Single Mum: Bidding farewell

27/03/2013 | Reform

This is our last Single Mum column. The story of Sav-and-me has lately divided into two stories – and I am only entitled to own my own. Sav’s documented life in these pages is finished. And so, here is the … Read More

Niall Cooper: Feeling the benefit cuts

27/03/2013 | Reform

April 2013 represents D-day for millions who rely on welfare or tax credits to make ends meet. A raft of cuts and changes to the benefits system will come into force, and the impact will be felt by the poorest, … Read More

Community-minded: Journey of surprises

27/03/2013 | Reform

It took the disciples many years to come to terms with the full impact of Jesus’ resurrection, not least because they themselves had to keep developing and changing to meet the new challenges that their journeys of faith kept raising. … Read More

On the pigrim way: Revisiting some painful memories

25/03/2013 | Reform

I am re-reading the weekly letters my mother wrote to me from Scotland between 1964 and 1979. I approach 1974 with some reluctance.

For most of this 15-year stretch my parents lived next door to my eldest sister, Mary, and … Read More

Did Livingstone have Asperger’s?

19/03/2013 | Reform

Spending a year with David Livingstone while writing his biography, I got the definite impression that he had Asperger’s Syndrome. I didn’t mention this in the book, or anywhere else much, for the sensible reason that I don’t know anything … Read More

The sun shines on the just

18/03/2013 | Reform

The cover of the Sun – trying to avoid regulation by invoking Churchill and claiming to be the most dangerous foe of tyranny and the most vigilant guardian of the rights of the ordinary citizen – on the day that … Read More