Eye hears about a school session by Friends from Settle, as well as Rhiannon Grant’s ‘Pause for Thought’ on BBC Radio 2…
by Elinor Smallman
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…
Making Friends in the Metro Crossword enthusiasts tackling the clues in the Metro newspaper on 25 April spotted a quirky piece of inadvertent outreach. ‘Get on good terms and…
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