Swarthmore Lecture 2020 by Tom Shakespeare on YouTube Photo: courtesy of Woodbrooke
Quakers gather online for Swarthmore Lecture 2020
Tom Shakespeare considered hope in an era of pandemic, climate emergency and rightwing populism
by Rebecca Hardy
7th August 2020
Almost 2,000 Friends gathered online to hear the 2020 Swarthmore Lecture by social scientist, writer and broadcaster Tom Shakespeare last weekend. In Openings to the Infinite Ocean: A Friendly Offering of Hope, Tom Shakespeare considered hope in an era of pandemic, climate emergency and rightwing populism, quoting poet Grace Paley’s words: ‘The only recognisable feature of hope is action.’
