Press features
This page includes recent press features by and about Bishop Richard. > The green cross code – Guardian Unlimited, 14 June 2007. Leo Hickman asks the Bishop about his “fast” from flying, the issue of overpopulation, and why some believers think climate change should be encouraged.> The real scandal over cathedral charging – Telegraph, 28 May 2007. “The real scandal is that this move to preserve a heritage which belongs to the whole community, but which is largely funded by worshippers, has not been met with greater understanding.”> Is it sinful to fly on holiday? – Radio 4 Today programme interview about the environment, July 2006. “As you begin to audit your own use of energy, decisions about which car you use and the way in which you use air travel clearly are very vital...”> Imposing an invincibility cloak on Christmas – Thought for the Day on Radio 4, December 2005. Bishop Richard talks about “real Christmas” and how “there’ s no real feast without the fast”.> Ecological Friars Needed – Plant Talk magazine, April 1998. “Botanizing parsons in the English tradition of Gilbert White to W Keble Martin have combined an intense love for nature with a scientific rigour, but Christian theology during the same period has progressively abandoned the realms of nature and history in favour of a preoccupation with questions of personhood and personal relations.”

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