Reviews – June 2019

28/05/2019 | Reform

Shooting childhood

Last SummerDirected by Jon JonesCertificate 15, 97 minutesReleased 7 June

Rural Wales. The 70s. Four pre-teenage boys. Summer. And a reminder of the important place that relationships and families have in our everyday lives.

The four boys … Read More

I am… on trial for climate protest

28/05/2019 | Reform

Phil Kingston is on trial for climate protest at 83

I am 83 years old and a grandfather. On 25 April, I was arrested for taking part in a protest with Christian Climate Action (CCA) on top of a DLR … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: My husband feels alone

28/05/2019 | Reform

My husband tells me church isn’t working for him

What is it like to be married to a church obsessive when it isn’t really your thing? This month, my husband opened up to me.

I have doubts, struggles and … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘Family dynamics give me food for thought’

28/05/2019 | Reform

Sheila Maxey enjoys a first family holiday

For the very first time, we have been on holiday with our daughter, Ruth, her husband, Dave, and their children – Tom (20), Sam (19) and Hannah, who had her 14th birthday on … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘Blessed be the filmmakers’

28/05/2019 | Reform

Paul Kerensa investigates church DVDs

When I’m visiting a church, I love a browse of the books. I don’t mean the Bibles (although I should browse those more often…) I mean the secondhand books that some churches have in the … Read More

Interview: A matter of life and death

28/05/2019 | Reform

The writer Martin Mosebach talks to Stephen Tomkins and Charissa King about the 21 Egyptian martyrs

On 15 February 2015, 21 men, most of them Egyptian and in their 20s or early 30s, were beheaded on a Libyan beach by … Read More