Where all that plastic goes

01/03/2021 | Reform

While westerners try to cut down on their plastic habit,we hear from three Tanzanians who live with its impact

Johnson Pita, plastic collector

I live in Kigogo, near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and I work collecting bottles. I wake up … Read More

My DIY pilgrimage

01/03/2021 | Reform

Prevented by lockdown from making a planned pilgrimage to Cluny Abbey, Dixe Wills decided to make up his own pilgrimage destination

‘Ah yes, there it is!’ Weary of foot, cold of limb, and with face blasted by a scouring westerly, … Read More

Digging deeper

01/03/2021 | Reform

Naison Hove has found getting water in a dry place harder than expected

Naison Hove is working to make life a bit easier for his home village in Zimbabwe, but it is turning out to be harder than expected. To … Read More

A life in fair trade

01/03/2021 | Reform

Louise Mabbs looks back on 40 years promoting fair trade

As a teenager in the 1970s, I attended an interdenominational youth fellowship in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, led by Rod and Pauline Higham. Wirksworth was a politically and socially active community, and … Read More

Art in Focus – March 2021

01/03/2021 | Reform

KintsugiPottery, powdered gold

Broken tea bowl? Disaster! But wait. Look more closely. Those cracks are filled with gold.

This is an example of the ancient Japanese tradition of Kintsugi – the art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or … Read More

Chapter & verse: Matthew 11:29

01/03/2021 | Reform

John Swinton commends doing small things with great love

Mother Theresa once observed: ‘In this life, we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.’ Doing small things with great love is to allow our … Read More