Thought for the Day from Radio Ulster Episodes Episode guide
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Professor Laurence Kirkpatrick, Tuesday 27th January 2026
January is a good month for some honest self-discovery
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Professor Laurence Kirkpatrick, Tuesday 20th January 2026
Even in stressful situations – there is often room for laughter.
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Professor Laurence Kirkpatrick, Tuesday 1st April 2025
April Fools' Day
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Professor Laurence Kirkpatrick, Tuesday 15th April 2025
Doubting Thomas
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Professor Laurence Kirkpatrick, Tuesday 13th January 2026
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
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Professor Gladys Ganiel, Thursday 29th December 2022
Faith, Perseverance and Hope
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Professor Gladys Ganiel, Friday 28th August 2026
There’s a story about a shoemaker...
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Prof. Gladys Ganiel, Sunday 3rd May 2026
I’ve run enough to know what to expect today: suffering.
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Prof. Gladys Ganiel, Sunday 1st February 2026
St Brigid’s Day
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Prof. Gladys Ganiel, Monday 20th July 2025
Pilgrims wear traditional Breton clothing and carry embroidered banners.
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Prof. Gladys Ganiel, Monday 27th July 2025
Whisperings of revival may come as a surprise to churchgoers.
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Prof Laurence Kirkpatrick, Wednesday 8th July 2026
Shops and restaurants use these codes to collect information about us.
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Prof Laurence Kirkpatrick, Wednesday 29th July 2026
Spare a thought for Aneximenes
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Prof Laurence Kirkpatrick, Wednesday 22nd July 2026
‘I tried my best’ is a wonderful epigraph.
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Prof Laurence Kirkpatrick, Wednesday 15th July 2026
An image can convey ideas or emotions more effectively than a string of sentences.
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Prof Gladys Ganiel, Sunday 8th February 2026
Mary Ann McCracken believed that all people are made in the image of God.
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Prof Gladys Ganiel, Sunday 22nd February 2026
Saidie Patterson was no stranger to hardship.
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Prof Gladys Ganiel, Sunday 15th February 2026
The DeLorean, it must be said, was a convincing time machine.
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Prof Gladys Ganiel, Friday 7th August 2026
It made me wonder whether the Greenway itself provides something rather like structure.
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Prof Gladys Ganiel, Friday 20th August 2026
During my summer breaks from university, I returned home to Maine ...
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Prof Gladys Ganiel, Friday 14th August 2026
Without a word being spoken, the chapel had communicated to me its central message...
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Paul Connolly, Wednesday 9th September 2026
It lived in the corner and was an immovable monolith...
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Paul Connolly, Wednesday 9th July 2025
I now find myself living with a rescue cat named Pickle.
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Paul Connolly, Wednesday 30th July 2025
Our friend told us that they had never seen a pint of stout being poured.
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Paul Connolly, Wednesday 2nd September 2026
Something close to magic happens around us each time and in each place we play it.
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Paul Connolly, Wednesday 23rd September 2026
We’d finally hear singer Julian Casablancas’s signature rasp.
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Paul Connolly, Wednesday 23rd July 2025
The guitar in question was a copy of that one, but a good one.
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Paul Connolly, Wednesday 16th September 2026
“I didn’t understand that, was it in English?”
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Paul Connolly, Wednesday 16th July 2025
Being idle, can help us to reduce stress and anxiety.
