Any scrap of wood

26/01/2018 | Reform

Why you don’t need to find a good time to pray. Luigi Gioia shares a story from his youth

I am 17, my faith has just come alive, I have discovered the Psalms and fallen in love with them, and … Read More

Editorial: My movie resolutions

26/01/2018 | Reform

Happy New Year, even if I am the last to say it. Last time we talked, I was pondering New Year’s resolutions, swinging between having none as usual and pledging something grandiose and ill-defined. I haven’t given up on that, … Read More

Reviews – February 2018

26/01/2018 | Reform

Loving the alien

The Shape of Water Directed by Guillermo del Toro Certificate 15, 123 minutes Released 14 February

There’s a tradition in horror films and fairytales that the monster is bad. The Shape Of Water is … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘Celebration was working its magic yet again’

19/01/2018 | Reform

Sheila Maxey revisits the magic of celebration

We always bring in the New Year in Lincolnshire, with Kees’ brother, Tom, and Tom’s wife, Anna. Because their mother was Dutch, the celebration involved drinking mulled wine, eating oliebollen (Dutch doughnuts) and setting … Read More

Interview: Objection sustained

24/11/2017 | Reform

Human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith talks to Stephen Tomkins

Though he has been listed by The Times as one of Britain’s most powerful lawyers, Clive Stafford Smith has never been paid by one of his hundreds of clients. He … Read More

Building up the Castle

24/11/2017 | Reform

With 19 members and a building about to be demolished, Crossway United Reformed Church might have disappeared. Instead, as Peter Stevenson recounts, it became a religious hub at the heart of the community

When I came to Crossway, south London, … Read More