Art in Focus – March 2022

25/02/2022 | Reform

Black SquareKazimir MalevichOil on linen, 1915Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

A painting that is simply a black square. Really? This work by Kazimir Malevich caused an uproar when it was first shown in 1915. The plain black canvas (albeit now with … Read More

We need to talk

28/01/2022 | Reform

The broadcaster Justin Brierley talks to Stephen Tomkins

Justin Brierley is the host of Premier Christian Radio’s Unbelievable?, which for 16 years has been curating conversations between sceptics and believers on questions of faith, science, life and other big … Read More

A good question: Do we sing too much in church?

28/01/2022 | Reform

One question four answers

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This is an extract from an article published in the February 2022 edition of Reform

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Reviews February 2022

28/01/2022 | Reform

On being a refugee

FleeDirected by Jonas Poher RasmussenCertificate 15, 83 minutesReleased 11 February

There have been animated films about life under the Taliban in Afghanistan before, including The Breadwinner (reviewed in Reform, June 2018), but Flee is … Read More

Here and Now: Naomi Baldwin

28/01/2022 | Reform

Naomi Baldwin is making and unmaking plans

I love Christmas songs. Yes, I know it’s February, but as I write this column, it’s early December, so bear with me. Pop songs, worship songs, hymns and carols. . . they’re … Read More

I am… a funeral director

28/01/2022 | Reform

Mark Mason tells the funeral director’s story

I got into funeral directing because I wanted something to do while the girls were at nursery. I was at home looking after the children while my wife was working and needed … Read More