Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Badvent

01/12/2014 | Reform

Simon Jenkins introduces the “Badvent” calendar

Standing in the queue at Tesco a few weeks ago, I was eyeing up the impulse buys at the till and wondering whether to go for a two-for-the-price-of-one pouch of Maltesers, when my eyes … Read More

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Shopping for relics

24/10/2014 | Reform

Simon Jenkins goes window shopping for relics

I visited Rome a few years ago, just after Papa Benny got the top job. Despairing of the gargantuan queue for the Sistine Chapel, I descended instead into the bowels of St Peter’s, … Read More

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Gideons Bibles

25/09/2014 | Reform

Simon Jenkins turns to the Gideons Bible

I didn’t know that Gideons Bibles – the ones you find in hotel rooms – are colour-coded, just like tube lines and Daleks. There are red Bibles for school pupils; orange for the … Read More

Jumble Sales of the apocalypse: One God, one Lord, so many Jesuses

22/08/2014 | Reform

Twitter waxed theological in July, thanks to that noted school of biblical studies, Manchester City Football Club. The club was doing some social media PR and invited fans to tweet questions to their Spanish right-winger, Jesús Navas. They sensibly chose … Read More

Jumble Sales of the apocalypse: Meeting an idol

27/06/2014 | Reform

Simon Jenkins meets an idol

I got into a bit of a tangle with worship recently. A friend who works on Stephen Fry’s QI (BBC Two) invited me to join the studio audience for a recording, and, in the green … Read More

Jumble Sales of the apocalypse: What comedy has to teach us about the Trinity

27/05/2014 | Reform

In the movie Nuns on the Run, Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle play two bank robbers dressed as nuns – Sisters Euphemia and Inviolata – hiding out in a convent to escape a spot of bother in gangland. They quickly … Read More