Reviews – May 2021

23/04/2021 | Reform

Where are we now?

ApplesDirected by Christos NikouCertificate 12a, 91 minutesReleased 07 May on Curzon Home Cinema,17th May in cinemas

A film whose time has unexpectedly come. People are suddenly losing their memories in a pandemic. A man (Aris Servetalis) … Read More

Art in Focus – May 2021

23/04/2021 | Reform

Tears of Gold: Portrait of a Yazidi womanHannah Rose Thomas, 2014

During the Syrian civil war, Isis abducted and enslaved more than 6,000 Yazidi women and children. Many of those who escaped ended up at the Jinda Centre, a rehabilitation … 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

Exile and return: Covid style

23/04/2021 | Reform

Meg Warner on the Israelites’ return from exile, and ours

Yesterday, for my daily hour of exercise, I walked around a nearby park. I have done this so many times in recent months that I didn’t expect to see anything … Read More

Zero ambition

23/04/2021 | Reform

What would it take for the United Reformed Church to reach net-zero emissions by 2030? asks Simeon Mitchell

Emergencies demand attention – and then action. Last year, the United Reformed Church’s Mission Council recognised the climate emergency, and called for … Read More

Flying vaccines

23/04/2021 | Reform

The Christian pilot getting Covid-19 vaccines to the remotest parts of Lesotho

On 23 March, Grant Strugnell delivered the first doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine to a mountainside clinic near Kuebunyane, the most remote airstrip in Lesotho. Kuebunyane comprises several remote … Read More