The playwright and actor Michael Mears has had an application for Arts Council funding turned down. He was hoping for support for a twenty-eight-day tour of his play The Mistake.…
Friends have helped highlight the legacy of early atomic scientists in peace lessons for secondary schools.
The Quaker group Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) is calling on all governments and international organisations to create ‘the preconditions for a just peace’, in light of…
Friends are backing a network that is working across the UK to tackle climate denialism. The initiative, called MP Watch, has been set up to monitor climate deniers.
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has called on Rishi Sunak to keep his promises on climate finance. BYM joined ninety-one other organisations in writing to the prime minister to ask…
Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) has published a birthday pack to help Meetings and schools celebrate George Fox’s 400th birthday next year.
A Just Stop Oil (JSO) protestor visited a Quaker Meeting last week to read a prepared statement pressing Friends to take more urgent action on the climate emergency.
Friends discussed the ‘future of ethical socialism’ this month, as twenty-two members of the Quaker Socialist Society (QSS) gathered at Woodbrooke for the first in-person…
Quakers have welcomed announcements that the World Bank and the UK government will allow countries suffering extreme weather events to pause their debt repayments. Britain Yearly…
Quakers in France quoted the 2022 Swarthmore Lecture in response to the rioting that took place in France this month.
Become a subscriber to enjoy unlimited access to our articles, dating back to 2009! Online subscribers get the Friend to their inbox each week, can comment on articles, and dive into our 1914-18 digital archive too!
Whether you are new to Quakerism or have been going to Meeting for years, you’ll find something here to inspire, inform and challenge you.
News | Views | Reviews
Written by and for Friends on the bench
Subscribe