‘Self-disconnection’ and the invisibility of poverty

If a winter storm leaves a community in the UK without electricity it makes the national news, and we get frequent updates until supplies are restored. If a winter storm leaves a community in the UK without electricity it makes the national news, and we get frequent...

Liminality: New Year, art and the rumour of Divinity

The strange betwixt-and-between period which separates Christmas from New Year is over. The strange betwixt-and-between period which separates Christmas from New Year is over. We have stepped through the exit of the old year and stand, uncertain, perhaps with hope,...

A Christmas message from Ekklesia: working for change

All involved with Ekklesia send their warmest seasonal greetings for Christmastide – thank you so much for your interest, engagement and support in so many ways. All involved with Ekklesia send their warmest seasonal greetings for Christmastide – thank you...

Twelve social justice points for Christmas

As homelessness, rough sleeping, child poverty and destitution grows, there are repeated attempts to shift responsibility from government policy and economic injustice, and on to individuals – as i As homelessness, rough sleeping, child poverty and destitution grows,...

Reflections on Qatar’s National Day

I am not from Qatar nor, for that matter, am I from the Gulf region. I have never worked in this region and so do not qualify as an expatriate resident either. I am not from Qatar nor, for that matter, am I from the Gulf region. I have never worked in this region and...