Deborah Cadbury’s recent book, Chocolate Wars, mentions the shop owned by Joseph Rowntree Senior, ‘Grocer and Tea Dealer’. It became a convergence point for the junior…
When I was a teenager I read avidly books by Margaret Mead, anthropologist and Quaker, and others on the ways of life of people in far off parts of the world. They prompted a…
The impact of government cuts will be felt by many people across Britain in 2011. There will be protests. Thousands will take to the streets to express their opposition to the…
I am surprised not to see a massive reaction to cuts in government spending and benefits on the letters page and articles in the Friend. Does this really reflect a low level of…
The growing controversy over the fate of thousands of ex-servicemen and women in prison after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan is to be highlighted in a series of reports by the…
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