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Christie Williamson helps run Tell it Slant Books in Glasgow. His two collections are published by Luath Press - ‘Oo an Feddirs’ 2015 and ‘Doors tae Newye’ 2020. He comes fae Yell. Syne laivin Aiberdein Harbour ivvir cost me tears dey widna keep me in Fairy Liqueed an here agien mi taes is spun sweet bi da grip o aniddir year dancin. Fu mony times ‘ll du gjit tae lairn at life is a habit formin activity an da best eens geeng tae da best eens? Comin doon da steps tae

We recently had one of our fortnightly Bible studies on the subject of 1 Corinthians 13, in which St Paul describes Christian love, in all its power and generosity. Both of the guests who were there reflected on their culture shock when they first came to Britain, which immediately seemed a less loving country than the East African countries where they had grown up. They recalled how drivers would offer lifts to anyone they saw walking by the road, or how, if you saw someone

Harry Wills reflects on lasting riches. Great Resurrection, Wassily Kandinsky, 1913 Therefore I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, what you should eat or drink, nor about your body, what you should wear. Is life not more than food and the body more than clothing? Behold the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them… Now, who among you by being anxious can add a single hour to his lifespan? And w

Volunteer James Catterson reflects on living in community. Graphic by James Catterson Ove r the past two years, I’ve lived in three intentional communities. As my current chapter living at the London Catholic Worker (LCW) as a live-in volunteer draws to a close, I thought I might reflect on my time here and note a small handful of things I’ve learnt across my experiences in intentional community. I didn’t really know what to expect in coming to the LCW as a long-term volunt

Alex Holmes writes about life and loss in the borderlands. Calais Draughts, Alex Holmes Water gang du Nord, Calais. The narrow stream that flows along the northern edge of the Courgain Est playing fields. Willow scrub on its southerly bank once sheltered many dozens of Eritreans’ tents. All that remains now is a broad carpet of wood shavings. Another campsite obliterated. The new site is an old site from which the Eritrean community was last evicted in 2022. Back then, it ha

Thomas Frost on the Gospel of the poor.

Community member Naomi writes on noisy protest and what could be gained from a more disruptive Christian witness. DSEI Arms Fair Protest (9th September 2025), Credit: MaktoobMedia If we have ever met at a protest, you will know that I love making a bit of a ruckus. If someone jumps on the megaphone or starts singing a Billy Bragg song, I will be there singing it at the top of my lungs. While protest can take many forms, an essential part of protest for me is to be disruptive,

Sr Katrina Alton, National Chaplain to Pax Christi England and Wales, reflects on the theology of Gospel Nonviolence in the wake of the US attack on Venezuela. Dorothy Day at City Hall. Source: Wikimedia Commons Dorothy Day’s essay “We Are Un-American; We Are Catholic” is not merely an antiwar polemic but a sustained articulation of Catholic pacifism rooted in the Gospel. Written in 1948, her opposition to Universal Military Training and to war itself, arises from a theologic

Harry Wills writes on the Magi and the Meaning of the Other.

A Home Office Vigil reflection given by former LCW volunteer Francisco Leitão. Gloria in Excelsis, CW (1947) It is a rare occasion when the slow and dusty work of archaeology manages to find an audience beyond the small world of academic journal subscribers. Yet, in 2007, the casual Daily Mail reader could have opened the paper to find the following bombastic headline: “A New Discovery May Solve the Mystery of the Bible’s Bloodiest Tyrant”. After 35 years of digging, the late