Keld: From ruins to wifi

24/02/2014 | Reform

David Peel reflects on the changing nature of rural mission

In 1789, Keld Chapel in the Yorkshire Dales was in ruins and overgrown with vegetation, when, Dales folklore says, the Revd Edward Stillman entered the ruins, to plant his stick … Read More

A home for Roma

19/02/2014 | Reform

Why have thousands of Roma people left homes in eastern Europe for Newcastle? And how have they fared here? Peter Sagar reports

There are about 4,000 Roma living in Newcastle. They left the Czech Republic and Slovakia to come, as … Read More

What a Great War!

28/01/2014 | Reform

The anniversary of the First World War is a time to rethink our society’s infatuation with the military, argues Jill Segger

“Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.” Samuel … Read More

First World War centenary

27/01/2014 | Reform

A list of some of the events marking the 100th anniversary
 of the Great War

No more war A project to research and tell the stories of conscientious objectors, organised by the Peace Pledge Union, who are looking for participants … Read More

A good question: Can war be just?

27/01/2014 | Reform

Each month we ask one question and get four answers.
 This month: Can war be just?

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This is an extract from the February 2014 edition of Reform.

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Introducing… Calvin

27/01/2014 | Reform

In a new occasional feature, a contemporary writer introduces a classic thinker. First: Tony Lane on John Calvin

John Calvin was a second-generation reformer. He was born in 1509 at Noyon, in northern France, and in the early 1530s was … Read More