Up from the streets

24/09/2021 | Reform

Claud Jackson talks to Stephen Tomkins about finding value in a world of drugs and guns

Claud Jackson was a young man of tremendous, but vulnerable, enthusiasms. Some come up in this interview. One that does not, but he mentions … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘Hurdles are there to be leapt’

24/09/2021 | Reform

Paul Kerensa gets a surprising new job

I’ve just got a new job. It doesn’t mean I’m getting rid of my old job, but that’s the nature of being a self-employed chancer or, as they say nowadays, having a ‘portfolio … Read More

Trial and error

31/08/2021 | Reform

Quaker activist and co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, Ian Bray, talks to Stephen Tomkins

Ian Bray, one of the creators of the Extinction Rebellion campaign for action on climate catastrophe, is a Quaker and a member of Christian Climate Action. In … Read More

I am… a long Covid survivor

31/08/2021 | Reform

Rebecca Yorke on suffering with long Covid

I give a long slow exhale – well, as long as I can manage. After three attempts at explaining, I give up, as my colleague is resolute she’d be OK with three days … Read More

Chapter & verse: Isaiah 40:6-8

31/08/2021 | Reform

Sam White on liminal times

As I write, it is summer and the country, Westminster College and many churches are working their way into the period following the government’s easing of restrictions. The prevalence of the virus persists, but there’s … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘I’ve grown used to my own space’

31/08/2021 | Reform

Don’t stand so close to me, says Paul Kerensa

Forget January… September is new New Year.

It’s back to school – and with echoes of home school not yet faded, oh my, will it be back! Could this be the … Read More