7th March 2014

Quaker fined for peaceful protest

by Ian Kirk-Smith

A seventy-year-old Quaker from West Yorkshire has refused to pay a fine given to her for participating in a peaceful protest at an arms fair in London in September 2013.

7th March 2014

Moscow concern over Ukraine

by Ian Kirk-Smith

Moscow Monthly Meeting have asked Quakers worldwide to pray and work with them for peace in Ukraine.  Friends in Moscow recently met to discuss the situation in Ukraine, and…

7th March 2014

Turrell success in London

by Ian Kirk-Smith

Four works by the artist James Turrell are on display at a leading London gallery until early April.  The four frosted-glass screens, animated by sophisticated displays of…

Greening of Jesus Lane Meeting House
7th March 2014

Greening of Jesus Lane Meeting House

by Ian Kirk-Smith
Fukushima remembered at Heysham
7th March 2014

Fukushima remembered at Heysham

by Ian Kirk-Smith
The Winchester Whisperer
28th February 2014

The Winchester Whisperer

by Ian Kirk-Smith
Fairtrade Fortnight highlights ‘banana wars’
28th February 2014

Fairtrade Fortnight highlights ‘banana wars’

by Ian Kirk-Smith
28th February 2014

Woodbrooke launches online postgraduate courses

by Ian Kirk-Smith

The first online postgraduate courses in Quakerism have been launched by the Woodbrooke Centre for Postgraduate Quaker Studies in Birmingham.  The Centre, in conjunction with…

Research grants  opened up
28th February 2014

Research grants opened up

by Ian Kirk-Smith
21st February 2014

Lessons learned at Winchmore Hill

by The Friend Newsdesk

Winchmore Hill Quakers have announced that work will begin this spring on renovations to their Grade II listed Meeting house.  The news that work will start soon marks a…

21st February 2014

Scottish referendum on the agenda

by The Friend Newsdesk

The forthcoming referendum on Scottish independence will be raised at next month’s General Meeting of Friends in Scotland.  ‘One of the challenges in this debate and…

21st February 2014

2015 Swarthmore Lecture

by The Friend Newsdesk

Diana Francis, the peace activist and conflict transformation expert, will be the 2015 Swarthmore lecturer, the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre has announced.