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E-book to book-book
Quaker author Tim Gee has broken fresh ground with his book on the Occupy movement. You Can’t Evict an Idea, which analyses the impact of the movement, was initially ‘published’ as an e-book. Its success in this form prompted its publisher, Housmans, to then publish it in printed...
Methodist president challenges poverty myth
In his Easter message, the president of the Methodist Conference challenged the myth that poverty is the fault of the poor.
Michael Bartlet to leave Friends House
Michael Bartlet, parliamentary liason secretary for Quakers in Britain, is to leave Friends House at the end of April. Michael has given seventeen years service in this position. He has had a special interest in human rights, policy and political ethics and education.
Friends celebrate Geneva success
Friends at the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva are celebrating a significant breakthrough over a long-standing concern. The UN has announced that in September, for the first time ever, it will discuss the issue of children with a parent on death row. The subject has been an...
Doors open on temporary home of Quaker Tapestry
The Quaker Tapestry moved to its temporary home in The Elephant Yard, Kendal, on Monday, 25 March. The Quaker attraction was forced to leave its usual location while urgent building repairs are carried out (see ‘Tapestry moved to temporary home’, 15 March). The Elephant Yard in Kendal stepped into the breach...
The power of prayer
Four out of five British adults believe in the power of prayer, according to a new ICM survey in the run-up to Easter. Three in every ten people, asked what they would pray for, cited peace in the world and an end to poverty.
Gretchen Castle at Rome inauguration
Gretchen Castle, general secretary of Friends World Committee for Consultantion (FWCC), attended the inauguration Mass of Francis I on 19 March.
African tribe mourns Quaker archaeologist
A West African tribe is mourning the death of a Cambridge professor and Quaker who was their honorary chief. Thurstan Shaw was a world expert on the archaeology of West Africa, whose research into the Igbo people of Nigeria led to them making him their Onu n’ekwulu ora –...
Rowntree Foundation austerity project
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has embarked on an ambitious £512,000 project to highlight the impact of public spending cuts and government policy changes on poor people and communities in the United Kingdom.
Nobel nominations sought
The closing date for Quaker nominations for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize is 1 May. In 1947 the Prize was awarded to Quakers worldwide for the work they had done, particularly relief work, between the two world wars and after the second world war.