In 1988 the first fair trade coffee from Mexico was sold in Dutch supermarkets. It was named after an historical figure from Holland, ‘Max Havelaar’, who had opposed the…
Looking back, I have been trying to be an ethical shopper for a long time. Back in the 1970s I was buying that Nicaraguan coffee that people still groan about. My efforts became…
David Bowgett and Michael Hennessey, both former Anglicans, speaking at a recent workshop provoked us to explore worship through the ACTS of Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and…
It is not much fun, sometimes, doing business with Quakers. I say this lovingly as a birthright Friend who is immensely proud of his Quaker inheritance, is challenged and inspired…
George Fox called us to ‘Be patterns, be examples’ and, without wishing to sound like a public relations agency for Quakers, I think sometimes we have examples of good practice…
We write in response to Simon Gray’s article (18 February).
Sixty murderers can teach you a great deal about the law, especially if you get to know them really well, as I did over five years in Parkhurst Prison. A good number of them were…
Meeting for Sufferings has discussed the possibility of a boycott of Israeli goods and businesses – or rather, more specifically, a boycott of goods produced in the illegally…
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