Chine McDonald
@chinemcdonald.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, author, on faith, race, motherhood, and gender. Director of the Westminster-based religion and society think tank Theos.
Vice chair Greenbelt festival, trustee Christian Aid, Canon Theologian at Chester Cathedral
Vice chair Greenbelt festival, trustee Christian Aid, Canon Theologian at Chester Cathedral
Presenting Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning just after 7.45am
September 24, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Presenting Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning just after 7.45am
Cannot wait to host these conversations with three amazing women (Adjoa Andoh, Prof Beth Allison Barr, and Liz Carr) at @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social (plus a couple of other panels!) More details here: www.chinemcdonald.com/blog/in-conv...
August 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Cannot wait to host these conversations with three amazing women (Adjoa Andoh, Prof Beth Allison Barr, and Liz Carr) at @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social (plus a couple of other panels!) More details here: www.chinemcdonald.com/blog/in-conv...
Was great to have @iandunt.bsky.social over for lunch with the @theosthinktank.bsky.social team today. We talked elections, economics, populism, social media and religion, of course. So much food for thought. Thanks for coming!
May 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Was great to have @iandunt.bsky.social over for lunch with the @theosthinktank.bsky.social team today. We talked elections, economics, populism, social media and religion, of course. So much food for thought. Thanks for coming!
Probably the coolest event I've taken part in - at the Sophia Club @aeon.co at Hoxton Hall. Me, Prof Kate Devlin and journalist Sally Davies talking the future of feminism, theology, race and tech. With performances from band Stealing Sheep. Such fun
May 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Probably the coolest event I've taken part in - at the Sophia Club @aeon.co at Hoxton Hall. Me, Prof Kate Devlin and journalist Sally Davies talking the future of feminism, theology, race and tech. With performances from band Stealing Sheep. Such fun
ICYMI my Thought for the Day from @BBCr4today this morning: on Port Talbot Gotta Banksy, the @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social's Siena exhibition, and the power of art to help us see new possibilities www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
May 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
ICYMI my Thought for the Day from @BBCr4today this morning: on Port Talbot Gotta Banksy, the @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social's Siena exhibition, and the power of art to help us see new possibilities www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Back at New Broadcasting House for Thought for the Day - 7.45am on BBC Radio 4
May 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Back at New Broadcasting House for Thought for the Day - 7.45am on BBC Radio 4
I'm taking part in a few events over the coming weeks, including at the National Gallery, the Sophia Club from @aeon.co, Oxford uni, Chester cathedral , Norwich cathedral, and more. More info here 👇🏾
chinemcdonald.com/events
chinemcdonald.com/events
April 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I'm taking part in a few events over the coming weeks, including at the National Gallery, the Sophia Club from @aeon.co, Oxford uni, Chester cathedral , Norwich cathedral, and more. More info here 👇🏾
chinemcdonald.com/events
chinemcdonald.com/events
I'll be back on BBC Radio 4 Today programme in the morning with my Thought for the Day - tune in just after 7.45am
April 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I'll be back on BBC Radio 4 Today programme in the morning with my Thought for the Day - tune in just after 7.45am
I'm so looking forward to this Sophia Club conversation between @drkatedevlin.bsky.social and I. Join us as we explore bodies, minds, spirituality and the future. It takes place in Hoxton on 30 April. Tickets going fast - you can get yours here 👇 @aeon.co
sophiaclub.co/event/femini...
sophiaclub.co/event/femini...
April 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I'm so looking forward to this Sophia Club conversation between @drkatedevlin.bsky.social and I. Join us as we explore bodies, minds, spirituality and the future. It takes place in Hoxton on 30 April. Tickets going fast - you can get yours here 👇 @aeon.co
sophiaclub.co/event/femini...
sophiaclub.co/event/femini...
I've written in @thetimes.com today, on Mary, grief, motherhood & mortality. I write about this in my new book Unmaking Mary: Shattering the Myth of Perfect Motherhood, and the upcoming episode of Motherhood vs the Machine @theosthinktank.bsky.social explores too www.thetimes.com/article/d0c4...
March 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I've written in @thetimes.com today, on Mary, grief, motherhood & mortality. I write about this in my new book Unmaking Mary: Shattering the Myth of Perfect Motherhood, and the upcoming episode of Motherhood vs the Machine @theosthinktank.bsky.social explores too www.thetimes.com/article/d0c4...
An honour to speak about motherhood, theology, and #UnmakingMary during a lunchtime talk at the National Gallery today.
I'll be back on 23 May to be part of a panel inspired by my book, alongside some amazing women. Can't wait! Tickets are free. More info: www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/frida...
I'll be back on 23 May to be part of a panel inspired by my book, alongside some amazing women. Can't wait! Tickets are free. More info: www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/frida...
March 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
An honour to speak about motherhood, theology, and #UnmakingMary during a lunchtime talk at the National Gallery today.
I'll be back on 23 May to be part of a panel inspired by my book, alongside some amazing women. Can't wait! Tickets are free. More info: www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/frida...
I'll be back on 23 May to be part of a panel inspired by my book, alongside some amazing women. Can't wait! Tickets are free. More info: www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/frida...
Today is PUBLICATION DAY for my new book Unmaking Mary: Shattering the Myth of Perfect Motherhood.
Aside from my actual children, it is the thing I am most proud of having birthed. It was a long, hard slog to write it on top of working and mothering, and...
Aside from my actual children, it is the thing I am most proud of having birthed. It was a long, hard slog to write it on top of working and mothering, and...
