A statue of Robert Owen, visionary mill-owner and father of cooperation, stands outside the Co-operative Bank in Manchester. His experiment at New Lanark, of providing housing for…
The Fox Report on borrowing highlights the tragic personal and societal problems caused by excessive borrowing. As Patrick Chalmers reminds us, ninety-seven per cent of the money…
They had set off walking from Iona on 14 May and were due in Riding Mill at lunchtime on Tuesday 18 June. The parish hall was to be full at lunchtime and I was down to provide…
In the small groups that I work with helping Friends see their Spirit given gifts, I have found that British Friends are reluctant to own their own goodness and gifts. In a recent…
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