In the UK the top one per cent own more property wealth than the other ninety-nine per cent in total. This was just one of the startling facts discussed at a recent gathering at…
On Saturday in central London thousands gathered to protest against present and proposed government cuts. There was a contingent walking behind the banner: ‘Cut Trident, not…
Next week Churches Together in England (CTE) will hold a Forum, an event that happens every three years and brings together representatives of the member churches, of county…
Spirituality has become something of a vogue word these days, but what does it mean? My Oxford dictionary only lists the word as a derivative of ‘spirit’, which comes from the…
The idea of ethical investment can be taken right back to the nineteenth century, when Quakers refused to invest in the arms industry. More recently, the early 1980s are seen as…
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