Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘No one likes virtue signalling, but are we starting to see vice signalling?’

11/03/2025 | Reform

I can’t imagine anyone likes the idea of ‘virtue signalling’. Whether you’re the accuser or the accused, you’re likely either fed up of spotting self-righteousness, or fed up that your virtuous intent isn’t being taken seriously.

I see both sides. … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘What I am happy to throw out may fill them with horror’

11/03/2025 | Reform

I am beginning to think about the question of passing items of mine on to the next generations. I have experienced two very different ways of doing so.

In one, a maiden aunt of my husband’s prepared carefully for her … Read More

Soul stories: Andrea Heron

11/03/2025 | Reform

Where is love? asks Andrea Heron

When I was 18 months old, I was taken to St Stephen’s URC, Wavertree, for the first time by my grandparents. Or so I’m told. I can’t remember, though I believe there may be … Read More

When Autumn Falls

10/03/2025 | Reform

Directed by François OzonCertificate 15102 minutesReleased 21 March

Judge not lest ye be judged, we are told. At the start of this latest drama from François Ozon, an ever-reliable director who rarely repeats himself, a devoted, eighty-something grandmother Michelle (Hélène … Read More

Tracing the triangle

29/01/2025 | Reform

Geoff Felton takes a sabbatical journey of faith and hope

Sabbaticals are a gift to ministers in the United Reformed Church. They come every ten years to help minsters rest, reflect, pray and seek God. They consist of taking three … Read More

Editorial: The stuff I can’t keep

29/01/2025 | Reform

I hadn’t realised that bereavement can come in stages. Because my mum had had Alzheimer’s disease for some years before she died last summer we had already lost a lot of her.

She was still herself, but when you’ve forgotten … Read More