Q-Eye hears from Quaker songwriter, Carrie Newcomer, on The Next Right Thing podcast; drawing Friends in with books for newcomers; and colouring in well-loved phrases…
by Elinor Smallman
Modern… quiet… freedom… inspiration… eagle-eyed readers have spotted Friends popping up in the leaves of a number of books, newspapers and magazines in recent months. As…
Political pronouns In an article about the politics of pronouns published in November 2019, a writer in The New York Times turned to early Friends for insight. Teresa M Bejan, a…
Quaker translations Recent research led Richard Seebohm, of Oxford Meeting, to a Friend article penned by two Quakers based in Ghana in 1967. Tongue firmly in cheek, Alan and Julie…
Twists and turns in the story of the ‘Quaker Aunts’ A story of unearthing family legends and tracing the tale of a formidable trio of ‘Quaker Aunts’ caught Eye’s eye on…
The Hufflepuff hypothesis A light-hearted look at parallels between Quakerism and the Harry Potter books has been penned by Chloe Scaling, who is currently doing an internship in…
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