A good question: What should we do with the House of Lords?

24/03/2023 | Reform

One question, four answers

HANNAH RICH‘Reform will take work’

What should happen to the House of Lords is a recurring quandary in UK politics. Given a blank piece of paper, few of us would design a second chamber resembling the … Read More

Reviews April 2023

24/03/2023 | Reform

Combatting spiritual wickedness

How to Blow Up a PipelineFilm by Daniel Goldhaber, Ariela Barer, Jordan Sjol, Daniel GarberCertificate 15, 103 minutesReleased 21 April

A radical film whose four makers eschew the widespread film industry notion of the film director as … Read More

Art in focus – April 2023

24/03/2023 | Reform

The AscensionRembrandt van Rijn, 1636Oil on canvas, in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Those readers who saw the Art in Focus page last month may notice that this painting by Rembrandt is remarkably similar in composition to Raphael’s powerful depiction … Read More

Editorial: What happened, in your own words?

24/03/2023 | Reform

Four students in big trouble at school. They are questioned together by the teacher, but each is clearly just repeating what the others say. So they are put in separate rooms and questioned alone. What happened, in your own words? … Read More

Welcoming Ukrainian guests

24/03/2023 | Reform

Stan Hazell reports on a church initiative in Gloucestershire

A Mamma Mia themed night at Thornbury United Reformed church in south Gloucestershire might seem a long way from the horrors of the war in Ukraine. But the ukulele band entertaining … Read More

A faithful restlessness

24/02/2023 | Reform

Paul Northup, Creative Director of Greenbelt festival, talks to Reform. 2023 sees Greenbelt’s 50th festival. The United Reformed Church has been an associate partner of Greenbelt since 2016

Greenbelt is celebrating its 50th anniversary, like the URC. What did Greenbelt … Read More