22nd December 2023

Nuclear family Christmas

by Joan Dunleavy

There are lights in all the houses, she says to herself, (no one else being available). Standing deep, in discarded wrapping paper, by the window in a darkened room, she stares…

22nd December 2023

The tall red candles

by Edith Simpson

‘The holly bears a bark as bitter as any gall.’ – Old Carol

15th December 2023

Soul food: At Hanukkah, Martyn Kelly talks ritual

by Martyn Kelly
15th December 2023

Cliff-hanger: Could Anne Wade remain a Quaker?

by Anne Wade
15th December 2023

Carrying the cost: Jonathan Dale on reparations

by Jonathan Dale
8th December 2023

Between

by Dana Smith
1st December 2023

Brought to book: Maggie Waldman on Henry Stanley Newman, the longest-serving editor of the Friend

by ‘He was a born communicator, keen to share his own sense of wonder in the world.’