March 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Today is PUBLICATION DAY for my new book Unmaking Mary: Shattering the Myth of Perfect Motherhood.
Aside from my actual children, it is the thing I am most proud of having birthed. It was a long, hard slog to write it on top of working and mothering, and...
Aside from my actual children, it is the thing I am most proud of having birthed. It was a long, hard slog to write it on top of working and mothering, and...
Had a lovely breakfast this morning with my @hodderfaith.bsky.social commissioning editor Jo Davey and @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social, who's visiting from the US. So grateful to her for writing the beautiful foreword to my book #UnmakingMary
Pre-order here: www.hachette.co.uk/titles/chine...
Pre-order here: www.hachette.co.uk/titles/chine...
January 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Had a lovely breakfast this morning with my @hodderfaith.bsky.social commissioning editor Jo Davey and @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social, who's visiting from the US. So grateful to her for writing the beautiful foreword to my book #UnmakingMary
Pre-order here: www.hachette.co.uk/titles/chine...
Pre-order here: www.hachette.co.uk/titles/chine...
Kicking off 2025 with our second annual @theosthinktank.bsky.social Reading Week. Clearing the diary to read and think about the world.
This year our collective reading and discussion will centre on childhood, The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, and Matthew 18.
This year our collective reading and discussion will centre on childhood, The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, and Matthew 18.
January 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Kicking off 2025 with our second annual @theosthinktank.bsky.social Reading Week. Clearing the diary to read and think about the world.
This year our collective reading and discussion will centre on childhood, The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, and Matthew 18.
This year our collective reading and discussion will centre on childhood, The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, and Matthew 18.
A few of the places you can find me speaking in 2025: www.chinemcdonald.com/events
December 28, 2024 at 1:16 PM
A few of the places you can find me speaking in 2025: www.chinemcdonald.com/events
A joy to speak at St James's Piccadilly service yesterday, on the morning they unveiled 'Everyday Saints' - a powerful exhibition on Mary and black womanhood by Florence Okoye. Gorgeous.
www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/flo...
www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/flo...
December 23, 2024 at 2:24 PM
A joy to speak at St James's Piccadilly service yesterday, on the morning they unveiled 'Everyday Saints' - a powerful exhibition on Mary and black womanhood by Florence Okoye. Gorgeous.
www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/flo...
www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/flo...
In the studio this morning to record final links for my documentary Black Madonnas, which will be broadcast on BBC World Service on 13 December.
More here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
More here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
November 25, 2024 at 2:29 PM
In the studio this morning to record final links for my documentary Black Madonnas, which will be broadcast on BBC World Service on 13 December.
More here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
More here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
Fun but surreal being in for TFTD when Amol Rajan is presenting BBC R4 Today programme. A speedy catch up reminiscing about 20 years ago when we were eating pizza late at night while making @VarsityUK each week, thinking we were grown.
November 19, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Fun but surreal being in for TFTD when Amol Rajan is presenting BBC R4 Today programme. A speedy catch up reminiscing about 20 years ago when we were eating pizza late at night while making @VarsityUK each week, thinking we were grown.
Ready for Thought for the Day just after 7.45am on BBC Radio 4
November 19, 2024 at 7:21 AM
Ready for Thought for the Day just after 7.45am on BBC Radio 4
One of the best moments in the book process for an author is seeing the cover.
Look at this beauty 😍 Thank you to Hodder for doing an amazing job.
#UnmakingMary will be out early March in time for Mothering Sunday. Pre-order here: amzn.eu/d/8gxXVBf
#CoverReveal
Look at this beauty 😍 Thank you to Hodder for doing an amazing job.
#UnmakingMary will be out early March in time for Mothering Sunday. Pre-order here: amzn.eu/d/8gxXVBf
#CoverReveal
October 14, 2024 at 10:18 AM
One of the best moments in the book process for an author is seeing the cover.
Look at this beauty 😍 Thank you to Hodder for doing an amazing job.
#UnmakingMary will be out early March in time for Mothering Sunday. Pre-order here: amzn.eu/d/8gxXVBf
#CoverReveal
Look at this beauty 😍 Thank you to Hodder for doing an amazing job.
#UnmakingMary will be out early March in time for Mothering Sunday. Pre-order here: amzn.eu/d/8gxXVBf
#CoverReveal
How lovely - the librarian from my old school emailed me, having heard my Thought for the Day on St Francis last week. She'd been clearing out books that hadn't been borrowed in years & found this. I was the only ever borrower!
I am - and have always been - a religion geek 🤓
I am - and have always been - a religion geek 🤓
October 2, 2024 at 7:52 PM
How lovely - the librarian from my old school emailed me, having heard my Thought for the Day on St Francis last week. She'd been clearing out books that hadn't been borrowed in years & found this. I was the only ever borrower!
I am - and have always been - a religion geek 🤓
I am - and have always been - a religion geek 🤓
Post-away day pub with the excellent Theos team after a day of intense thinking about religion and public life, as well as a bring and share lunch featuring Theos-branded sourdough & babka from resident foodie Nathan #WorkHardEatHard
Looking forward to day 2 🙌🏾
Looking forward to day 2 🙌🏾
September 17, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Post-away day pub with the excellent Theos team after a day of intense thinking about religion and public life, as well as a bring and share lunch featuring Theos-branded sourdough & babka from resident foodie Nathan #WorkHardEatHard
Looking forward to day 2 🙌🏾
Looking forward to day 2 🙌🏾
Hear me out: Jordan Peterson and Nick Cave could be brothers?
September 9, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Hear me out: Jordan Peterson and Nick Cave could be brothers?