Art in focus: December 2019/January 2020

27/12/2019 | Reform

Journey of the Magi (detail) Basilica Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, mosaic

Did you send a Christmas card featuring three kings, with crowns, riding on camels against a night sky in which a special star is glinting? Lots of people did. But because … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘God has lifted my spirits’

22/11/2019 | Reform

The God of surprises has recently given me new hope, in unexpected places. I recently went, rather unwillingly, to our local Labour Party selection meeting, to choose our parliamentary candidate. We are a safe Conservative seat, so for Labour it … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘How about a Christmassy change to your post-service beverage mingling?’

22/11/2019 | Reform

Paul Kerensa on festive feasts

I wonder whether people loiter longer over their post-service beverages at this time of year. Surely, we crave the warmth. But instead of those biscuits, how about a Christmas change up? Mince pies might go … Read More

Editorial: Christmas or politics?

22/11/2019 | Reform

This December brings us perhaps the most important general election in a generation. An occasion of anxiety and alarm for people of quite different perspectives, of nationwide division, of misinformation, of grave decisions.

It also brings us Christmas. Which would … Read More

Reviews – December 2019/January 2020

22/11/2019 | Reform

Faithful Leader’s life

A Better Ambition: Confessions of a faithful liberalTim FarronSPCK£19.99 (hardback)ISBN: 9780281083589

Context is hugely important. It shapes the way that we engage with the world around us, and our own faith. With that in mind, it was … Read More

Interview: March for progress

22/11/2019 | Reform

Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General of Amnesty International, talks to Stephen Tomkins

Since he took a lead in high school boycotts in apartheid South Africa at the age of 15, Kumi Naidoo has lived a life of activism and nonviolent direct … Read More