Map-reading 
for pilgrims

27/03/2014 | Reform

Navigating this world is hard enough, let alone the next. Chris Avis asks directions

Give me a map and I’m lost. In my experience, the simple printed route of A to B on paper soon conspires to traverse the whole … Read More

Resurrection in the margins

27/03/2014 | Reform

Why does the risen Christ insist on leading his followers back 
to Galilee? Andrew Mayes investigates

Mark’s Gospel has the most enigmatic ending – the risen Christ does not appear in the Gospel at all. Instead, coming to the tomb … Read More

A radical unwelcome

27/03/2014 | Reform

Fleur Houston fears letting in the Immigration Bill

The Immigration Bill is designed, the government says, to “create a really hostile environment” for people who do not have a legal right to be in the UK. In fact, it creates … Read More

Ukraine: A country always on the edge

27/03/2014 | Reform

Meic Pearse considers what Ukraine’s past tells us about the present and future

Few countries illustrate better the “clash of civilisations” thesis of the late great Professor Samuel Huntington than does Ukraine. Indeed, its very name means “borderland”. According to … Read More

Reviews – April 2014

27/03/2014 | Reform

Paying for the sins
 of the fathers

Calvary Directed by John Michael McDonagh Certificate 15, 100 minutes Released on 11 April

Brendan Gleeson’s Father James is a better priest than we are used to seeing on screen. A man of … Read More

On the pilgrim way: Battling negativity

27/03/2014 | Reform

During the last gloomy days of a long wet winter, I struggled with the fine line between being inspired and being demoralised, and between admiration and jealousy.

I think it was the celebratory funeral for a wonderful local woman which … Read More