On the pilgrim way: ‘Amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on’

21/03/2022 | Reform

Sheila Maxey is on a medical rollercoaster

My pilgrim way at present is a rollercoaster, flinging me up and down. On 25 January, Kees was taken into hospital at 3am by the paramedics. Soon diagnosed with double pneumonia, they started … Read More

A good question: What makes a good leader?

25/02/2022 | Reform

One question, four answers

DAVID SALSBURY‘A good leader is also a follower’

There are many right answers to this question – and if recent events in British politics are anything to go by, quite a few wrong ones too!…

David … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘I immersed myself in Marconi, Melba and microphones’

25/02/2022 | Reform

As a writer and comedian, sometimes I get to pen columns like this one (thank you, Reform, for giving a stand-up a home, especially when all the gigs went quiet – I’m sure that for a few months in 2020, … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘I think I must have that song at my funeral’

25/02/2022 | Reform

Sheila Maxey lifts her eyes to the roof

Our son came to talk through a ‘Respect’ document with us. (It stands for Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment.) One question was: ‘On the spectrum from “Keep me alive … Read More

Here & now: Oliver Tomkins

25/02/2022 | Reform

Oliver Tomkins looks for a way out of Groundhog Day

It’s February 2020, and I’m on my annual Groundhog Day movies marathon. If you don’t know it, Groundhog Day is about a man stuck in a time-loop on 2 February, … Read More

I am… a refugee

25/02/2022 | Reform

Syrian refugees look back over ten years in exile

Marking the tenth anniversary of the start of the Syrian civil war, in November and December Syrian exiles shared their stories under the tag #أنا_لاجئ (#Iamarefugee). These are some of their … Read More