Interview: Pioneer ministry

29/05/2018 | Reform

Peggy Kabonde, the General Secretary of the United Church of Zambia, talks to Charissa King

After Peggy survived a near-fatal experience as a child, her mother felt she was an especially blessed child. Aged just 14 years old, Peggy started … Read More

Interview: In it together

30/04/2018 | Reform

Kevin Watson and Alan Yates talk to Charissa King and Stephen Tomkins

Local churches have stories to tell, and they are not always the ones we are used to hearing. They are stories of unassuming people having an impact on … Read More

Interview: A beautiful lie

20/03/2018 | Reform

The historian Kate Bowler talks to Stephen Tomkins and Charissa King

Though she grew up amid Canadian Mennonites, Kate Bowler became an academic authority on a very different branch of Christianity, the prosperity gospel, which tells followers that God wants … Read More

Interview: Lines from outside

23/02/2018 | Reform

The poet Stewart Henderson talks to Karen Carter

Like Roger McGough, Stewart Henderson came from the Liverpool poetry scene of the 1960s and 1970s and went on to be a stalwart of BBC Radio 4. His children’s poems are set … Read More

A life of rhyme

26/01/2018 | Reform

Poet, performer, musician and author Benjamin Zephaniah speaks to Charissa King

It’s 2011, and a group of students are in heated debate. ‘Benjamin Zephaniah’s at this university,’ says one. ‘You’re telling lies!’ says another: ‘Zephaniah’s a rebel – he wouldn’t … Read More

Interview: Objection sustained

24/11/2017 | Reform

Human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith talks to Stephen Tomkins

Though he has been listed by The Times as one of Britain’s most powerful lawyers, Clive Stafford Smith has never been paid by one of his hundreds of clients. He … Read More