Prof of Religious & Cultural Education, University of Glasgow. Chair of Philosophy of Education Soc. Religion, Myth, Arts, Humanities, Music, Education, football, birds. We’ve 3 sons—‘the crow makes wing to the rooky wood’—all posts etc personal
Prof Bob Davis
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One for eg @rlrossi64.bsky.social @leedon1982.bsky.social
Never mind your AI racket. Doing our #WorldCup sweepstake the old fashioned way (admittedly, they don’t seem to be making much progress …)
As #WorldCup2026 starts—2 mperspectives. 1st from BBCRadio4, debating the morality of this huge sporting event. Ash Sarkar, Giles Fraser, Matthew Taylor & Jonathan Sumption talk to Minky Worden, Mark Littlewood @priceoffootball.bsky.social @grahamspiers.bsky.social
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Absolutely delighted that some of this excellent discussion was framed through *theology*. From where else come invisible hands? & in relation to wealth, the New Testament warns us off service to Mammon not because he is a metaphor but because he is a god ….
2nd, a quite different tone from this fascinating portrait from BBCRadio4 BBCArchive of Sir Alf Ramsey. Takes you on a by turns triumphant & melancholy journey to a lost England …
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Loyal as I am, this season of BBCFreeThinking hasn’t seemed quite as sparkling as others. Then along comes this—1 of the best. Anne McElvoy argues with @vicky-pryce.bsky.social @maharafiatal.bsky.social Dafydd Daniel, Allister Heath, @hettieobrien.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
“Protests”
I would shift the optics here: ‘Burnt-out Union Street gap site joins the celebrated catalogue of ruin and abandonment that now brings renown to Glasgow’s city centre. A listed monument to political paralysis, civic scarcity & unreformed planning laws’
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On plentiful wind in Turkish sails; Trump’s frustrations; Ukraine’s Flamingo long range missile; and the chaos of he 2026 World Cup.
Today’s #GlobalThreads - free to read.
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Can the accumulation of wealth be ethical and what can we learn from Adam Smith's enquiry?
Everyone on X and elsewhere who called for a violent response should be charged with incitement.
Everyone involved in the pogrom should be locked up with exemplary sentences.
Govt should make it clear that will be the response in future anywhere else.
Enough.
