Archbishop of Canterbury: who's on the shortlist?

Archbishop of Canterbury: who's on the shortlist?

It is 10 months since the resignation of Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury. Now, finally, the Crown Nominations Commission is believed to have drawn up a shortlist of candidates, and a successor to Welby could be approved by October.Theologian and author Andrew Graystone joins Damian Thompson to talk through what he calls ‘a weak list’ of potential candidates – weak because there are no obvious frontrunners and the Commission is choosing …

Keir Starmer should appoint the archbishop of Canterbury

Labour needs to embrace – and use – the power of the Church. Keir Starmer was in Baku last year when the news broke of the Makin review. The Prime Minister was in the Azerbaijani capital for a climate summit, but the old sins of the Church of England, as detailed in the review, threatened to derail the political news grid.  Starmer, not across the details of horrific historic sexual abuse of children but comfortable enough in knowing right from …