Women and children are rarely, if ever, instigators of war; but, according to the UN, they account for the majority of those affected by armed conflict. ‘Women in War in Their…
A pocket of silence to slip into Where warmth and quietness rule Waiting for the fidgeting to subside. – The rustle of a raincoat…
The Quaker Meeting house at Dolobran was built in 1700 and stands in a remote and lovely setting near Meifod. The Lloyd family, on whose land the Meeting house was built, had known…
Nimrod Evron is an Israeli citizen who stands in opposition to Israeli state policy and the occupation. He has played a pivotal role in setting up organisations working with youth…
The most unexpected gift of spending six weeks, as an Eva Koch Scholar, at the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham was the stimulation of the seemingly free-form…
Last January my husband and I travelled to Tunisia for a winter break near Sousse. While the weather was colder than we had been expecting, the welcome was warmer. We took two…
To Friends everywhere, Loving Greetings, Srdečné pozdravy, kærlige hilsener, Hartelijke groeten, Lämpimin terveisin, salutations affectueuses, Liebe Grüße, Szeretettel…
It was a warm sunny day with, as one speaker said, the winds of change preventing it becoming stifling. The women inside Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre near Bedford…
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