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‘After six weeks carrying heavy photographic plates, the expedition reached Príncipe.’
The travel magazine promised lush plant life and beaches. But Fiona Meadley also found an island preparing to celebrate a Quaker’s historic experiment -
Elegy for Spring
'Elegy for Spring' by Kathleen Bell -
‘Although I had known the truth from the beginning, I shared their pain.’
My partner lived as a man before we met, but was always open with me about feeling the need to be a woman. That doesn’t mean the transition was always easy -
Quaker bares all in House of Commons
‘Behind every activist who gets arrested, there needs to be twenty other people in support roles.’ A Quaker was among those who staged a protest in the House of Commons public gallery on 1 April
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This week Highlights
Issue 18-April-2019
Thought for the week: David L Saunders has a ‘be’ in his bonnet
‘Love does break through at...
‘After six weeks carrying heavy photographic plates, the expedition reached Príncipe.’
The travel magazine promised lush...
‘Although I had known the truth from the beginning, I shared their pain.’
My partner lived as a...
Carrying the cross
Janet Scott reads from the...
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