It is easy for most of us to feel a sense of injustice for people subjected to human rights abuses – people suffering abject poverty or living in war zones – but would it be as…
What is the background to the poem? The poem was triggered by a photo I took of the pump in the yard at Bridport Meeting House. However, the poem isn’t particularly about…
I was shopping in Tesco’s for some strawberry jam, Some wafer-thin ham, standing by the Spam, When up behind me comes security Over my shoulder, looking straight at me.
My dear Wormwood In recent years, we have made excellent progress weakening the Quakers, with the number of members dropping on average about 800 every four years. Although…
Skeletons of trees on a high horizon, gleams of sunshine and curtains of rain: inside the school hall, wall bars, balloons and red hearts stuck on the walls, and groups of Quakers…
There’s a lot of talk these days about saving the environment and going green. I’ll join it, but not to declare any new high budget plan in saving the world or a great…
Pacifism was a key factor in drawing me to Quakerism. It saddens me to see pacifism steadily losing its place at the heart of the Society, at least in Britain. The Peace…
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu asserts Israel’s ‘right to build’ in Jerusalem. Israel pokes the US in the eye by announcing the building of 1,600 new settlements in…
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