8th April 2011

Helping others to help themselves

by Elspeth Waldie
8th April 2011

Banks and society – rebuilding trust

by Tony Weekes

It is just over two and a half years since Lehman Brothers bank filed a petition for bankruptcy. The event was a defining moment in recent times and the shock waves are still…

8th April 2011

‘We’re not all in this together…’

by Barbara Forbes

Britain is one of the most unequal societies in the world: the top twenty per cent are 7.2 times wealthier than the bottom twenty per cent. The corresponding figure in Japan is…

1st April 2011

Water power rising

by Raymond Mgadzah
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…