As a prisoner with an indefinite sentence, I came to prison with a lack of direction, little to aspire to in the way of positive role models, and a pro-criminal attitude that I had…
Prison is a place where people are sent as a punishment, not for further punishments… Human beings whose lives have been reckoned so far in costs – to society, to the criminal…
‘Deeply unsettled’ is how I would describe the climate in our prisons today. Changes to the National Offender Management Service, introduced in the last parliament, have been…
I believe peace is not gotten from a silver plate. You need to work for it. You have to do something extraordinary. Sometimes seeking for peace demands that you swallow your pride.…
When I work with Quaker and other groups on their responses to climate change, people often focus either on what the government should do, or else on actions individuals should…
Hurricane Patricia, in October, was the most powerful tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere. Fortunately, Patricia didn’t materialise as a killer. The most…
‘Support our Heroes’ the poster, emblazoned with the poppy logo, declared. On it there was a photo of a gun-carrying soldier in battle fatigues, striding manfully. How…
Driving rain failed to prevent sixty Quakers from finding their way to Bull Street Meeting House in Birmingham on 24 October, for the ‘Road Maps to Equality’ conference,…
Previously, we considered James Nayler’s tract The Lamb’s War against the Man of Sin, which was written in prison following his brutal punishment for blasphemy (9 October).…
Would you welcome scientific proof for Quakerism? There is one, buried in the opening page of our Quaker faith & practice (1.01). Or, Option B, do you really cherish the sense…
How is your Meeting’s exploration of Quaker faith & practice going? We recently had our first discussion, after Meeting for Worship, in Wilmslow, using the advice from the…
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