25th August 2017

Hertford Friends host concert on testimonies

by Harry Albright

Hertford meeting house will be hosting a concert in early October entitled ‘Walk Cheerfully over the World: Quaker testimonies in music and song’.

25th August 2017

‘This Evil Thing’ on tour

by Harry Albright

A play about conscientious objectors in world war one written by a London Friend is on tour this autumn. The play is entitled This Evil Thing and was written by Michael Mears of…

25th August 2017

Quaker schools celebrate exam success

by Harry Albright

A-Level students at The Mount School in York achieved a 100 per cent pass rate, with seventy-nine achieving A*-B grades.

18th August 2017

Double first for Sanctuary Meetings in the UK

by Harry Albright

Llangollen Meeting in Wales and Lichfield Meeting in England have become the first two Sanctuary Meetings in Britain.

18th August 2017

US embassy refuses to accept nuclear brinkmanship letter

by Harry Albright

The US Embassy has declined to accept a letter from a delegation of journalists, writers and peace activists which calls on the United States government to stop its nuclear…

18th August 2017

American Friends report on North Korea

by Harry Albright

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has issued a report reflecting on the organisation’s work in Korea over the last sixty-five years. Engaging North Korea – Volume…

First Quaker marriage at Woodbrooke
18th August 2017

First Quaker marriage at Woodbrooke

by The Friends Newsdesk
Friends march in Cape Town
18th August 2017

Friends march in Cape Town

by Harry Albright
18th August 2017

French legal ruling for refugees

by Harry Albright

French authorities must provide basic amenities to refugees in Calais in the future.

18th August 2017

Tesco decision on single-use bags welcomed

by Harry Albright

Friends of the Earth (FoE) has responded positively to the announcement by leading British supermarket Tesco that it will no longer provide single-use plastic bags – but wants…

11th August 2017

Yearly Meeting Gathering news

by The Friend

Bear witness with white poppies Friends wishing to show their opposition to the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair in London this September can to do so…

28th July 2017

YMG 2017: a new ‘look and feel’

by Harry Albright

Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG) begins this weekend at the University of Warwick in Coventry, the fourth YMG in the past nine years. This year there will be noticeable changes from…