I have grown an old man’s skin

01/10/2018 | Reform

A poem by Stewart Henderson

I have grown an old man’s skin and it is good and fortunate and impermanent. Lined now with stories, main features, and repeats; a creased and creviced parchment that will soon be rolled up and … Read More

Ageing well

01/10/2018 | Reform

How can we make the most of later life? And how can we advise others who are facing its choices? Marion Shoard offers guidance

Later life brings many decisions with it, for those who are there themselves, for their friends … Read More

A gateway for Doncaster’s homeless

01/10/2018 | Reform

How some unexpected visitors led to an innovative homelessness project in Doncaster. Rod Morrison reports

Long before the shops in the town centre of Doncaster started to open on Sunday mornings, when public libraries were closed on Sundays and public … Read More

Editorial: For everything there is a season

01/10/2018 | Reform

The other Saturday was a good night. I celebrated my 50th birthday with friends and family in the hall of the Ivy House in Nunhead, London’s only cooperatively owned pub. My band played, a friend DJed, various other friends got … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘Shetland’s beauty is sheer gift’

01/10/2018 | Reform

Sheila Maxey discovers Shetland’s gifts

We are on the Shetland islands. Our holiday house looks down a voe (small bay/creek) past a little pier, through the gap in the bare hills to further shores or islands. The sun sets in … Read More

A good question: Has Christianity made the world better?

28/08/2018 | Reform

One question, four answers

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These are extracts from an article that was published in the September 2018 edition of  Reform

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