Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘I’ve always wanted to write half a children’s book’

29/06/2021 | Reform

Last summer, the author, speaker and green guru Ruth Valerio asked if I fancied writing a children’s book with her. I was excited – I’ve always wanted to write half a children’s book. That the other half would be … Read More

And this gives us hope…

29/06/2021 | Reform

How the Church is responding to developments in Israel and Palestine, by Philip Brooks

Inside the Ibdaa Cultural Centre in Bethlehem hangs a striking mural. It depicts a large keyhole through which can be glimpsed an empty land. Around … Read More

A cure for Covid: Tax

29/06/2021 | Reform

President Biden’s tax reforms could save lower income countries from the pandemic, says Justin Thacker

‘We are on our toes all the time,’ said a friend of mine from India who lives his daily life in fear of Covid. … Read More

The fight goes on

29/06/2021 | Reform

The UK may, as we fervently hope, be emerging from the pandemic, however unsteadily. But poorer parts of the world are still in the midst of its ravages, and even here it will take a lot of work to repair … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Church without tea

29/06/2021 | Reform

Do I have to socialise to go to church?

I met up with a young missionary who is now a friend of the family. We support her during her stay in the UK, and she helps out with a … Read More

Reviews – July/August 2021

29/06/2021 | Reform

Creator of the Moomins

ToveDirected by Zaida BergrothCertificate 12, 103 minutesReleased 9 July

The Swedish-speaking Finnish writer and artist Tove Jansson is best known as the creator of the Moomins, a friendly family of trolls who live in … Read More