7th November 2025

Rowntree Society highlights newspaper ownership history

The Rowntree Society's spotlight on the family's ownership of newspapers is ‘a fascinating but often overlooked part of their story'.…

by Rebecca Hardy

7th November 2025

UK ‘flouting treaty’ with F-35As

by Rebecca Hardy

The Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) has highlighted a legal challenge claiming the government’s plans to purchase twelve F-35A fighter jets will violate the UK’s nuclear…

7th November 2025

BYM welcomes clean energy jobs

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has welcomed the first ever national plan to recruit the workers needed for clean energy.

7th November 2025

Kendal Meeting thrives despite museum struggle

by Rebecca Hardy

Kendal and Sedbergh Area Quaker Meeting (KSAQM) has clarified that there are no plans to close Kendal Meeting House as a result of the Quaker Tapestry Museum’s difficulties and…

7th November 2025

Quaker cleared of Stonehenge witness

by Rebecca Hardy

A Quaker was one of three Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists last week cleared of charges for spraying Stonehenge with orange powder.

Quaker Tapestry Museum faces closure
31st October 2025

Quaker Tapestry Museum faces closure

by Rebecca Hardy
31st October 2025

Friend threatened with deportation

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends are supporting a Tottenham Quaker and climate activist who is facing deportation.

31st October 2025

Friend wins ‘Little Rebels’ award

by Rebecca Hardy

A Quaker has won the Little Rebel Book Award for the second time in three years.

Quaker vegan group  flourishes
31st October 2025

Quaker vegan group flourishes

by Rebecca Hardy
31st October 2025

Scotland Friends at Stirling University talk

by Rebecca Hardy

Dunblane Meeting was invited to take part in a Sterling University event remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki this month.

Quaker Week hailed ‘a success’
24th October 2025

Quaker Week hailed ‘a success’

by Rebecca Hardy
24th October 2025

Quakers plan Calais ‘hospitality house’

by Rebecca Hardy

Five Quakers are raising funds to set up a ‘hospitality house’ for vulnerable people living in the ‘jungle’ camps in Calais. 

24th October 2025

Quakers welcome Gaza ceasefire

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) welcomed news of a ceasefire in Gaza this month. As the Friend went to press this was looking fragile, but in a statement on 14 October, BYM said:…