16th March 2012

The cycle of bikes

by Raymond Mgadzah

A bicycle-recycling project run by Hull Quakers is raising funds for a cash-strapped charity for the homeless in that northern town.

9th March 2012

Pendle Hill

by Gerald Hewitson
9th March 2012

The object of our nonbelief

by Ernest Hall
9th March 2012

Thought for the Week: Healing, not hurting

by Barbara Tonge

Our daughter died at the age of ten following a road traffic accident. She was on a life support machine, which was switched off in a matter of days, not weeks or months or even…

9th March 2012

Syria in crisis

by Alexander Macpherson-Glasgow

The legal philosopher Neil McCormick said that jurisprudence is peddling in the shallows of philosophy. I am inclined to agree. If a cause is right or wrong, it should be possible…

9th March 2012

The eviction of Occupy

by Symon Hill

‘The Great Creator… made the Earth to be a common treasury,’ wrote Gerrard Winstanley in 1649, shortly before his Digger community was evicted from common land. ‘Not one…

2nd March 2012

Quakers and creation: The unity of things

by Stuart Masters
2nd March 2012

Diseases of affluence

by Mandy Moore
2nd March 2012

Thought for the Week: Fairtrade Fortnight

by Judi Brill

Years ago, during supper at Woodbrooke, the Friend in residence called for a few minutes of silence to give thanks for the food we were eating and for the hand that grew it. This…

2nd March 2012

A moral lead for bankers?

by Tommy Gee

The subject of a lack of ‘moral leadership’ in important sectors of society, such as banking and finance, is a topical and important one. Leading commentators in the Church of…

2nd March 2012

The message from St Paul’s

by Ian Kirk-Smith

‘Riot police clearing the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral was a terrible sight. This is a sad day for the church.’  Giles Fraser wrote these words on Tuesday morning. They…

2nd March 2012

God’s apostles

by Ken Veitch