Im alan little. My guest today is the former bishop of edinburgh, richard holloway. He entered a seminary at the age of 1a, intent on becoming a monk. He rose to become the leader of the Anglican Church in scotland. But he gradually lost faith in many of the certainties in christianity, including the existence of god. He finally resigned from the church, accusing it of cruelly persecuting gay people. So did his own loss of faith betray those he once preached to . Richard holloway, welcome to hardtalk. At the age of 1a, you left your Working Class Home in the West Of Scotland and went off to a very austere place in england called kelham hall, to train as an anglican priest. To train, in effect, as a monk. What was that like . It was lovely. I was a romantic wee boy who wandered the hills at loch lomond, where i grew up. The hills give you a sense of beyondness, of otherness, but that was also related to me and the kind of love for western movies, this Idea Of The Lonely Hero Riding on a
To being an ira bomb maker, has told bbc news he was part of the Group Responsible for one of the deadliest acts of the troubles, the Birmingham Pub Bombings in 197a. Michael hayes says he was an active volunteer on the night of the attacks, when 21 people were killed and more than 180 others were injured. A year after the bombing, six men were wrongfully convicted, and today, no one has been brought to justice. Now, Michael Hayes has apologised to the families of those who were killed, but refused to say exactly what role he played. Relatives of the victims have described his apology as insulting. 0ur ireland correspondent Chris Buckler reports. The bombs were left in the heart of birmingham ona the bombs were left in the heart of birmingham on a thursday night. Placed inside pubs to cause destruction. Explosions that lead to 21 deaths. In the same year, 1974, Michael Hayes took part in this funeralfor a Michael Hayes took part in this funeral for a Hunger Strike in london. He was a w
To being an ira bomb maker, has told bbc news he was part of the Group Responsible for one of the deadliest acts of the troubles, the Birmingham Pub Bombings in 197a. Michael hayes says he was an active volunteer on the night of the attacks, when 21 people were killed and more than 180 others were injured. A year after the bombing, six men were wrongfully convicted, and today, no one has been brought to justice. Now, Michael Hayes has apologised to the families of those who were killed, but refused to say exactly what role he played. Relatives of the victims have described his apology as insulting. 0ur ireland correspondent Chris Buckler reports. The bombs were left in the heart of birmingham ona the bombs were left in the heart of birmingham on a thursday night. Placed inside pubs to cause destruction. Explosions that lead to 21 deaths. In the same year, 1974, Michael Hayes took part in this funeralfor a Michael Hayes took part in this funeral for a Hunger Strike in london. He was a w
To being an ira bomb maker, has told bbc news he was part of the Group Responsible for one of the deadliest acts of the troubles, the Birmingham Pub Bombings in 197a. Michael hayes says he was an active volunteer on the night of the attacks, when 21 people were killed and more than 180 others were injured. A year after the bombing, six men were wrongfully convicted, and today, no one has been brought to justice. Now, Michael Hayes has apologised to the families of those who were killed, but refused to say exactly what role he played. Relatives of the victims have described his apology as insulting. 0ur ireland correspondent Chris Buckler reports. The bombs were left in the heart of birmingham ona the bombs were left in the heart of birmingham on a thursday night. Placed inside pubs to cause destruction. Explosions that lead to 21 deaths. In the same year, 1974, Michael Hayes took part in this funeralfor a Michael Hayes took part in this funeral for a Hunger Strike in london. He was a w
To being an ira bomb maker, has told bbc news he was part of the Group Responsible for one of the deadliest acts of the troubles, the Birmingham Pub Bombings in 197a. Michael hayes says he was an active volunteer on the night of the attacks, when 21 people were killed and more than 180 others were injured. A year after the bombing, six men were wrongfully convicted, and today, no one has been brought to justice. Now, Michael Hayes has apologised to the families of those who were killed, but refused to say exactly what role he played. Relatives of the victims have described his apology as insulting. 0ur ireland correspondent Chris Buckler reports. The bombs were left in the heart of birmingham ona the bombs were left in the heart of birmingham on a thursday night. Placed inside pubs to cause destruction. Explosions that lead to 21 deaths. In the same year, 1974, Michael Hayes took part in this funeralfor a Michael Hayes took part in this funeral for a Hunger Strike in london. He was a w