A Quaker and former NHS worker performed a one-woman ‘spoken word’ show last month exploring the links between political and social factors and poor diet. Raise the Roof by…
Brighton Quakers hosted a showing of the film Shadow World last week. Speakers included the director, Andrew Feinstein, who took part in a question and answer session.
Friends House in London hosted a conference last week to explore new and current approaches to national security. ‘Rethinking Security’ on 15 June brought together a wide range…
The Journal of the Friends Historical Society has been digitised after a two-year process that involved transferring hundreds of pages of text from printed issues. The publication,…
Four hundred people gathered at Friends House, London, last week for a high-profile arts event after a lively and successful Refugee Week.
A group of Bath Friends have created a course to explore End of Life Matters (ELM). Hazel Mitchell, from Bath Meeting, told the Friend: ‘There was a feeling among the group that…
A book called The Conscientous Objector’s Wife was launched at the Quaker Centre Bookshop at Friends House this week. The book is a collection of letters between English…
Quakers up and down the country have been engaged in events to highlight Refugee Week. Friends have hosted and organised a range of arts, cultural and social events to mark the…
Quakers have spoken out about the British army’s recent recruitment drive that targeted ‘stressed and vulnerable’ sixteen-year-olds on and around GCSE results day.
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