Isn’t Quakerism wonderful? But can it solve economic crises and tax blunders too? The political economist and writer Richard Murphy thinks so, and extols our Quaker testimonies…
Stephen Hobhouse had been instrumental in setting up the Emergency Committee for the Relief of Alien Enemies and was its chairman until he resigned on becoming caught up in the…
Setting the world to rights over plates of pasta, Emma, Pat and I decided that it would be a very good idea if someone found a cure for depression. I nearly said that there was a…
I have been struggling with depression much of my adult life: not mine, but that of other people. I am one of those annoying people who are, generally, blessed with happiness, so…
How do you deal with fast-approaching death – either your own or someone else that you care about? This important question and others were explored at a special weekend retreat…
Most British Quakers have come from other churches, and many of us are refugees: we ‘come home’ to Friends, but we would not have left our churches without some…
Over recent decades membership has become a contested issue for British Quakers. Some Friends object to the membership process on principle, such as a supposed conflict with our…
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