Reviews – March 2021

01/03/2021 | Reform

Punk biopic

Poly Styrene: I am a clichéDirected by Celeste Bell and Paul SngCertificate 12a, 96 minutesReleased 5 March at www.modernfilms.comViewers can select a participating local cinema to share the revenue of the virtual box office

This documentary about the … Read More

Editorial: Every ending is a beginning

01/03/2021 | Reform

I’m not claiming to make a particularly original contribution to the world of spiritual reflection or literary imagination here, but I just stepped out the front door, and saw that yellow crocus buds had emerged through the frozen snow, and … Read More

Art in Focus – February 2021

26/02/2021 | Reform

Traditional Bihar designsBaby Sharma, natural dyes and pigments

Baby Sharma is painting a design traditional to the Madhubani or Mithila region of Bihar, India. These paintings – done by hand, using natural dyes and pigments – mostly depict deities from … Read More

How we get along

29/01/2021 | Reform

What unites us, what divides us, and how to build friendship? Ed Kessler presents the findings of a major report into diversity in the UK

It is common to read in the media that our increasingly diverse society – particularly … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘We scatter God’s word, seeds of hope’

29/01/2021 | Reform

Paul Kerensa on broadcasting, from the roaring 20s to the 2020s

My lockdown project last year wasn’t sourdough or jigsaws (try a sourdough jigsaw – the crumbs are very difficult to put back together again.) It was researching the origins … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘I must contradict Dylan Thomas’

29/01/2021 | Reform

Sheila Maxey rediscovers the spirit of Advent

I am, by nature, a long-term planner: holidays, family gatherings, theatre trips. So, among all the other challenges of Covid-19, I have had to accept cancellation after cancellation. As Christmas approached, the stripping … Read More