Interview: True colour

28/05/2021 | Reform

Chine McDonald talks to Stephen Tomkins about race and faith

Moving from Nigeria to the UK at the age of four, Chine McDonald grew up in both a society and a faith that seemed to presume everyone was white, including … Read More

Interview: The same thing differently

23/04/2021 | Reform

Clare Downing and Peter Pay, Moderators of the United Reformed Church General Assembly, talk to Reform

After Peter Pay and the Revd Clare Downing were elected as Moderators of the United Reformed Church in 2018, Peter predicted: ‘Our period of … Read More

Interview: A humbler Church

26/03/2021 | Reform

The new Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, talks to Stephen Tomkins

Stephen Cottrell recalls the time a barista at Caffè Nero in Paddington Station asked him why he became a priest. She suggested that while religion seemed a mere hobby … Read More

Interview: Higher goal

01/03/2021 | Reform

Former England striker Eniola Aluko talks to Charissa King

The name ‘Eniola’, from Nigerian Yoruba culture, means ‘person of wealth’. It might sound like an apt phrase to describe a former England striker, now commentator and football executive. But Eniola … Read More

Interview: Plastic rap

29/01/2021 | Reform

Miriam Turner, Co-Chief Executive of Friends of the Earth, talks to Stephen Tomkins

Friends of the Earth’s first ever campaign action was to return thousands of empty bottles to the London headquarters of Cadbury Schweppes in 1971, to promote reuse. … Read More

Praise and blessings

01/12/2020 | Reform

Singer and presenter Aled Jones talks to Stephen Tomkins

Aled Jones has been in the British public eye since the age of 14, when Toys R Us wanted to use ‘Walking in the Air’, a song from the Channel 4 … Read More