Chapter & verse: Micah 3:5-8

26/01/2018 | Reform

Catherine Lewis-Smith on finance and false prophets

A man sat in my office at a little Christian charity, his cheque book open. He asked: ‘Can’t I pay the donation into another bank account?’ It was the spring of 2007 and … Read More

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Baffling hymns

26/01/2018 | Reform

Simon Jenkins on baffling hymns

This Christmas just gone, in the middle of singing one of the season’s best-loved carols, right in the middle of the line: ‘Lo, he abhors not the virgin’s womb,’ I found myself wondering why we … Read More

Editorial: My movie resolutions

26/01/2018 | Reform

Happy New Year, even if I am the last to say it. Last time we talked, I was pondering New Year’s resolutions, swinging between having none as usual and pledging something grandiose and ill-defined. I haven’t given up on that, … Read More

Reviews – February 2018

26/01/2018 | Reform

Loving the alien

The Shape of Water Directed by Guillermo del Toro Certificate 15, 123 minutes Released 14 February

There’s a tradition in horror films and fairytales that the monster is bad. The Shape Of Water is … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘Celebration was working its magic yet again’

19/01/2018 | Reform

Sheila Maxey revisits the magic of celebration

We always bring in the New Year in Lincolnshire, with Kees’ brother, Tom, and Tom’s wife, Anna. Because their mother was Dutch, the celebration involved drinking mulled wine, eating oliebollen (Dutch doughnuts) and setting … Read More

Interview: Objection sustained

24/11/2017 | Reform

Human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith talks to Stephen Tomkins

Though he has been listed by The Times as one of Britain’s most powerful lawyers, Clive Stafford Smith has never been paid by one of his hundreds of clients. He … Read More