William Crawley
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BBC presenter. @BBCNIreland, @BBCNewsNI. @BBCR4Sunday. #BBCTalkback. Member @RIADawson. @EF_Fellows. Cynophilist. Talking on-air against my better judgment.
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The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize will be unveiled at 10am on Friday in Oslo.
Who do you think should be recognised this year?
Who do you think should be recognised this year?
October 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize will be unveiled at 10am on Friday in Oslo.
Who do you think should be recognised this year?
Who do you think should be recognised this year?
Breonna Taylor (1993-2020)
July 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Breonna Taylor (1993-2020)
White House response to the leaked bomb damage report:
June 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
White House response to the leaked bomb damage report:
The oldest extant basilica in Rome, and the mother church of the Dominicans. The historic door contains the earliest known images of the three crosses from the hill of Calvary.
May 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The oldest extant basilica in Rome, and the mother church of the Dominicans. The historic door contains the earliest known images of the three crosses from the hill of Calvary.
Three embassies to the Vatican share this office building — Ireland, the UK, and Ukraine.
May 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Three embassies to the Vatican share this office building — Ireland, the UK, and Ukraine.
I took this picture yesterday at the Pontifical Irish College in Rome. Memorials to Leo XII and Leo XIII. Cardinal Prevost was a frequent visitor to the college (he has many Irish friends), so we should expect Leo XIV to join his predecessors at some point.
May 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I took this picture yesterday at the Pontifical Irish College in Rome. Memorials to Leo XII and Leo XIII. Cardinal Prevost was a frequent visitor to the college (he has many Irish friends), so we should expect Leo XIV to join his predecessors at some point.
Cardinal Timothy posed for me … in the cloisters that once accommodated Aquinas while he wrote part of the Summa.
May 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Cardinal Timothy posed for me … in the cloisters that once accommodated Aquinas while he wrote part of the Summa.
Cardinal Czerny told me today that papabile lists are an “indoor sport”. He’s right. But, for what it’s worth (viz., not much), here’s my updated list (alphabetically):
Grech (68, Malta)
Parolin (70, Italy)
Pizzaballa (60, Italy)
Tagle (67, Philippines)
Zuppi (69, Italy)
Grech (68, Malta)
Parolin (70, Italy)
Pizzaballa (60, Italy)
Tagle (67, Philippines)
Zuppi (69, Italy)
May 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Cardinal Czerny told me today that papabile lists are an “indoor sport”. He’s right. But, for what it’s worth (viz., not much), here’s my updated list (alphabetically):
Grech (68, Malta)
Parolin (70, Italy)
Pizzaballa (60, Italy)
Tagle (67, Philippines)
Zuppi (69, Italy)
Grech (68, Malta)
Parolin (70, Italy)
Pizzaballa (60, Italy)
Tagle (67, Philippines)
Zuppi (69, Italy)
The view from our @BBCR4Sunday broadcasting point this morning — a rooftop overlooking St Peter’s Square.
If buildings can be photogenic, this must be the most photogenic building in the world.
If buildings can be photogenic, this must be the most photogenic building in the world.
May 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The view from our @BBCR4Sunday broadcasting point this morning — a rooftop overlooking St Peter’s Square.
If buildings can be photogenic, this must be the most photogenic building in the world.
If buildings can be photogenic, this must be the most photogenic building in the world.
Piero della Francesca’s fresco “The Resurrection” survived WW2 when a British artillery officer, an art lover called Tony Clarke, defied orders to protect the building in the Tuscan town of Sansepolcro which houses the masterpiece. The town honoured Clarke with a street name after the war.
April 20, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Piero della Francesca’s fresco “The Resurrection” survived WW2 when a British artillery officer, an art lover called Tony Clarke, defied orders to protect the building in the Tuscan town of Sansepolcro which houses the masterpiece. The town honoured Clarke with a street name after the war.
Though published 60 years ago, this is a book for our times.
April 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Though published 60 years ago, this is a book for our times.
April 12, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Anyone else brushing up on Gibbon at the moment?
March 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Anyone else brushing up on Gibbon at the moment?
If Trump wants to resist calls for the US to be a security backstop, he may simply argue that Article 5 relates only to attacks on NATO territories, rather than an attack on NATO troops in non-NATO territories.
March 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
If Trump wants to resist calls for the US to be a security backstop, he may simply argue that Article 5 relates only to attacks on NATO territories, rather than an attack on NATO troops in non-NATO territories.
