‘Between the idea, And the reality, Between the motion, And the act, Falls the Shadow’ TS Eliot, ‘The Hollow Men’ Poison gas has exerted a unique horror in the…
Glenthorne’s situation on the fringes of Grasmere village in the central Lake District, surrounded by mountains and lakes, gives it a special resonance for many Friends. Like…
The questing Spirit lights the receptive soul. Stirring, the mind in turn conceives a thought. The beating heart sends fresh blood to the brain To forge words whence the sentence…
am now ninety-seven years old and have been a member of the Religious Society of Friends for the last fifty-five years. My interest in the things of the Spirit goes back to…
Education has been at the heart of recent changes in Irish society and was the main subject of concern at Leinster Quarterly Meeting, which was held at Enniscorthy Meeting House,…
The philosophical arguments for educational academies are based around a belief in libertarianism. Schools should have the right to construct their own curriculum, to have some…
America: place of big skyscrapers, bright lights and dramatic people. When arriving at Brooklyn Friends School I expected to see giant displays of Quakerism – through art, song…
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