by Simon Barrow | May 6, 2023 | Update
WHILE the Coronation of Charles Windsor as the new monarch will be an occasion of rejoicing and fascination for many people, it is fair to say that those closest to Ekklesia and its work are more likely to view and experience things rather differently. I have written...
by Simon Barrow | May 6, 2023 | Commentary
THE CENTRAL ROLE of the Church of England in today’s Coronation at Westminster Abbey is a vivid reminder of the extent to which a Church established by law under the Crown can still be relied upon to bless, sacralise, mystify and exalt a status quo rooted in wealth,...
by Simon Barrow | Apr 24, 2023 | Commentary
WHEN Extinction Rebellion was being set up in the summer of 2018, Ekklesia was not quite as fast at getting on board as we could and should have been. Not because we didn’t see the urgency of the issues and the need for nonviolent direct action (NVDA, which we...
by Simon Barrow | Apr 23, 2023 | Update
TODAY is St George’s Day, and a number of Ekklesia’s supporters and readers have referenced the report we first produced in 2007 (re-issued in 2009 and 2010), calling for the ‘rebranding’ of St George away from a narrow and often reactionary or...
by Simon Barrow | Apr 10, 2023 | Commentary
ONE OF THE oft-repeated catch phrases from the earliest phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in the wake of the first lockdown in March 2020 (which was a huge shock to all of us), was “we can’t return to the ‘old normal’.” There was a palpable sense, for a time,...
