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The extraordinary truth: Rebecca Hardy talks to Emily Provance, who gave this year’s Swarthmore Lecture
27th June 2025

The extraordinary truth: Rebecca Hardy talks to Emily Provance, who gave this year’s Swarthmore Lecture

by Rebecca Hardy
Go to law: Claire Bowman tells how CEQ met with police
27th June 2025

Go to law: Claire Bowman tells how CEQ met with police

by Claire Bowman
General Meeting for Scotland: Kate Arnot reports
27th June 2025

General Meeting for Scotland: Kate Arnot reports

by Kate Arnot
Poem: I shall no longer run from sorrow
27th June 2025

Poem: I shall no longer run from sorrow

by Elizabeth Gray Vining (1902-1999)
Mission to Moscow: John Lampen recounts a meeting between Quakers  and the Soviet Peace Committee
20th June 2025

Mission to Moscow: John Lampen recounts a meeting between Quakers and the Soviet Peace Committee

by John Lampen
So close: Michael Eccles of FWCC takes a pastoral visit to the Middle East
20th June 2025

So close: Michael Eccles of FWCC takes a pastoral visit to the Middle East

by Michael Eccles
Finding the way: Catriona Forrest on Quaker Rainbow
20th June 2025

Finding the way: Catriona Forrest on Quaker Rainbow

by Catriona Forrest
A viable way forward: Ruth Audus on change in south-east England
20th June 2025

A viable way forward: Ruth Audus on change in south-east England

by Ruth Audus
Poem: Meeting Minutes (Friends Meeting House, Rochester)
20th June 2025

Poem: Meeting Minutes (Friends Meeting House, Rochester)

by Joseph Long
Areas which matter: Fred Ashmore recounts Quaker work in Democratic Republic of Congo
13th June 2025

Areas which matter: Fred Ashmore recounts Quaker work in Democratic Republic of Congo

by Fred Ashmore
Friends in deed: Jonathan Wooding on the creative power of friendship
13th June 2025

Friends in deed: Jonathan Wooding on the creative power of friendship

by Jonathan Wooding
Staying grounded: Sue Hampton makes a climate case
13th June 2025

Staying grounded: Sue Hampton makes a climate case

by Sue Hampton
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