Unless one has knocked about the Quaker world a bit, it comes as rather a surprise to meet the Programmed Quaker Meeting for the first time, complete with hymns, a pastor, a sermon…
Remembrance Day comes less than two months after the Defence and Security Equipment International (DESI) exhibition was held in London. It was attended by delegates from 121…
When I was about seven, my dad took me to the local Remembrance Day memorial. Neatly turned-out elderly men were stood in equally neat rows while ‘The Last Post’ was played. I…
In my first article I wondered whether the message of liberal Friends today might be to give everyone an experience of a faith community in which they are accepted. If this is the…
Is Quakerism about to go ‘Whoosh!’? This was our theme for the week, and based on the discussions we have had, the answer may just possibly be ‘yes’. It was…
Have you ever played ‘Dead or Alive’? I used to as a girl and still remember the game’s excitement. You jumped up and wound your legs round the waist of a stalwart adult, who…
Of late, I have been wondering just how much money has been spent on weaponry and warfare since the second world war by successive British governments. Earlier this year I…
It appears that the general perception about Islam in the West is that it is a religion that has no regard for human rights. It is said that Islam permits the use of force to…
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