Sofia Magazine

The General Editor of Sofia, David Chapman, and the Poetry Editor, James Priestman, welcome submissions of articles, poems, reviews and letters. Please send material for James to poetry@sofn.uk and any other material to editor@sofn.uk

The overall theme for Sofia during 2025 is ‘resisting’. Material on any aspect of resisting: resisting tyranny, privilege, hegemony, patriarchy – whatever – is especially (but not exclusively) welcome.

David is a retired academic who taught ICT and researched the nature of information. A member of an ecumenical church in Milton Keynes, he believes that religion, like information and all knowledge, is a creation of people and communities, and is always provisional, partial, political and flawed. David has increasingly recognised his own privilege and the damaging hegemony of people like himself. He believes that religion should undermine privilege and resist hegemonies. He has a blog.

James is a Quaker who has a degree in Biblical Studies from the University of Sheffield. He runs the annual Festival of Biblical Literature in Great Malvern. He writes poems under the nom de plume James Pendle. As the Poet of Paddington Station he performs to customers between 10:30 and 12 noon most Friday mornings. You can see James on his Youtube channel and follow him on Instagram, Facebook and BlueSky.