Plans to reform the Human Rights Act will create two classes of humans – one with protected rights and another whose rights could be violated, Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has…
It was difficult to know someone in the Spirit unless you first knew them in the temporal, said Siobhan Haire, introducing herself as clerk nominate of YM 2022. Like many Friends,…
Before worship on Sunday morning, Friends dealt with greetings to other Yearly Meetings and some simplification to the section in Quaker faith & practice on marriage.
A Friend has written about her experiences as a Quaker representative for this year’s World Day of Prayer (WDP).
Quakers have called for ‘urgent, fair and transformative’ action to transform the root causes driving climate change. Members of the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) made a…
Friends have expressed their frustration about last Monday’s changes to the Policing Bill, in which MPs voted down ‘the positive changes’ made by members of the House of…
Saturday morning was chilly for those Friends gathered in The Light. The room garners its environmental credentials from using body heat. Unfortunately this needs 100 or more…
A Quaker professor spoke at the University of St Andrews last month about ‘Growing Trust in an Anxious Season’. Rachel Muers, a professor of Theology at the University of…
A Quaker arts-and-crafts furniture maker is to be celebrated this month with an exhibition dedicated to his work.
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