22nd April 2016

Quaker Link

by Liz Whiteside
22nd April 2016

Europe: A clear choice?

by Dorothy Searle

We are bombarded with what are supposed to be facts from both sides in the argument about whether Britain should leave the European Union (EU) or remain in it. It’s obvious that…

22nd April 2016

Assisted dying

by Paul Henderson

In his poem ‘Aubade’, Philip Larkin writes of ‘the dread of dying, and being dead’. The poem’s tone is bleak. Religion is dismissed as a trick ‘to pretend we never…

22nd April 2016

Gleanings: Higher Power

by Laurie Michaelis

Living simply can be anything but simple. At the Britain Yearly Meeting Sustainability Gathering last month, Friends spoke of their dilemmas in cultivating low carbon lives; air…

22nd April 2016

The Bear

by James McCarthy
15th April 2016

Protection of the Light

by A Friend
15th April 2016

Thought for the Week: Why I became a Quaker

by Giampiero Zucchelli

When in Italy I have a problem explaining what Quakers are and what they believe. For that matter, I even find it difficult to translate the name ‘Quakers’, as very few people…

15th April 2016

What is security?

by Chris Butler and Robin Bowles

Security is a word that is much misused. It is used to justify a whole range of horrors. For example, it is used to justify the spending of £163 billion to replace, and maintain…

15th April 2016

Europe: To stay or to leave?

by John Lampen

I’m dreading the run-up to the EU referendum. The issues are so complex that even those who understand them cannot agree on the consequences of either choice. But in order to get…

15th April 2016

The need for stories

by Martina Weitsch

It couldn’t be more urgent. It couldn’t be more critical to the survival of humanity and many other species on the face of the earth. We’ve been talking about our commitment…

15th April 2016

Being there

by Bridget Wilkins
8th April 2016

A Field of Wheat

by Anne-Marie Culhane