So, the Olympics came, we saw them, and they utterly conquered me, and many, many others. I was, I confess, sceptical of the commitment of the nation to the event. I was…
Diana was first appointed clerk soon after she became a member of Bewdley Meeting in 1960. The Meeting was on the point of being laid down at the time. With the guidance of…
The dichotomy between the divine and the secular, theism and nontheism, science and religion, God and man has occupied Friends for decades. Some Friends ask whether we are willing…
For the past year Liverpool Meeting has been supporting All Together Now, a small project to deliver ‘mindfulness’ to Liverpool schools. Whilst mindfulness is central to…
I have always preferred action to words, and doing rather than telling others what to do. A large part of my life has been spent in work in Africa, the Pacific and Britain…
The government is planning to construct ways for offenders to make amends to victims. Addressing the All Party Parliamentary Penal Affairs Group in July, justice minister Tom…
And this is the word of the Lord God to you all, and a charge to you all in the presence of the living God: be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations,…
The majority of lesbian, gay or bisexual students have been bullied at school because of their sexuality. New research, published by the charity Stonewall and based on research it…
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