Ruth Peacock

Ruth is the editorial consultant with 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 4 September 2025

King Charles visits Birmingham Oratory, once the home of St John Henry Newman; Former Cornwall Methodist leader charged with sexual assault; Warning of ‘messy revolution’ unless older Muslims give way to younger leaders

Religion news 3 September 2025

British Muslims resist attacks in ‘patriotic’ flag frenzy; Green party elects Jewish leader and Muslim deputy leader; Explainer – Carlo Acutis, millennial saint, to be canonised this Sunday

Religion news 2 September 2025

Islamic Relief mobilises emergency aid after Afghanistan earthquake; Pope Leo ‘has same openness to LGBTQ issues’ as Pope Francis; Contents of Spurgeon’s College go under the hammer this month; Starvation sect in Kenya is active again

Religion news 1 September 2025

Archbishop: UK should resist “kneejerk” deportation proposal; Extra security at mosques after asylum hotel protests; Faith leaders urge government to lift two child benefit cap; Templeton $3.89 million for study on beauty

RMC Weekly Round-up 29 August 2025

RMC weekly newsletter 29 August 2025 – Vigils for journalists killed in Gaza; Peter Thiel’s lectures on the antiChrist; Austira allows Sharia judgments in civil property disputes

Religion news 29 August 2025

Ed Davey says Christian faith leads him to decline Trump state banquet invitation; Bishop of Oxford accuses Nigel Farage of ‘deliberately increasing fear of the stranger’; UK government ‘clear-eyed’ about threat to British Jews from Iran; Humain Chat – the AI app that aligns with Islamic values

Religion news 28 August 2025

Mass shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school kills two children; Former leader of Iona community, Kathy Galloway, has died aged 73; Law firm apologises for data breach in CofE’s safeguarding redress scheme; Home of Hasidic Chabad rabbi in Bournemouth daubed with a Swastika

Religion news 27 August 2025

Bishops raise concern over young Palestinian Christian; How British Jewish identity is fostered; Silicon Valley chief to give lectures on AI and the Antichrist; Edinburgh church re-launches canal boat for mission

Religion news 26 August 2025

Vigils for journalists killed in Gaza; Catholic bishops condemn Israel’s expansion into the West Bank; 70 babies buried at Salvation Army mothers and baby home in Newcastle; Pope Leo welcomes Chagos islanders’ return after ‘grave injustice’

RMC Weekly Round-up 22 August 2025

RMC weekly newsletter 22 August 2025 – Only 21 British universities now offer single-honours theology and religious studies degrees; Jury discharged after Christopher Brain, former leader of the “Nine O’Clock Service”, found guilty of indecent assault; Timber red Lutheran church listed on rollers to a new location 3 miles away; JD Vance meets British Christian leaders in the Cotswolds