Small is beautiful; scale is essential. It is easy to see what I can do locally. It is much harder to see how my local choices affect the global economy. Are my decisions…
Tucked away on the edge of Dublin, amid playing fields and fine trees, lies King’s Hospital School. It provided an excellent location for 150 Friends and attenders to hold…
Recently, I have been reading A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes. It is the weirdest book I have ever read. Rebecca West calls it: ‘A hot draught of mad, primal fantasy and…
Friends in York and Cambridge have written of their concern about the impact of welfare cuts on the lives of people who are disabled and their families. I share this…
The article on ‘The Eternal’ by Howard Grace (22 April) moved me to review my view of the Eternal. On the mystery of God, I feel that there probably is a God, in the…
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