Ruth Peacock

Ruth is the leader of the Religion Media Centre project and oversees its work. After studying theology and teaching RE, she trained as a journalist on a local paper, freelanced in print and radio and then joined the BBC, working in many news departments, including the main newsgathering desk. She also worked on the BBC’s move into the new W1 building and studied organisational change.

Written Content

Religion news 7 February 2022

Tributes to the servant Queen on 70th anniversary of her reign; Martin Percy, Dean of Christ College Oxford, stands down; New York Times podcast investigates the Birmingham Trojan Horse scandal; Another Church of England bishop becomes a Catholic

Religion news 4 February 2022

Queen marks 70 years since accession to a role shaped by Anglicanism; Wonderful idea” to widen group choosing next Archbishop of Canterbury; Study into religious and secular funerals

Religion news 3 February 2022

New RMC podcast explores “abuse of trust and hypocrisy” at Number Ten; Faith organisations missing from Levelling Up equation; National Zakat Foundation supports refugee entrepreneurs in Bradford

Religion news 2 February 2022

Chair of Christians in Parliament considering asking PM to quit; Jewish groups furious at Amnesty International report on “apartheid” in Israel; Whoopi Goldberg apologises for saying the holocaust was not about race

Religion news 1 February 2022

The rules and values of British public life; Archbishop defends value of the BBC; LGBT+ Christians feel less safe in church than any other place; Pagan festival of Imbolc and St Brigid’s Day

Religion news 31 January 2022

Downing street parties “showed indifference to the burdens placed on everyone else”; Archbishop urges mediation and diplomacy to avert war in Ukraine; Unvaccinated priests in Cyprus threatened with the sack

Religion news 28 January 2022

Threat of antisemitism on the rise as the world remembers the Holocaust; Faith Action leader warns of government paralysis in Downing Street parties scandal; Crystals, meditation and healing classes for children in Hartlepool

Religion news 27 January 2022

Archbishop says world must be vigilant against antisemitism; BBC rules on hotly disputed article about antisemitic abuse; Pope says parents should not condemn their children if they are gay