Reviews – December 2021/January 2022

29/11/2021 | Reform

Love of money

House Of GucciDirected by Ridley ScottCertificate 15, 157 minutesReleased 26 November

Milan, 1978. Patrizia (Lady Gaga) meets Maurizio (Adam Driver) at a stylish party. She works in her stepfather’s transportation business. He is studying law, a member … Read More

Editorial: Counting down the days to Advent

29/11/2021 | Reform

I have realised, to my surprise, that these days I prefer the first day of Advent to Christmas Day. Growing up in a non-liturgical family (‘Liturgy is fossilised worship!’), Advent passed us by, apart from its calendar. I was in … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘I tucked into 200 mince pies and three gallons of mulled wine’

29/11/2021 | Reform

A good-as-possible Christmas with Paul Kerensa

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without – what?

Presents, according to the book Little Women. The Radio Times, according to the ad campaign for, well, Radio Times. An annual viewing of Die Hard, according to … Read More

On the pilgrim way ‘It was not at all like a funeral service’

29/11/2021 | Reform

Sheila Maxey remembers saints

Growing up in Scotland I loved Hallowe’en: the turnip lanterns (much harder to make than pumpkin ones), the ‘dooking’ for apples and other silly games. But All Saints Day completely passed me by then – and … Read More

I am… managing Palestinian rehabilitation

29/11/2021 | Reform

Rami Khader fights the fear of demolitions in Palestine

When you ask people what home means to them, many will say that, as well as a physical space, it is their homeland, the land of their ancestors, a cause they … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Receiving generosity

29/11/2021 | Reform

Can I receive generosity?

I wonder how Mary and Joseph felt as people turned up to honour their child with praise and with luxurious and expensive gifts. Were they overwhelmed by how vital their child was to others? Did they … Read More