Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Customised coffins

25/09/2015 | Reform

Simon Jenkins gets into coffins

“Which would you prefer?” asked the man at the funeral home: “Polished mahogany, with solid brass fittings and a deep velvet lining? Or, maybe you’d like to consider something from our new customised range?”

It … Read More

On the pilgrim way: Prayer time

25/09/2015 | Reform

Sheila Maxey experiments with prayer time

“I joined prayers using a wooden spinning top”

Over the summer, I changed my time for morning prayer. For many years, I went to my study after breakfast, lit a candle, arranged some little … Read More

Editorial: Fighting for a home

25/09/2015 | Reform

In January 1944, near Szarkiszki in Lithuania, a train carrying Italian soldiers home from the eastern front at Vilnius was blown up and 200 men were killed. It was the work of Jewish partisans hiding in Rudniki forest. Throughout the … Read More