At home with charity

16/04/2014 | Reform

Paddy and Carol Henderson, founders of the pioneering foodbank charity, the Trussell Trust, talk to Stephen Tomkins

Paddy and Carol Henderson opened the first foodbank in Salisbury in 2001. Seven years later, their foodbanks are a national phenomenon, a focus … Read More

Maternal life

28/03/2014 | Reform

The feminist Catholic theologian Tina Beattie talks to Stephen Tomkins

Tina Beattie has offended Catholic traditionalists with her defence of women’s ordination. And, in 2012, she was one of 27 Catholics who wrote to The Times arguing that Catholics could … Read More

Tomáš Halík interview: Churches need thinkers

14/03/2014 | Reform

Natalia O’Hara meets prominent Czech priest, writer and former dissident Tomáš Halík

Born in Prague in the year communists seized control of what was then Czechoslovakia, Tomáš Halík turned 20 as Soviet invasion ended the brief liberalisation of the Prague … Read More

The villains’ vicar

24/02/2014 | Reform 1

Dave Tomlinson talks to Stephen Tomkins about train robbers and pub ministry

The Revd Dave Tomlinson found himself on the front page of the papers, and in the frontline for vitriolic criticism, after he took the funeral of the train … Read More

David Grosch-Miller interview

20/02/2014 | Reform

Steve Tomkins interviews moderator-elect David Grosch-Miller

How do you see the role of moderator of General Assembly? I see it as a privilege. I see the task as helping the United Reformed Church to communicate with itself but also to … Read More

Saints and singers

27/01/2014 | Reform

The radio presenter Revd Richard Coles talks to Stephen Tomkins about music, media and surprising saints

As a member of the pop group The Communards, Richard Coles was part of the bestselling single of 1986: “Don’t Leave Me This Way”. … Read More