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Sunday: Response to Charlottesville protests, Tackling holiday hunger, Jerusalem's pilgrim tattoo parlour

Tackling holiday hunger; Persecution of modern day 'witches'; Jerusalem's tattoo parlour

13/08/2017

Response to Charlottesville protests, Tackling holiday hunger, Jerusalem's pilgrim tattoo parlour

BBC Radio 4 - Sunday, Response to Charlottesville protests, Tackling holiday hunger, Jerusalem's pilgrim tattoo parlour

Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by William Crawley.

How charities and faith groups are tackling holiday hunger. The churches caught up in the Charlottesville protests, plus a trip to Jerusalem's oldest pilgrim tattoo parlour.

In a back alley of Jerusalem, pilgrims can find what's believed to be the world's oldest tattoo parlour. Yolande Knell meets Anton and Wassim who are continuing a family business that's been passed from one generation to the next.

When schools close for holidays a million children stop receiving free school meals. Kevin Bocquet reports from a faith based project in Middlesborough that provides food for dozens of children over the summer. 

William Crawley hears from Frank Field MP who plans to present a bill to Parliament calling on local authorities to provide free meals for children during the holidays.

As the 70th anniversary of the partition of India approaches Rahul Tandon reports on comments from the out-going Vice President that there is a feeling of unease among the country's Muslims as a result of growing incidents of intolerance. 

To mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in Europe, A.N Wilson argues that Martin Luther would have hated the iconoclasm of the English Reformation but what would he have made of it in hindsight? 

The Met Gala in New York is a fundraiser for the Costume Institute of the celebrated art museum. It attracts an exclusive guest list and an array of outrageous costumes which tie in with a theme. It is rumoured the theme for 2018 is 'Fashion and Religion'. Professor Reina Lewis from London College of Fashion tells William why she fears the event might cause serious offence.

Research out this week shows that people living in the north of England are much more likely to die younger than those in the south. William asks the Bishop of Liverpool what he thinks should be done to address what he calls the 'systemic inequality in our nation'.

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David Cook
Peter Everett

Series Producer:
Amanda Hancox.

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