‘To define is to put a limit, a finality, around something. Why would I want that?’

Thought for the week: Harvey Gillman finds labels too sticky

by Harvey Gillman 15th November 2019

How do you describe yourself, and for what reason? These questions arose when I decided to revise my Facebook profile. Although I have used Facebook for some time, I have never completed the religion slot. This may seem odd for someone who was outreach secretary for Britain Yearly Meeting for eighteen years, whose job was to explain to enquirers and others just who and what were the Quakers.