In December 2008, nearly ten years ago, I came across a remarkable sentence of George Fox and copied it into my inner diary: ‘You have the light to see all evil and the power to…
Every once in a while a book comes out which proves to be a marker in the continuing development of Quaker faith and practice. I believe God, words and us will prove to be just…
When I worked as a professional in the field of mental health the people who sought my help were often deeply distressed, and came to me as a last resort, having looked for relief…
Press censorship came into being as part of the Defence of the Realm Act, which was passed on 8 August 1914, four days after the outbreak of the first world war. In the autumn of…
I am really deeply disturbed by the arguments adduced by Lois A Chaber (Letters, 16 March) and Heather Brunskell-Evans (‘Gender and identity’, 2 March), and many others, it…
On 20 March 1918 the German army began what was to be a successful offensive in France. This had a great impact on Friends’ work. The 12 April edition of the Friend reported that…
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