1st April 2011

Drawing on Silence

by Stephen Yeo
1st April 2011

Swimming against the tide

by Ben Jarman

An overwhelming body of research has shown that many British prisons are close to breaking point. Politicians eager for votes have postured to be tougher on crime, and rapidly…

1st April 2011

In praise of silence

by Evelyn Woodcock

I love the silence. Silence between two people, Who have no need for endless words, At ease with one another.

25th March 2011

Peacebuilding in Uganda

by John Lampen
25th March 2011

Carne Ross: a voice for the powerless

by Rosemary Hartill
25th March 2011

Are we scared?

by Jill Allum

Have we really listened to the challenge of our three prize-winning essayists of 2009? The competition received one hundred and six entries, some of them fifty pages long, and I…

25th March 2011

The ageism that bedevils

by Mary Brown

Is it just me or do other busy, older, Friends feel ‘got at’ by advices & queries 28? Having heard it read three times in Meetings for Worship in less than a year, I began…

25th March 2011

Britishush Noncensus

by Poetic opinion from William Bullin

Jobs aren’t easy to find Cuts are on everyone’s mind But the government thinks we are blind ’Cause people in Britain don’t count.

25th March 2011

Friends together

by David Boulton
18th March 2011

What is a just war?

by Leslie Stevenson
18th March 2011

Reclaiming humanism

by Janet Toye