I am… a survivor of homelessness

23/04/2021 | Reform

Made homeless by mental health problems

I was homeless from 1983 to 1984, for well over a year, so I had experience of being homeless during all four seasons.

My homelessness was a direct effect of mental illness. I had … Read More

Here & now: Isaac Harvey

23/04/2021 | Reform

Isaac Harvey on the joys of skating

My name is Isaac, and I am the president of Wheels and Wheelchairs. We are a group of London-based skaters, rollerbladers and wheelchair users who go out together regularly.

Our story started in … Read More

Editorial: Embracing stillness

23/04/2021 | Reform

In 2014, Timothy Wilson, a social psychologist at the University of Virginia, got hundreds of students and other volunteers to take part in what he called ‘thinking periods’, for a research project. He asked the participants to sit and think … 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

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

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