Editorial: Hope and transformation

21/11/2013 | Reform

For such well-loved stories, the nativities written by Matthew and Luke would have a very hard time at
a creative writing class.

Where’s the dialogue, for a start? Matthew: You don’t give a single word to Mary or Joseph. Luke: Only … Read More

Reviews – December 2013/January 2014

21/11/2013 | Reform

Faith and atheism
 search together

Philomena Directed by Stephen Frears Certificate 12A, 94 minutes Released on 1 November

This is the true story of Philomena Lee – wonderfully played by Judi Dench – who with the help of journalist Martin … Read More

On the pigrim way: Confronting family history

21/11/2013 | Reform

Our eldest, Peter, is 50 this December and our present to him is a little book of photos from his boyhood. Our annual Christmas letters provide a contemporary comment on Peter’s development to accompany the photos. My research for the … Read More

Giving Insights

21/11/2013 | Reform

“Three phrases sum up Christmas: Peace on earth, goodwill to men and batteries not included.” It might not be the most inspirational quote, but it makes the point that there is a big gulf between ideal and reality.

How well … Read More

Pippa Evans & Sanderson Jones interview: How great thou aren’t

25/10/2013 | Reform

Pippa Evans and Sanderson Jones, founders of the Sunday Assembly, talk to Stephen Tomkins about godless church

In the March issue of Reform, we had a review of the first meeting of the Sunday Assembly – a surprising idea from … Read More

Simon Jenkins: Godless places

25/10/2013 | Reform

Twitter has plenty of parody accounts, where people posing as Prince Charles or Pippa Middleton share their inappropriate thoughts. One of the most interesting at the moment is the KimKierkegaardashian account. It’s a satire on the empty celeb lifestyle of … Read More