Reviews – December 2021/January 2022

29/11/2021 | Reform

Love of money

House Of GucciDirected by Ridley ScottCertificate 15, 157 minutesReleased 26 November

Milan, 1978. Patrizia (Lady Gaga) meets Maurizio (Adam Driver) at a stylish party. She works in her stepfather’s transportation business. He is studying law, a member … Read More

A bad promise

29/11/2021 | Reform

The author Philip Yancey talks to Stephen Tomkins

Philip Yancey is one of the United States’ bestselling Christian authors. While that fact may not automatically endear him to all Reform readers, his repeated themes of God’s grace and his own … Read More

Editorial: Counting down the days to Advent

29/11/2021 | Reform

I have realised, to my surprise, that these days I prefer the first day of Advent to Christmas Day. Growing up in a non-liturgical family (‘Liturgy is fossilised worship!’), Advent passed us by, apart from its calendar. I was in … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘I tucked into 200 mince pies and three gallons of mulled wine’

29/11/2021 | Reform

A good-as-possible Christmas with Paul Kerensa

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without – what?

Presents, according to the book Little Women. The Radio Times, according to the ad campaign for, well, Radio Times. An annual viewing of Die Hard, according to … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Receiving generosity

29/11/2021 | Reform

Can I receive generosity?

I wonder how Mary and Joseph felt as people turned up to honour their child with praise and with luxurious and expensive gifts. Were they overwhelmed by how vital their child was to others? Did they … Read More

Now what?

29/11/2021 | Reform

COP26’s success or failure will depend on what happens next, says Andy Atkins, in the last of his series of articles

Where do we go from here? Will progressive governments and civil society be able to use the opportunities of … Read More