A few weeks ago I came across these tweets by Sophie Killingley, @PrettySophieK, 9th Feb 2024: 1) The Evangelical urge to view everything...

This is the second in my series, Stories That Challenge, hosted by Church Action on Poverty. These stories seek to reveal the reality...

I currently have a series of blog posts being hosted by Church Action on Poverty. The first one tells the stories of Alan and Ben, two...

I actually wrote this blog post back in November - still autumn - but forgot about it so never reviewed and posted it. Here it is, a...

I had the pleasure recently of speaking at my church about poverty and my experience of it. At the end, one lady asked a question about...

The DWP uses all sorts of different names for its programmes, which makes it hard to compare what they’re proposing now to the evidence...

Bartek Staniszewski writes the second of Conservative Home's series on reducing demand for government. His piece is on the crucial role...

Today was my second visit to a food club. This time, I’d swapped to one nearer to me, though still a mile away. That’s fine with my...

I went to a food club recently. A food club is where you pay a small-ish amount of money for food that is about to go out-of-date, or...

Mike Savage, Social Class in the 21st Century.[1] The emotions of class The UK has long been interested in the subject of class and class...

I have had reason recently to reflect on my own assertiveness and how this fits with Jesus’ injunctions to turn the other cheek, go a...

Conservative Home has started a series of posts at looking at ways to reduce the demand for government. The first post, by David...

I was pleased to be able to watch, over zoom, the second ‘Accessing the Divine’ conference, held by Boston Theological Inter-religious...

The budget today announced a lot of stuff, and most of it I’m not qualified to comment on. I’m interested, because I have a sister with...

I recently started watching the series SAS: Who Dares Wins, right from the first series. I’ve found it quite addictive, possibly in part...

I think I've worked out what it is that I dislike about people saying that poverty isn’t just, or even mainly, about material lack. Even...

You might think that amongst those who have suffered, compassion for those in a similar situation is higher. And indeed, in at least some...

Lowborn I recently read Kerry Hudson’s 2019 book, Lowborn. I don’t really have much to say about it, because honestly it is so good. And...

There have been a handful of articles recently querying the model of healthcare that the NHS uses, and suggesting that we should pursue a...

There have been a handful of articles recently querying the model of healthcare that the NHS uses, and suggesting that we should pursue a...