Eye explores peaceful alternatives to military terms in daily language, offers more prompts 'Just for fun', and words from Advices & queries for a spot of mindful colouring…
by Elinor Smallman
The influence of Friends Together we’ve been discovering Quaker quotes and references scattered throughout literature. However, Eye was fascinated to learn of the influence of…
Treasured questions When faced with a gaggle of cub scouts, how would you get them engaged with the Quaker message? Ruth Harrison went along to see how Aylsham Meeting tackled the…
Delightful discovery Eye’s literary challenge prompted Gerard Benson to write in with word of a warm, sympathetic portrait of a Quaker librarian in James Joyce’s Ulysses.…
All the bells Ring in the Olympics! A unique bell-ringing event will soon be taking place nationwide. Martin Creed, the Turner-prize-winning artist and musician, was commissioned…
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