A Protest the Pope march and rally will take place in Central London on 18 September. See the Protest the Pope website for details. If anyone from Suffolk is planning to go could they please let us know?

Ekklesia, the liberal Christian organisation, has published a report on the BBC’s Thought for the Day that “challenges the terms of the current controversy over BBC Radio 4s flagship God slot by actually analysing its content with some surprising results.” See their website for more.

BHA President Polly Toynbee tackles Labour leadership contender Ed Balls about his support for faith schools in a video on the Guardian website, about 10 minutes in.

Christina Patterson of the Independent has a go at multiculturalism, female genital mutilation (FGM) and bad manners, and I say “Hear hear!”.

Click on the links for more.

Oh, BTW, let me know if the video’s any good. Rural broadband’s so rubbish these days I’ve given up trying to watch them.