Editorial: The arms fair five

24/02/2014 | Reform

I had some genial musings for you this month on the subject of cycling, but they can wait. Sometimes you come across something that strikes you as so perfectly, obviously wrong, your main reaction is bewilderment. Really? How can this … Read More

Editorial: A year for remembering

27/01/2014 | Reform

I have a sixth sense. More powerful than any of the normal five, it reaches across miles and years. It brings me scenes, conversations, events, sensations and information from far distant times and places. It’s a superpower I share with … Read More

Editorial: Hope and transformation

21/11/2013 | Reform

For such well-loved stories, the nativities written by Matthew and Luke would have a very hard time at
a creative writing class.

Where’s the dialogue, for a start? Matthew: You don’t give a single word to Mary or Joseph. Luke: Only … Read More

Editorial: Harmless entertainment?

25/10/2013 | Reform

Some months mean more to me than others. April, for example, is just a bunch of days; but the very word “November” takes me instantly back to childhood. Walking down misty streets through fallen leaves. The evening already dark straight … Read More

Editorial: Reform at Greenbelt

25/09/2013 | Reform

This summer Reform went to Greenbelt festival. Charissa and I, and our team of elves,* spent the bank holiday weekend introducing festivalgoers to the magazine.

On the first day we got lots of scowls from passersby. Then I went on … Read More

Editorial: The sex offender

02/09/2013 | Reform

What is the difference between me and a sex offender? Like the Pharisee in the parable, I’m thankful that I am not like such people, that I’m not on a register and don’t carry that weight of shame and guilt. … Read More