Western governments have been urged to cancel debts built up by the Mubarak regime in Egypt.
Quakers have held a Meeting for Worship in a high street bank as part of a protest against corporate tax avoidance. Around twenty Friends peacefully entered Barclay’s Bank in…
Three Quakers are among the 100 most inspiring women in the Midlands, according to a list published by Oxfam ahead of International Women’s Day.
The introduction of Saturday’s preparation group on Meeting for Sufferings focused on four specific questions. In the event, more than half the comments and questions focused on…
An attempt to restrict the power of legal ‘loan sharks’ has been rejected by the House of Commons after the government opposed the measure. There is currently no upper limit on…
The end of an era at Charney Manor, the Quaker conference and retreat centre in Oxfordshire, was marked with a celebration on Saturday 5th February.
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