Podcast appearances and mentions of Jonathan Aitken

Jonathan Aitken's fall from grace was spectacular. Touted as a future Prime Minister, his lies under oath in a court of law landed him in prison. But in the carnage of the high-profile front-page life implosion, friends came alongside him and introduced him to the ‘One who sticks closer than a brother'. Now an active prison chaplain in his ninth decade, Jonathan's still got plenty of life to live! What an encouragement! Check out jonathanaitken.org and grab yourself a copy of Psalms for People Under Pressure.---Get daily or weekly Choose Life emails: chooselife.org.uk Join us for Inspired Live with Gladiator Warren Furman: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired-live Support our work in Burundi: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠---Weekly episode WhatsApp link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsappWeekly email notification: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemail⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For more from Simon, visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠simonguillebaud.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠---Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

This week: Gus Carter reports from Rotherham (01:10), Paul Wood asks whether anything can stop full-scale conflict in the Middle East (05:55), Jonathan Aitken takes us inside Nixon's resignation melodrama (16:55), Laura Gascoigne reviews Revealing Nature: The Art of Cedric Morris and Lett-Haines (26:08), and Flora Watkins reads her notes on ragwort (31:24).  Produced and presented by Oscar Edmondson. 

This week: Gus Carter reports from Rotherham (01:10), Paul Wood asks whether anything can stop full-scale conflict in the Middle East (05:55), Jonathan Aitken takes us inside Nixon's resignation melodrama (16:55), Laura Gascoigne reviews Revealing Nature: The Art of Cedric Morris and Lett-Haines (26:08), and Flora Watkins reads her notes on ragwort (31:24).  Produced and presented by Oscar Edmondson. 

In half a century just three opposition leaders have become prime minister. 45 years after Margaret Thatcher arrived in Downing Street, Matt hears from the people who knew her best - including Conservative colleagues Ken Clarke, Jonathan Aitken, and David Howell, aide turned author Michael Dobbs, her biographer Charles Moore, and her daughter Carol Thatcher.Plus: Manveen Rana and Matthew Parris discuss the SNP's leadership struggles, is noise in the Commons a good thing, and whether you should trust attractive politicians. The Columnists: (01:00)The Big Thing: (22:27) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As regular listeners and viewers will know, at the end of all our conversations we ask our guests for their three crisis comforts; their go-tos for inspiration and strength during the challenging times. Short but perfectly formed advice for getting you through the tough moments.     Over the years we have heard some incredibly interesting and more importantly, useful tips for anyone who might be feeling the weight of their own problems.     In this short episode – Revd. Jonathan Aitken - a man who has survived and thrived over eight decades of triumph and crisis – shares his three crisis comforts.  Full episodehttps://www.crisiswhatcrisis.com/podcasts/jonathan-aitken-on-prison-priesthood-and-purpose/    Links    Aitken is a trustee of the Saïd Foundation, McDonald Agape Foundation, and Trinity Forum Europe. Aitken is Honorary President of Tempus Novo and Patron of CSW. Aitken is the founder of Chance to Change Foundation/Friends of Pentonville.  BooksLetters for the Ages Behind Bars: Letters from History's Most Famous Prisoners, 2024.Doing Time: A spiritual survival guide, 2021.Porridge and Passion, 2005.Pride and Perjury, 2000.  Stream/buy ‘Allies' by Some Velvet Morning: https://ampl.ink/qp6bm    Some Velvet Morning Website: www.somevelvetmorning.co.uk      Your Daily Practice: Sleep by Myndstream: https://open.spotify.com/track/5OX9XgJufFz9g63o2Dv2i5?si=b2f9397c92084682    Host – Andy Coulson   CWC team: Jane Sankey, Louise Difford, Zach Ellis and Mabel Pickering   With special thanks to Ioana Barbu and the brilliant people at Global      For all PR and guest approaches please contact – podcast@coulsonpartners.com   Full transcript: https://www.crisiswhatcrisis.com/podcasts/jonathan-aitkens-crisis-comforts/ 

In this episode I'm joined by former government minister, author, ordained prison chaplain and priest and, like me, a former inmate of Belmarsh prison - the Reverend Jonathan Aitken. Having survived and thrived over eight decades of triumph and crisis, Jonathan has a lifetime of stories to tell and wisdom to impart.  From spending childhood years battling TB to working as a reporter in Saigon; to being tipped as a future Prime Minister described as ‘not just gilded but golden' from pleading guilty and being sentenced for perjury, to finding faith and rebuilding his life's purpose as a priest - Jonathan has seen and been through it all.  Jonathan's most recent crisis almost claimed his life. But, throughout it all he has pushed on and pushed through with a sense of resilience – and an incredible rate of productivity - that is truly inspiring and from which I think we can all learn.  Thank you, Jonathan.  Links    Aitken is a trustee of the Saïd Foundation, McDonald Agape Foundation, and Trinity Forum Europe. Aitken is Honorary President of Tempus Novo and Patron of CSW.Aitken is the founder of Chance to Change Foundation/Friends of Pentonville.  BooksLetters for the Ages Behind Bars: Letters from History's Most Famous Prisoners, 2024.Doing Time: A spiritual survival guide, 2021.Porridge and Passion, 2005.Pride and Perjury, 2000.  Stream/buy ‘Allies' by Some Velvet Morning: https://ampl.ink/qp6bm    Some Velvet Morning Website: www.somevelvetmorning.co.uk      Your Daily Practice: Sleep by Myndstream: https://open.spotify.com/track/5OX9XgJufFz9g63o2Dv2i5?si=b2f9397c92084682  Host – Andy Coulson   CWC team: Jane Sankey, Louise Difford, Zach Ellis and Mabel Pickering   With special thanks to Ioana Barbu and the brilliant people at Global      For all PR and guest approaches please contact – podcast@coulsonpartners.com     Key Words #prison #priesthood #purpose #politician #faith #family  Full transcript: https://www.crisiswhatcrisis.com/podcasts/jonathan-aitken-on-prison-priesthood-and-purpose/     

Tim and Pilar discuss an article featured in the Jan/Feb 2024 edition of the Harvard Business Review: "Leading in the Flow of Work" by Hitendra Wadhwa, Founder of the Mentora Institute. Hitendra posits that "rather than (being) a trait to be acquired, leadership is a state to be activated" through preparation, self awareness and reflection. By managing our internal state and matching our actions to the context, we will function better and more authentically as leaders. The article especially focusses on conversations and how leaders can get better outcomes by making conscious choices about what to do. It's an attractive premise, to be able to skilfully navigate the challenges of fluid interactions by pausing and then choosing, in the moment, an appropriate action for the situation. This model lists five core energies: Purpose (committed to a noble cause), Wisdom (calm and receptive to the truth), Growth (curious and open to learning), Love (connected with those you work with and serve) and Self-realisation (centered in a joyful spirit). This is supported by 25 actions which help activate these core energies. For our hosts this discussion is bittersweet. There is excitement at the prospect of making better decisions during important interactions. And there is also regret that our past selves didn't have the advantage of our current knowledge. Ironically of course it is that same regret which makes us the older and wiser person we are today... 0:30 mins Pilar appreciated several examples from the article of someone turning a potential confrontation into a better situation via the person shifting their approach. 2:30 Tim had previously associated flow states with sports - quite a different interpretation which is about acting without conscious thought or decision, just using instinct and muscle memory. But within the context of the article the flow state is where we are "calmly aware of our inner and outer conditions and able to adapt our behaviour as needed". Pilar describes this as a split personality between being present and reviewing what's going on. And being able to shift behaviour based on this conscious awareness. 5:25 We can all relate to the feeling of something not going the way we expected. When we unpack it afterwards we gain new insight and realise we should have acted differently. Alas, the moment has passed. Certainly both our hosts have experienced this many times! 6:25 The article shares a compelling example, from Jonathan Aitken's biography of Margaret Thatcher, about a pivotal meeting between Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev. At a crucial point Gorbachev was able to change his approach and in the process, change the course of history. He reminded himself of his intention coming into the meeting. He reframes his perception of how Thatcher is acting. And he finds alignment with her on principles. 8:20 Pilar shares that a realisation that has been transformational for her: that people are generally not acting with malice - they are trying to do what they believe is right. 8:50 We can practice and get better at understanding and acting within the moment itself. But it takes a lot of effort. And time. 10:50 Letting go of our everyday habits and ego can free us to choose the best way to act. It also requires the empathy of understanding what is happening for the other person. 12:15 Our hosts wrestle with the regrets that come with learning and evolving. But our experiences make us the person that we are today. 14:15 Leadership is not a static state: "The personality and behaviour of someone will change with the context that the person is in, the thoughts and feelings that individual is experiencing and who else is present". Pilar shares a story about how a change in context made a big difference in her performance. 17:00 This framework reminds us that our habitual behaviours aren't always going to work. If we are able to be aware and present in the moment, we have a better chance of navigating the situation. 19:40 Often conflict comes even though everyone wants the same outcome. There is just something else getting in the way. 21:45 Tim's experience aligns with the model in that he's had better outcomes when he has prepared, put effort into being open and aware, spent time unpacking and reframing interactions. 22:30 The five core energies are intrinsic to our core humanity. There is a close connection to authentic leadership. "Leadership in flow does not work by faking it". 25:00 One last reminder on the value of reframing. When aren't going to get things right every time. Instead of focussing on our failures, the article shares how we can still find pride in our intention and effort. What about you, dear listener? Does Leadership in Flow resonate with you? Do you wish you could turn back the clock and get a second chance? We'd love to hear from you! Get in touch through our Contact Form https://managementcafepodcast.com/contact/  For the full show notes, head over to www.managementcafepodcast.com 

In the Season 4 premiere episode of the Behold Podcast, our hosts Beth Whitney and Craig Hardinger discuss the most impactful books they've read in 2023. Sit back and enjoy the dialogue between Beth and Craig as they share the stories that inspire and challenge them. Beth's Reading List: 1. "Everything Sad is Untrue" - Daniel Nayeri https://amzn.to/49gUhNB 2. "Telling the Truth: the Gospel as Comedy, Tragedy, and Fairytale" -Frederick Buechner https://amzn.to/3wi1QFv 3."Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts" - Jennie Allen https://amzn.to/4bEl6wT 4. "The Invisible Library" -Genevieve Cogman https://amzn.to/3uArB3a 5. "7 Family Ministry Essentials" - Michelle Anthony & Megan Marshman https://amzn.to/49DIkBF   Craig's Reading List: 1. "After Doubt" - A.J. Swoboda https://amzn.to/3SY5ywB 2. "John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace" - Jonathan Aitken https://amzn.to/3UHpLrU 3. "The Lies We Are Told, The Truth We Must Hold" - Sharon James https://amzn.to/3wkDbzZ 4. "Bullies and Saints" -John Dickson https://amzn.to/49fUEbc 5. "How The Nations Rage" - Jonathan Leeman https://amzn.to/3wijrgkIf you have any questions, comments, suggestions, or feedback about this podcast. Please send our team an e-mail at behold@arcadechurch.com Follow us on Social Media Instagram: @arcadechurch YouTube: Arcade.Church Facebook: Arcade Church

Belle & Justin return for season three of Re-Enchanting, talking to leading figures in science, history, politics, art and education. This season we welcome Rory Stewart, Jonathan Aitken, Helen Lewis, Lauren Windle, David Bennett, Sabine Alkire, Dr Martin Shaw and more.Despite the increasingly scientific and secular age we live in, many people are still searching for a bigger story to live by. Season three will feature a mix of guests - both with and without faith - and explore how those who have tired of modern materialism are the ones seeking to 're-enchant' the world. This podcast is about tracing their journey and work.Each insightful conversation helps us further unpack the question of whether our culture can be re-enchanted by the vision of Christianity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rob Delaney and Alice Levine sit down with the reporter at the heart of our story, David Leigh. Leigh takes us inside the explosive investigation that led to Jonathan Aitken's imprisonment, from the moment he knew he was about to bring down the former Cabinet minister, to the vitriol he received from Aitken himself. Plus, he tells us why he believes the Aitken affair had a lasting impact on British journalism.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jonathan Aitken has created an intricate web of lies, and now he's placed his own family at the centre of it. If the truth is uncovered, he risks losing his relationships, career and freedom. But journalist David Leigh is onto him and he's moving fast. He's just one piece of the puzzle away from bringing Aitken down.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The editor of The Guardian has had a tip-off which, if true, is huge: that the cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken is accepting money from senior Saudis. He's been trying to nail down the story for a month but with no luck. Then one day, he has an idea: call David Leigh, an investigative journalist who MPs with something to hide have learned to fear. Maybe David can find the smoking gun?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jonathan Aitken's career in politics began 60 years ago as a speech writer for Alex Douglas-Home and saw him rise to the cabinet under John Major. It all came crashing down when he was convicted of perjury and sent to prison, where he then rediscovered his religion.He talks to Matt about faith, prison reform, and why politicians lose their moral compass.Plus: Columnists James Marriott and India Knight discuss the possibility of Nigel Farage entering the I'm a Celebrity jungle, how happy we are as a nation, and whether Shakespeare is as good as James thinks he is. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clayton chats to Jonathan Aitken, a former UK Cabinet Minister who was charged with perjury and ended up a prisoner.   Touted as a future PM, hear Jonathan explaining what happened to go from ‘serving Her Majesty” in parliament to ‘serving time in Her Majesty's' prisons, his faith journey of understanding Jesus and Christianity as he was in prison and what he spends his doing with his time now (a political comeback is seemingly out of the question).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sermon by the Rev. Jonathan Aitken from worship at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 10, 2023 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Readings: Psalm 72:1-4, 12-14, 18-19, Romans 2:12-16 and Matthew 18:1-7. Watch the sermon on YouTube. Follow All Saints Church on Twitter @ASCpas. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AllSaintsPasadena/. Check out the rest of our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/allsaintspasadena1/videos. Subscribe, like, get notifications every time we post! Enjoy our extensive archive of stimulating and inspiring content! Donate to support the mission and ministries of All Saints at https://allsaints-pas.org/donate/donate-now/.

Audio from a seminar hosted by LICC at the National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast 2023 in the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday 27 June 2023. The F-Factor: the role of forgiveness in politics, media, and the world of work – London Institute for Contemporary Christianity (LICC) How does forgiveness relate to the mucky business of politics, the media, and the world of work? Where does accountability fit in? Join LICC's CEO Paul Woolley, Jonathan Aitken, Tim Farron MP, Mark Greene, and Baroness Philippa Stroud to discuss the relationship between this gospel value and everyday life and work. Trigger warning: This seminar could seriously change the way you live your life.

In this second episode in a new series, interviewer Chloe Fox talks to the Reverend Jonathan Aitken about perjury, prison and finding spiritual solace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Claire chatted to Jonathan Aitken from the University of Sheffield all about manufacturing, sewer inspection, and robots in the real world. Jonathan Aitken is a Senior University Teacher in Robotics at the University of Sheffield. His research is focused on building useful, useable, and expandable architectures for future robotics systems. Most recently this has involved building complex digital twins for collaborative robots in manufacturing processes and investigating localisation for robots operating in sewer pipes. His teaching focuses on providing students with the tools to bring distributed computing to complex robotic processes.

5x15 is thrilled to welcome best-selling writer and journalist Luke Harding to talk about his new book Invasion: Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival, a powerful and urgent account of the war in Ukraine. Reporting from Ukraine as foreign correspondent for the Guardian, Luke Harding has had unique insights into this conflict. Invasion, which is the first book of reportage from the front line, is a 'superb first draft of history' (Anne Applebaum) that examines the personal, religious and ideological motivations behind Putin's decision to invade, and offers a moving testament to Ukrainian survival. For this special 5x15 event, Luke will be in conversation with Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator for the Financial Times and author of The Age of the Strongman, to discuss the issues that are essential to understanding this terrible war: the factors behind it, the unfolding developments, and its possible outcomes. Author royalties from this edition of Invasion will go to the Disasters Emergency Committee's Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. Praise for Luke Harding 'Compelling, important and heartbreaking with all the urgency and immediacy of outstanding war reportage, here is the Russian invasion of Ukraine minute by minute, political and personal, from the cabinets of power to the streets and apartments of ordinary Ukrainians by a master reporter and analyst.' - SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE 'Luke Harding has once again written a superb first draft of history, this time of the Ukrainian war. An excellent, moving account of an ongoing tragedy.' - ANNE APPLEBAUM 'Brilliant . . . Harding is one of the best experts on Putin's Russia. Invasion reads like an exciting military-political thriller, but all its characters and events are true.' - ANDREY KURKOV 'Luke Harding is one of the best reporters in the world.' - ROBERTO SAVIANO LUKE HARDING is an award-winning foreign correspondent with the Guardian. He has reported from Delhi, Berlin and Moscow and has also covered wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Libya and Syria. Between 2007 and 2011 he was the Guardian's Moscow bureau chief. The Kremlin expelled him from the country in the first case of its kind since the cold war and in summer 2022 put him on an official blacklist. He is the author of Mafia State and co-author of WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy, The Liar: The Fall of Jonathan Aitken (nominated for the Orwell Prize) and The Snowden Files. Two of Harding's books have been made into films; The Fifth Estate and Snowden. GIDEON RACHMAN is the Chief Foreign Affairs columnist for the Financial Times. In 2016 he won the Orwell Prize for Journalism and was named Commentator of the Year at the European Press Prize awards. Previously he worked for The Economist for fifteen years, and has served as a foreign correspondent in Washington, Bangkok and Brussels. His new book The Age of the Strongman examines the new nationalism in Russia, Europe, and beyond, asking what forces are in place to keep these strongmen in check? With thanks for your support for 5x15 online. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

We are used to politicians , particularly Tory politicians, being untruthful. Twenty five years ago Jonathan Aitken was a high profile journalist and Tory politician who found himself in very hot water He was pursued mercilessly by sections of the British press when they gathered evidence to show that he had encouraged one of his daughters to lie in court to get him out of a tight legal corner into which his own lies had lead him. He was found guilty and sentenced to a jail term As a sideshow to his public fall from grace he ran up a huge legal bill which he could not pay. Bankruptcy was inevitable. Many were sceptical when he 'found God' in jail. He confounded his critics however by sticking with religion and becoming ordained as a vicar. There was a book published in 2003 called 'Pride and Perjury'. Jonathan Aitken talked to David Freeman about it, and his life,  soon after publication.  

Jonathan Aitken was a high profile Tory who was found to be lying.  He ended up serving time in jail. Have times changed? He told David Freeman his story.

Amazing Grace is the most sung, most recorded, and probably the most loved song of all time. Jonathan Aitken estimates that no other song even comes close to the number of recordings or frequency of performances, which is estimated to be around 10 million per year. It is estimated that if John Newton received royalties…

Jonathan Aitken's career has spanned the worlds of books, newspapers, television, business, politics, Parliament, prison, theology, charitable service, prison reform and offender rehabilitation.  He was ordained on June 30, 2018 and is now a Priest and part-time prison chaplain at HMP Pentonville.

Welcome back to The Critic Podcast, and welcome to our new series: The Critic Narrated! Each week, we will be bringing you a selection articles from our print issues, read aloud by their authors for you to listen to on your commute, around the house or alongside reading the written piece. Don't forget you can visit our website to subscribe to the print issue, and to read a plethora of articles on politics, current affairs, society, culture and beyond.  In this episode, architectural historian Matthew Lloyd Roberts reads his article ‘The Critic's New Home', Anna Price, podcast producer here at The Critic, narrates Claudia Savage Gore's October Hot House column, 'Eat, Pray, Hate', and Jonathan Aitken, Christ Church alumnus, former Conservative cabinet member and current Prison Chaplain, reads his feature ‘Low Panic at the High Table'. All articles taken from The Critic's October issue.  Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and iTunes to ensure you never you never miss an episode. -- Music: “Modern Jazz Samba” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In our second conversation I find Jonathan in a treatment center. He self checked in. This is a show about addiction, about war, about South Africa, about family, about sex about love agression rugby loss fear power and healing through stories we tell ourselves. Stories of the hungry for love for needing validation stories of loss and empty victoies. How many of us fill the voids or hide with some form of addiction?. The more we love ourselves the better it gets. Listen up and enjoy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gary-fox2/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gary-fox2/support

I met Jonathan on clubhouse, he has a wit and a charm that is fun and hard to catch up to if you dont figure it out. Jonathan starts his life in Rhodesia and moves to South Africa at the age of eight. His stories are varied and the telling magnanomous. Jonathan is a born story teller and he has lived the tales from Apartaid Conscripted to war in Angola at 18. Serious issues with addiction and pain covering mind numbing tom folllery to break away from the stories that haunt and it seldom works. So you go to a new place can just be and know that you are okay. Thats where I caught to Jonathan and it my pleasure to share this with you. Thank you --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gary-fox2/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gary-fox2/support

In February and March 2021, The Christian Evidence society ran a series of five sessions. We at Still Unbelievable attended these. This Final episode features Andrew, Matthew and Darren discussing the forth and fifth session, which were Mike Hulme talking about Climate and Rowan Williams talking about Prayer and Spirituality. The first episode covered Jonathan Aitken speaking about truth and Gillian Straine talking about Healing. The second episode was Joel Edwards talking about race. Session 4: Dr Mike Hulme - Climate https://mikehulme.org/ Session 5: Rowan Williams - Is God really Listening? https://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/user/williams To contact us, email: reasonpress@gmail.com Our Theme Music was written for us by Holly, to support her and to purchase her music use the links below: https://hollykirstensongs.com/ https://hollykirsten.bandcamp.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/still-unbelievable/message

In February and March 2021, The Christian Evidence society ran a series of five sessions. We at Still Unbelievable attended these. This Second episode features Andrew, Matthew and Darren discussing the third session, which was Joel Edwards talking about race. The first episode covered Jonathan Aitken speaking about truth and Gillian Straine talking about Healing. The next episode will cover Mike Hulme talking about Climate and Rowan Williams talking about Prayer and Spirituality. Session 3: Joel Edwards CBE - Race https://www.csw.org.uk/2015/09/29/news/2779/article.htm NPR: Race and Christianity https://www.npr.org/2020/08/28/907029717/white-christians-grapple-with-their-faiths-racist-past-and-present?t=1618133184633 USA Guidestones https://www.wired.com/2009/04/ff-guidestones/ To contact us, email: reasonpress@gmail.com Our Theme Music was written for us by Holly, to support her and to purchase her music use the links below: https://hollykirstensongs.com/ https://hollykirsten.bandcamp.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/still-unbelievable/message

In February and March 2021, The Christian Evidence society ran a series of five sessions. We at Still Unbelievable attended these and over the next three episodes we will be reviewing our experience of these sessions from the perspective of non Christians. This first episode covers the first two sessions sessions which are Jonathan Aitken speaking about truth and Gillian Straine talking about Healing. Episode two will cover Joel Edwards talking about Race and the final episode will cover Mike Hulme talking about Climate and Rowan Williams talking about Prayer and Spirituality. https://christianevidence.org/2021/01/23/new-webinar-series-tackles-questions-of-our-times/ Session 1: Jonathan Aitkin - Truth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Aitken Session 2: Gillian Straine - Healing https://christianevidence.org/2021/01/23/new-webinar-series-tackles-questions-of-our-times/ To contact us, email: reasonpress@gmail.com Our Theme Music was written for us by Holly, to support her and to purchase her music use the links below: https://hollykirstensongs.com/ https://hollykirsten.bandcamp.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/still-unbelievable/message

This week we wrap up the continentals series chatting to two seasoned Charollais sheep breeders, Jonathan Aitken and Robert Paterson. As usual, we look at some early flocks and imports, as well rams that shaped the breed and, in many case, the interbreeds.

In this episode of Sunday we hear the little known Jewish history of one of the most influential protest songs of the 20th century 'Strange Fruit' and how it came to be performed by Billie Holiday, which is the subject of the film 'The United States vs Billie Holiday' currently streaming on Sky Cinema. Former prison inmate now prison chaplain, Jonathan Aitken takes us inside HMP Pentonville, as he describes a year of prison chaplaincy during the pandemic which he says has led to some ground-breaking and long overdue reforms. ‘If you’re not religious, say so!’ – that is the request of a campaign launched this week by Humanists UK. They want people who are "not in any meaningful sense religious to tick the ‘no religion’ option on the 2021 Census". Ed Stourton is joined by the Chief Executive of Humanists UK, Andrew Copson, and also Nick Spencer of religion and society think tank Theos to discuss the Census, religion and the none-religious. Producers: Catherine Earlam Louise Clarke-Rowbotham

Jonathan joins us to talk about his work as a chaplain in HMP Pentonville amid the COVID pandemic. Shout outs to Tempus Novo and Prison Fellowship of England and Wales.

Michael Gove humiliating himself at university, a KGB-supplied sex manual and tales of derring-do in warzones around the world from foreign correspondent Luke. Clips performed by: Christopher Kent, Lynsey Murrell and Nigel Pilkington. Luke Harding is an award-winning British foreign correspondent with the Guardian. He has reported from Delhi, Berlin and Moscow and has also covered wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Libya and Syria. Between 2007 and 2011 he was the Guardian's Moscow bureau chief; the Kremlin expelled him from the country in the first case of its kind since the cold war. He is the author of Mafia State and co-author of WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy, The Liar: The Fall of Jonathan Aitken (nominated for the Orwell Prize) and The Snowden Files and his latest book The Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem and Russia's Remaking of the West was published earlier this year. Episode show notes:  https://offcutsdrawer.com/luke-harding Listen to us on whichever podcast app you prefer:  https://offcutsdrawer.com/insta-links/ or if you don't usually listen to podcasts you can hear all the episodes here: offcutsdrawer.com/episodes/

Malcolm Guite reads a poem on Joy. Jonathan Aitken talks about prison reform. Ernie Rea discusses the importance of Religion in the American election. Larry Gentis visualises what it was like to be blind Bartimaeus.

Michael Berkeley talks to Jonathan Aitken about his time in prison. Malcolm Guite reads his poem called "Peace". Ernie Rea leads a discussion about George Orwell's book "Animal Farm".

Famed former British Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament Jonathan Aitken examines the concepts of “Ruin, Rehabilitation, and Redemption” in the lives of Richard Nixon and Charles Colson, with an astonishing twist — that of his own experience with ruin, rehabilitation, and redemption — at Socrates in the City in New York City in 2004.

Giles chats to former MP and convict and now ordained chaplin, Jonathan Aitken, about the importance of diversity in politics, the power of forgiveness and how a tweet led him to become ordained.

In 1999 Former Conservative MP and Cabinet Minister Jonathan Aitken was convicted of perjury at The Old Bailey in a famous and widely reported case. His political career in ruins, he received an 18-month prison sentence starting at the high security HMP Belmarsh. Jonathan’s story is quite unique—and at the time, he was one of the most vilified personalities of his generation. As a journalist he spent some seven years on Fleet Street and as an author has written some 17 books including acclaimed biographies on Nixon and Thatcher. These days he is a London based Priest serving as Prison Chaplain in HMP Pentonville in East London and Assistant Minister in St Matthew’s Westminster Church. Our fascinating conversation took place in his London home. Listen in as we chat over the past, present and future of a life fully lived. This is Your London Legacy  “I was playing in the sandpit in my aunt’s garden—suddenly there came over in the sky a sound of a noisy engine. And this was a doodlebug, a flying bomb that came over.” 16:10 One of Jonathan’s earliest memories is of a flying bomb chugging its engine overhead while he played in a sandbox—an object and event of historical intrigue no doubt, and an interesting starting place for a future politician. But before Jonathan fully entered the political life he was a journalist, and as he says, a young journalist goes to where the news is. This meant he traveled all over the world—Vietnam, the Middle East, Africa, and covering Nixon’s election in the states. But he always felt like a spectator looking in, and longed for the political life of being in the center of the events he was covering.   “I’ve often asked myself the same—because it wasn’t really worth doing, covering it up. I think it was a combination of pride—and fear.” 30:40 Jonathan went on to become a Defense Minister – and on a trip to Paris stayed at a hotel that would bring about the fall of his career by accepting to have his room paid for by someone else. A hospitality he didn’t know would change his life – by eventually trying to cover up this small courtesy. The media upon finding out that this bill was footed by a figure from a foreign government went after him – and after a single comment in trial, a false one, Jonathan was prosecuted for perjury and sentenced to 18 months in prison.   “I was, I think – ruined, but not totally heartbroken.” 39:10 While undoubtedly a moment where his whole life unraveled, Jonathan didn’t see going to prison as a death sentence. There was a feeling that life would go on and something new would happen—as indeed it did, through a chance prison encounter with an inmate and refusing a certain collection of dirty magazines, no less. Jonathan had turned to faith to help guide him through his sentence and it slowly accumulated during and after his incarceration until he found himself studying at an Anglican theological college. Since he had seen how prison was the great equalizer where no one behind bars is more important than anyone else, he felt compelled to continue practicing his faith among those he had once called his brothers. As a prison chaplain, Jonathan now raises awareness about the quality of prisons today and the dangers that lay within, and also beyond the cells once inmates are released. He has seen how people end up right back behind bars and is working towards practical and societal changes to help reintroduce people to the working world, life at large, and the faith behind it all.   Links JonathanAitken.org (https://www.jonathanaitken.org/) Support this podcast

In a frank and moving interview the priest and former politician Jonathan Aitken talks to Michael Berkeley about the music that has accompanied his rollercoaster life. At one time Jonathan Aitken was widely tipped to be a future Conservative Prime Minister, but his glittering political career came crashing down just over twenty years ago, when he stood in the dock of the Old Bailey to plead guilty to perjury, after a lie he told about the payment of a hotel bill caused the collapse of his libel case against the Guardian and Granada Television. He left the court in a prison van with an 18-month sentence. Last December, he was back at the Old Bailey – this time leading the annual carol service, having recently been ordained as a priest. Jonathan chooses pieces which bring back childhood memories of singing for Benjamin Britten and performing Messiah as a chorister in Norwich, and we hear a song John McCormack sang to him during the three years Jonathan spent on a Dublin TB ward as a very young child. He talks frankly to Michael about the mistakes and pride that led to his downfall from public life, and how he survived disgrace, divorce, bankruptcy and prison. He chooses, with a smile, the Prisoners’ Chorus from Fidelio, and a setting of Psalm 24 that was a crucial part of his spiritual journey in prison. Jonathan tells a funny musical story about when Nixon met Wilson, and he reveals the piece of music that best captures his sense of redemption and renewal as he embarks on his new life as a prison chaplain. Producer: Jane Greenwood A Loftus production for BBC Radio 3

In Episode 1 of The Secret Life of Prisons, hosts, Phil Maguire and Paula Harriot hear stories about The Arrival into prison. They hear from poet and performer, Brenda Birungi (aka Lady Unchained), music entrepreneur Curtis Blanc and former MP and conservative cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken, about their respective arrivals into prison.  

In this month’s episode of Faith in Politics, Bethan and Will interview Revd Jonathan Aitken, the former cabinet minister turned ordained minister. Jonathan reflects on his time in prison, public trust in politicians, and how God works through personal crises. Our monthly musing comes from the Methodist Church’s Director of Evangelism & Growth, Trey Hall, who encourages us all to rethink the way we shape our institutions by focusing on relationship building within the communities we live, work and worship in.

A record series of arms sales from the UK to Saudi Arabia was worth tens of billions of dollars. The first al-Yamamah deal was agreed between Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. But the deals were dogged by allegations of corruption. Louise Hidalgo has been speaking to Jonathan Aitken who was involved in later al-Yamamah deals. (Photo: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and King Fahd in London in 1987. Credit: Tim Graham/Getty Images)

In 1999, Jonathan Aitken was sentenced to 18 months for perjury and perverting the course of justice. He went on to spend seven months behind bars, in three different prisons. At the time, Alan Rusbridger was his adversary. Then editor of The Guardian newspaper, Alan had reported Jonathan to the police for perjury after a high profile libel trial. Twenty years on, Alan sits down with Jonathan, now a chaplain at Pentonville Prison, to find out what he learned from life behind bars, how the experience of incarceration changed the way he thought, and how it continues to shape his life today. Producer: Camellia Sinclair

Passage: Luke 23:39-43 Preacher: Jonathan Aitken

This week's guess is investigative journalist Mark Watts! Topics covered by Ava, Sam and Mark include:The freedom of information act which Tony Blair said was his "biggest mistake", Britain's culture of secrecy and the Official Secrets Act + billionaire registered sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein and the difference between FOI in UK and USA. Our usual #HereandFabulous and #GetintheBin segment features too! Mark Watts is a journalist who has worked for a range of national newspapers and broadcasters and is the co-ordinator of the FOIA [pronounced similar to “foyer”] Centre, a specialist research company: www.foiacentre.com. The FOIA Centre uses open-access laws, including the Freedom of Information Act and Data Protection Act, to help unearth stories for the media and uncover evidence for campaigners or legal cases. Mark was the editor of Exaro, the investigative website, for five years. Exaro closed in 2016 because of financial problems in the group that owned it. The website exposed how senior civil servants were working off-payroll to enable them to avoid tax, sparking a huge Whitehall review and a ban on the practice. Exaro revealed a secret recording in which Rupert Murdoch admitted knowing about bribery at his newspapers for decades, a story that made waves around the world. And Exaro led the way in uncovering evidence of sexual abuse by politicians and other establishment figures, forcing the government to order the overarching inquiry into child sexual abuse. Mark has previously worked for The Sunday Times, the Sunday Telegraph and the Sunday Express as well as World in Action, where he helped to expose Jonathan Aitken, the former defence procurement minister, and has written for just about every national title. Twitter handle: @MarkWatts_1 MUSIC Little Simz - Offence Linda Lewis - Sideway Shuffle Jay Z - Lucifer Inspiration Information Fela Kuti - Confusion SPONSOR WAX PRINT FILM is the story of one fabric and how it came to symbolise a continent, it's people and their struggle for freedom. A feature documentary directed by Aiwan Obinyan www.waxprintfilm.com BIOS Ava Vidal is a British comedian. She became more widely known after taking part in E4's Kings of Comedy. Her career in comedy began on the BBC's Urban Sketch Show. Before her television career, Vidal worked as a prison officer for five years in London's Pentonville Prison. Samantha Asumadu is a former documentary filmmaker and journalist. She is the founder of Media Diversified, the co-founder of Bare Lit Festival and CEO of Edmalia Limoted: TV., Talent and Crisis Management

Disgraced MP Jonathan Aitken speaks to Sam Walker about being found guilty of perjury and his spectacular fall from grace led to an unexpected turnaround in prison. This is originally from The Emma Barnett Show on 29 March 2018

Visual and contextual content relating to digital technology as a portal to amazing experiences… Julie Vargas (Director, Digital Solutions) and Jonathan Aitken (Director, RFID and Digital Partnerships) at Avery Dennison join host Dalia Strum and guest host Pavan Bahl on location at the Retail Innovation Lounge at South by Southwest (located in in Max’s Wine Dive) in Austin, TX. MouthMedia Network is powered by Sennheiser.In this episode: Taking that extra piece and turning into an amazing experience and content The trend of personalization Augmented reality, tech behind authentication, and how consumers can bring products to life A focus on integration of RFID into Rebecca Minkoff’s products, extending the relationship with brands after purchase, gamification Apple’s camera with QR codes, and are QR codes back? The future of using connective devices and UGC, Lululemon’s UGC app, how people are hungry to share their content, a lot of UGC are not noticed by brands despite being the most effective content How brands start working with Avery Dennison, and the kinds of brands they work with RFID allowing a path to real-time inventory visibility Trends toward sustainability and transparency, doing business as a collective, storytelling applications that are made possible with RFID, and a marriage of blockchain and RFID Working with in-house content teams/studios vs. guiding as an agency How tech has allowed and enabled opportunities Creating an emotional connection with products The “mitten story” as a great example of the power of RFID Creating stepping stones, the path from QR codes to AR, serializing experiences, near- field tags Ecosystem with partners, and a partnerships with MishiPay What’s possible in a cloud-based model The post Julie Vargas and Jonathan Aitken of Avery Dennison – Enabling Opportunities with Technology appeared first on Content Is Your Business.

In this GodPod, Graham and Jane are joined by guest speaker Jonathan Aitken to talk about prison, freedom and the justice system.

In this GodPod, Graham and Jane are joined by guest speaker Jonathan Aitken to talk about prison, freedom and the justice system.

Audio from a Christians in Parliament evening reception on Monday 20th November 2017 where Fiona Bruce MP interviewed former Cabinet Minister Jonathan Aitken on the topic of 'From Power to Prison to Peace'

Our experts share what the future will look like for team working robots.First up, Dr Jonathan Aitken gives us a glimpse into the factories of the future, explaining how the Kuka iiwa robot arm will work alongside workers on the factory floor. We’ll then hear from Professor Noel Sharkey about robot surgeons and from Dr Roderich Gross about swarms of exploratory robots.

In this video, we join Dr Jonathan Aitken and Dr Owen McAree in their Sheffield Airport hangar to find out how they have designed an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) - more commonly known as a drone - to be able to sense it’s environment.They explain some of the different kinds of sensors that have been fitted to the drone so that it can build a picture of its surroundings and explore some of the ways this could be useful in the real world.

Matthew 25:31-46

A fascinating talk by the former Defence Minister about life in prison and how he embarked upon a spiritual path. Jonathan Aitken From Power to Prison to Peace - A modern morality tale. Thank you to St Paul's Church Camberley for allowing the Residents Network to record the audio from this inspiring talk.

Jonathan Aitken is a former Conservative MP from the UK, and a former British government Cabinet minister. He was convicted of perjury in 1999 and received an 18-month prison sentence, of which he served seven months. He is currently president of Christian Solidarity Worldwide, a Christian organisation working for religious freedom through advocacy and human rights, in the pursuit of justice.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the broadcaster and journalist John Humphrys. For 21 years he has been at the helm of Today, Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme. Millions of devoted listeners enjoy his tenacious interviewing style - and it's won him a healthy respect from politicians too. Not all are supporters though; Jonathan Aitken accused him of "poisoning the well of democratic debate" - an attack which he initially thought would cost him his career. Now, his life is dominated not only by the alarm bell - which is set for 3.58am - but by his youngest son, Owen. When John Humphrys describes the joy and warmth the seven-year-old has brought him, he becomes, if only temporarily, lost for words.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Opening of Cello Concerto by Edward Elgar Book: Biggest poetry anthology possible Luxury: A cello.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the broadcaster and journalist John Humphrys. For 21 years he has been at the helm of Today, Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme. Millions of devoted listeners enjoy his tenacious interviewing style - and it's won him a healthy respect from politicians too. Not all are supporters though; Jonathan Aitken accused him of "poisoning the well of democratic debate" - an attack which he initially thought would cost him his career. Now, his life is dominated not only by the alarm bell - which is set for 3.58am - but by his youngest son, Owen. When John Humphrys describes the joy and warmth the seven-year-old has brought him, he becomes, if only temporarily, lost for words. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Opening of Cello Concerto by Edward Elgar Book: Biggest poetry anthology possible Luxury: A cello.