In the Friend of 23 August Judy Kirby wrote ‘Quakers like to think of James Turrell, the installation artist, as theirs’. It often seems like that. James Turrell and his work…
What does it mean to be a Quaker today? Where does our special contribution to the life of faith lie? It is the radical manner of our living, out in the world but primarily…
The Reformation undermined the power of priesthoods and the ‘magical quality’ of their rituals, but in so doing buttressed ‘scriptural writings’ as the unchallenged ‘word…
What a day! What a match! The sun shone. The sky blazed blue. Only the cold flagstones gave the season. Kick-off was between Bradford’s lord mayor, Khadim Hussain, and Mark…
Kenneth Boulding was a Quaker, economist, philosopher and poet who died in March 1993. He was born in Liverpool, raised as a Methodist, and at Oxford University was attracted to…
Penelope (Pen) Bray was a much loved member of Leiston Meeting in Suffolk. Following her death in August last year, a booklet of ten of her poems and a couple of prose texts was…
Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord… when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the king will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it…
‘I am ready to go to prison but is there not another way, a way of peace!’ This was the plea of a young Korean man, planning to be a conscientious objector (CO) to military…
The last execution in Britain took place in 1964. Yet, the death penalty continues to affect people from the UK. In 2013, the UK Foreign Office reported that there were twelve…
Dyslexia is the most well known specific learning difficulty (SpLD). SpLD, a term that is often misunderstood, covers a variety of conditions, including dyspraxia, attention…
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