Friends responded quickly, in August and September 1914, to the needs of wartime. One of the responses of which we are now proud was, at the time, contentious, as shown in these…
Equality was chosen by Jessica Metheringham, parliamentary engagement officer for Quakers in Britain, as the theme for this year’s George Gorman Lecture, which was delivered in…
When George Fox asked his famous question – ‘what canst thou say’ – I wonder if he was foreseeing the internet, for there has never been a development so perfectly moulded…
‘We did conclude among ourselves to settle a meeting, to see one another’s faces, and open our hearts one to another in the Truth of God once a year, as formerly it used to…
I can think of no more fundamental question for social justice than this: how big should our state be? Those who argue for a small state place themselves within the right or…
I was looking at a Friend’s concern about being put in a tent or caravan at the coming Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG), when she had booked and hoped to be provided with a private…
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