Reviews November 2022

01/11/2022 | Reform

A repressive Islamist regime

No BearsDirected by Jafar PanahiCertificate 12a, 106 minutesReleased 11 November

The Iranian director Jafar Panahi (whose son Panar made the excellent road movie Hit the Road) has been in trouble with the country’s repressive Islamist regime … Read More

Art in focus – November 2022

01/11/2022 | Reform

Legend of St Francis: 13Institution of the Crib at GreccioUnknown, attributed to Giotto diBondone, 1297-1300

In November our thoughts turn to Christmas. So much to do, so little time. If you’re an organised person you will already be getting down … Read More

Remembering God’s smuggler

01/11/2022 | Reform

The adventures of Brother Andrew were an inspiration to young Christians, says Laurence Wareing

For many who grew up in the 1970s, the story of ‘God’s smuggler’ made being a young Christian cool. In the bestselling biography of that name, … Read More

A good question: Should we stay with Monarchy?

01/11/2022 | Reform

One question, four answers

ALAN PATERSON‘No family should have to live in a goldfish bowl’

The liberation of the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey in 1950 was an early, amusing royal memory of my childhood, as were the cries … Read More

The churches that make us: Oakshaw Trinity

01/11/2022 | Reform

A series covering the breadth of church life in the United Reformed Church. This month, Reform visits Paisley

Climb the tower of Oakshaw Trinity Church in Paisley and you find yourself at the highest point of the entire town. If … Read More

All are welcome? Singleness & asexuality

01/11/2022 | Reform

In a new column Alex Clare-Young speaks to a range of people from around the URC about their experiences of church and what welcome might feel like, for them

I wonder what feeling genuinely welcome means to you. In this … Read More