Art in Focus – May 2021

23/04/2021 | Reform

Tears of Gold: Portrait of a Yazidi womanHannah Rose Thomas, 2014

During the Syrian civil war, Isis abducted and enslaved more than 6,000 Yazidi women and children. Many of those who escaped ended up at the Jinda Centre, a rehabilitation … Read More

Reviews – May 2021

23/04/2021 | Reform

Where are we now?

ApplesDirected by Christos NikouCertificate 12a, 91 minutesReleased 07 May on Curzon Home Cinema,17th May in cinemas

A film whose time has unexpectedly come. People are suddenly losing their memories in a pandemic. A man (Aris Servetalis) … Read More

Editorial: Embracing stillness

23/04/2021 | Reform

In 2014, Timothy Wilson, a social psychologist at the University of Virginia, got hundreds of students and other volunteers to take part in what he called ‘thinking periods’, for a research project. He asked the participants to sit and think … Read More

The lure of conspiracy

26/03/2021 | Reform

Noel Irwin wonders why Christians are taken in by the QAnon conspiracy theory

I remember, 15 years ago or so, a member of my midweek congregation asking for a private chat, then outlining to me how he had found inspiration … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: Three friends, the landlord, and the pub dog

26/03/2021 | Reform

Paul Kerensa remembers his favourite pub visit

I’d like to tell you about my favourite ever trip to a pub. I’ve not chosen packed-pub chaos or even my legendary Britney Spears karaoke warble. Instead, the one I think of most … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘Do I want to come out of the cocoon?’

26/03/2021 | Reform

Sheila Maxey contemplates leaving the cocoon

Everyone is saying that there is light at the end of the tunnel and, as I am someone who tends to jump the gun, my husband is going to have to restrain me. I … Read More