Art in focus: November 2020

23/10/2020 | Reform

Remembrance James Charles, oil on canvas

A young girl, dressed in black, waters red flowers on a grave in the churchyard. Behind her, a man turns towards the church. As we study the painting and think about this quiet moment, … Read More

Editorial: Keep the stories coming

23/10/2020 | Reform

I have been poring over old copies of Reform for a book I’m writing, and was struck by John Gregory’s editorial from the third issue, in January 1973. What has changed, and what hasn’t!

Good news first: it looks as … Read More

Reviews – November 2020

23/10/2020 | Reform

Subdue the forest

WolfwalkersDirected by Tomm Moore and Ross StewartCertificate PG, 100 minutesReleased 30 October, then on Apple TVfrom 13 December

The tree cutters attempting to clear the forest around the walled town of Kilkenny, Ireland, live in fear of … Read More

Interview: The story that changed everything

23/10/2020 | Reform

Historian Tom Holland talks to Stephen Tomkins about the Christian story

Tom Holland’s home ground as a historian is the classical world of Rome, Greece and Persia. He wrote his deservedly bestselling Dominion: The making of the western mind (Little … Read More

A good question: Is freedom of speech under threat

23/10/2020 | Reform

One question, four answers

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These are extracts from an article published in the November 2020 edition of Reform

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A different kind of minister

23/10/2020 | Reform

For more than 30 years, the United Reformed Church has been training and deploying a different kind of minister, not quite like anything in other churches: Church-Related Community Workers. As Reform begins a series talking to them about their work, … Read More