Reviews – November 2021

02/11/2021 | Reform

Desert visions

DuneDirected by Denis VilleneuveCertificate 12a, 155 minutesReleased 22 October

This adaptation of the phenomenally successful science fiction novel Dune boasts spaceships, political intrigue, a desert planet and giant sandworms. So, why review it in Reform? Because, in adapting … Read More

Editorial: Pagan Gods

02/11/2021 | Reform

Warning! This editorial contains SPOILERS for the latest James Bond film. Don’t read it unless you’ve either seen No Time to Die, or don’t ever intend to.

James Bond, the not terribly secret agent, has existed as a film hero … Read More

Wheatley 2

02/11/2021 | Reform

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Churches and COP26

05/10/2021 | Reform

With less than a month until COP26, what can churches best do to address the climate crisis? Asks Andy Atkins of A Rocha UK

In less than one month’s time, the UK plays host and chair to one of the … Read More

My childhood as an alien

24/09/2021 | Reform

Alex Clare-Young’s childhood in a body that felt like an enemy

‘Here comes the minister’s daughter’ to the tune of ‘Here comes the bride’ greeted me every morning for years as I tentatively entered my primary school classroom, dreading the … Read More

On the pilgrim way ‘I worry about crossing my bridges too soon’

24/09/2021 | Reform 1

Sheila Maxey on the challenge of living in the present

I am in a bit of a turmoil, trying to live fully in the present and at the same time worrying that I should be looking to the future.

When … Read More