Editorial: For everything there is a season

01/10/2018 | Reform

The other Saturday was a good night. I celebrated my 50th birthday with friends and family in the hall of the Ivy House in Nunhead, London’s only cooperatively owned pub. My band played, a friend DJed, various other friends got … Read More

Editorial: How I learned to not speak French

28/08/2018 | Reform

This summer, I made a French shop assistant laugh out loud. I’d love to tell you the witty joke I made in masterful French, but sadly it was merely my attempt to pronounce the name of the Breton delicacy Kouign … Read More

Editorial: Advice from my younger self

26/06/2018 | Reform

It’s the end times for ‘Jumble sales of the apocalypse’. This month’s Reform sees the last of Simon Jenkins’ column after five years. Its lively satire has received both more praise and more complaints than any other part of the … Read More

Editorial: Time to mend

29/05/2018 | Reform

This week we will bury my dad. He died aged 78, after a short illness, so it was neither a sudden loss nor a drawn-out ordeal. He was physically marked by his illness, but not in pain or mental decline. … Read More

Editorial: It’s a lovely day out there

30/04/2018 | Reform

It was one of the great mysteries of life when I was a child, why grown ups seemed so convinced that being outside is good for you. I’d be happily playing in the lounge and my mum would come in … Read More

Editorial: Here’s to next time

27/03/2018 | Reform

Editing a magazine might not be a hard job, but there are some unforeseen pitfalls. I use three recording devices at once for interviews (belt, braces and stapling your trousers on) but on one occasion all three failed to record. … Read More