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
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…
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has welcomed the first ever national plan to recruit the workers needed for clean energy.
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…
A Quaker was one of three Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists last week cleared of charges for spraying Stonehenge with orange powder.
Friends are supporting a Tottenham Quaker and climate activist who is facing deportation.
A Quaker has won the Little Rebel Book Award for the second time in three years.
Dunblane Meeting was invited to take part in a Sterling University event remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki this month.
Five Quakers are raising funds to set up a ‘hospitality house’ for vulnerable people living in the ‘jungle’ camps in Calais.
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:…
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