Interview: The answer was love

26/09/2016 | Reform

The priest and campaigner Broderick Greer talks to Stephen Tomkins

At this summer’s Greenbelt festival, the Revd Broderick Greer urged festivalgoers to do theology ‘as if lives depend on it’ – because they do. Greer argues that, when 49 people … Read More

A letter to… Theresa May

26/09/2016 | Reform

In a change to our usual  ̒A letter from…̕, a Jamaican living in South Africa writes to the British Prime Minister

Dear Theresa May,

Who would have thought that a nation of imperial and colonial heritage would deport African-Jamaicans – … Read More

Niall Cooper: Beyond foodbanks

26/09/2016 | Reform

Why foodbanks won’t tackle the root causes of food poverty

What will it take to end poverty and hunger in the UK? This is the question posed by both the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in September, and a new ‘End Hunger’ … Read More

Chapter & verse: Ezra 3

26/09/2016 | Reform

Neil Thorogood celebrates new beginnings

Things get going again in many churches after a bit of a break over the summer. Here at Westminster College, we’re fully focused on the new term and academic year. As the evenings begin to … Read More

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Rude hymns

26/09/2016 | Reform

Simon Jenkins on rude hymns

In the words of the continuity announcements on Channel 4, this column may contain strong language and scenes of a sexual nature from the start. Our subject this month is sex and hymns. You might … Read More

Editorial: Make it last

26/09/2016 | Reform

Growing up with electric toasters and a short attention span can spoil you to the art of making toast under a grill. I discovered this as a teenager, when a bunch of us from our youth group went on holiday … Read More