Thought for the Day boring? So why does it provoke such fractious debate? | Letters

‘Ever since Anne Atkins told me my being gay is sinful on a Thought for the Day in 1996, I’ve cherished that religious interlude as the time to switch off the radio and start reading the Guardian,’ writes John Warburton.Bishop James Jones delivers Thought for the Day during a live broadcast at Wigmore Hall, London, marking the 60th anniversary of of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.