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 19 February 2024

Silent discos selling out at fourteen British cathedrals; Bishop says Israel’s siege of Gaza cannot be morally justified; Rabbi says impossible to remain silent over Rafah; BBC’s Pilgrimage returns along the North Wales Pilgrims’ Way

Religion news 15 February 2024

Petition to save the Inter Faith Network; Another petition urges government to amend Media Bill and protect religious broadcasting; Ten day Christian prayer vigil in Westminster against fossil fuels; Notre Dame’s new spire on view for the first time

Religion news 14 February 2024

Bishops call for ceasefire in Gaza; Catholic Union holds meeting at Number 10 re faith-based school admissions; Lent starts today leading to Easter; Ten top facts about St Valentine

Religion news 13 February 2024

Times investigation into number of asylum seekers using conversion in claims; Foreign Secretary meets family of Sikh detained in India; Redeeming Jesus’ brand of unconditional love at the Super Bowl

Religion news 12 February 2024

Leeds University Jewish chaplain forced into hiding after death threats; Diocese of Durham rejects “conveyor belt” asylum story; Ten commitments to calm down the Church of England

Religion news 9 February 2024

Church leaders deny naively allowing false conversion claims; Catholic bishops reminder that migrants are of innate worth; Inter Faith Network for the UK imminent closure; Amnesty International tells India to stop demolishing Muslim properties

Religion news 8 February 2024

Survey of British Jews shows trends in belief, culture and community identity; MP raises bogus asylum claims and asks: “Are taxpayers being scammed by the Archbishop?” ; Rabbi Alex Goldberg returns to the FA in antisemitism role; Sell out silent disco in Canterbury Cathedral tonight

Religion news 7 February 2024

Interactive Notre Dame exhibition comes to London; Rowan Williams asks “where’s the evidence” that church abuses asylum system; Humza Yousaf says there is deep rooted Islamophobia in the UK and it’s getting worse