shames a Christian country
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Child poverty shames a Christian country
George Osborne's wicked and eugenic two-child benefit cap must go, writes George Pitcher
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September 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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"It fails the minimum threshold for a nation that supposedly holds that the kingdom of heaven belongs to children"👇

Child poverty shames a Christian country
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Child poverty shames a Christian country
George Osborne's wicked and eugenic two-child benefit cap must go, writes George Pitcher
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September 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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"This is how fascism grew in the 1930s"👇

'Unite the Kingdom' Christians are racist open.substack.com/pub/georgepi...
'Unite the Kingdom' Christians are racist
You can't join Tommy Robinson just a bit, writes George Pitcher
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September 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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"Linehan’s post was fine up until it’s final phrase. But it’s peer pressure, not the law, that should have prevented him from using it."👇

Leave freedom of speech to the people
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Leave freedom of speech to the people
It's not a matter for the law, writes George Pitcher
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September 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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"I admire #TimStanley's work, so I don’t want to be harsh, but..."👇

Right-wing media dumb down migration
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Right-wing media dumb down migration
To win space and airtime you have to dog-whistle, writes George Pitcher
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September 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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"The American gift to the world was freedom and it was bought with the blood of its sons"👇

When Americans did what was right
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When Americans did what was right
A simple roadside memorial shows the US at its best, writes George Pitcher
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August 29, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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"What it doesn’t look like is a UK High Court ruling that a hotel can’t be used as a hostel for asylum seekers"👇

What peace looks like from Gaza to Epping
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What peace looks like from Gaza to Epping
It's self-sacrificial to neighbours, writes George Pitcher
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August 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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“There’s your truth, there’s my truth and there’s the truth.”👇

Gaza's reporters shine light in the dark
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Gaza's reporters shine light in the dark
Israel's killing of Al Jazeera journalists is an attack on truth, writes George Pitcher
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August 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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“Standing between the haters and the hated”👇

We hold extremists together
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We hold extremists together
It's radical to be caught in the middle, writes George Pitcher
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August 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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"Let them wear Prada"👇

Poor of Portofino are always with us
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Poor of Portofino are always with us
Zero tolerance of beggars doesn't make them disappear, writes George Pitcher
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August 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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"Kelly's winners demonstrate that if we miss first time, it’s always worth having another go"👇

Have faith in the Lionesses
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Have faith in the Lionesses
Chloe Kelly fluffs it and recovers - and so should we, writes George Pitcher
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July 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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"It’s a British institution which, like others, is a victim of its imperial past."👇

The BBC is like Babylon open.substack.com/pub/georgepi...
The BBC is like Babylon
I love it, but it's a victim of post-imperialism, writes George Pitcher
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July 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Palestine Action is a test of faith
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Palestine Action is a test of faith
Protest is a duty not a crime, writes George Pitcher
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July 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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A riposte to being patronised by @jowilliams293

"What bit of an insurgent Nazarene movement riding into the belly of the beast has she missed?"👇

Don't tell priests what they can't say open.substack.com/pub/georgepi...
Don't tell priests what they can't say
An academic is entirely wrong to try to do so, writes George Pitcher
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July 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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"The quality of civilised law – built on natural justice, protection of the weak and the primacy of every individual – doesn’t come from nowhere."👇

Lords have moral duty to kick out assisted dying open.substack.com/pub/georgepi...
Lords have moral duty to kick out assisted dying
Democracy isn't perfect - and this bill is very bad, writes George Pitcher
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June 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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"Memoir is the embarrassing uncle of autobiography"👇

My memoir will be unreliable but true open.substack.com/pub/georgepi...
My memoir will be unreliable but true
20 years of priesthood has been quite a ride, writes George Pitcher
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June 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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"Ordinary people, transcendent behaviour"👇

I've met angels at London Bridge open.substack.com/pub/georgepi...
I've met angels at London Bridge
Random human acts of kindness are transcendent, writes George Pitcher
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June 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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"The arguments of thornproofed and white-knuckled proponents of the death penalty may be as swiftly dispatched as they would wish such innocent victims to be"👇

After 38 years, Peter Sullivan isn't redeemed open.substack.com/pub/georgepi...
After 38 years, Peter Sullivan isn't redeemed
And don't even mention the death penalty, writes George Pitcher
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May 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM