Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie French are joined by former Old Bailey judge and lay minister Charles Wide KC for a deep dive into the shady world of Project Spire: the Church Commissioners' project to give £100 million rising to £1 billion of Church of England money to communities and people ostensibly disadvantaged by the historic legacy of slavery. But has this project been carried out ethically and with proper legal and intellectual safeguards and are its representatives being fully transparent about what is really going on behind the scenes? Do the Church Commissioners even have the legal right to give away money that was never intended for such usage? All that plus our take on who the next Archbishop of Canterbury should be and all the usual banter. Please enjoy and thanks for listening to the podcast! Livestream for Evensong at Pusey House, Weds. 19th Feb 5.30pm, with Rev Jamie Sermon Articles Mentioned: The Case Against Reparations - Charles Wide KC, The Rev’d Professor Lord Biggar and Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert Project Spire: A Dubious Waste of the Church of England's Money - Charles Wide, KC The Church of England's Historic Links to the Transatlantic Slave Trade - Lawrence Goldman and Robert Tombs Daniel French Substack: https://undergroundchurch.substack.com/ Jamie Franklin Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Substack: https://irreverendpod.substack.com Pre-order Jamie's new book The Great Return Please Support the Podcast! You make Irreverend possible. Please support us on Patreon ( https://www.patreon.com/irreverend ) or Buy Me a Coffee ( https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend ). Subscribe to Jamie's Blog here: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Notices: Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/IrreverendPod Find me a church: https://irreverendpod.com/church-finder/ Join our Irreverend Telegram group: https://t.me/irreverendpod Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com ! Thursday Circles: http Support the show
