Breakthrough to Unity by Roswitha Jarman By Harvey Gillman Roswitha Jarman has called her Kindlers’ booklet ’Breakthrough to Unity’ as if the human condition (or is it just Quakers?) , were lost in multiplicity. The subtitle ‘The Quaker way held within the mystic tradition’ is ambiguous. The word ’held’ confused me a little but I…
In an article in commentary magazine, Michael Rubin explains the American Friends Service Committee connection to North Korean cooperative farms that he alleges are slave labour camps.
by Michael Bartlet Sixteen-year-olds are too young to drive a car, buy a drink in the pub, or place a bet in Britain. Â They are too young to have civil contracts enforced against them. They cannot vote. Yet they are old enough to join the army where, in the event of hostilities, they may become…
Quakers in Britain are calling on the UK parliament to amend the Armed Forces Bill to raise the age of enlistment to the military. Their submission to the Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill recommends, as a first step towards raising the enlistment age, that under eighteen year olds in the army should be…
by Marisa Johnson I imagine many Friends, including me, may have hoped for a bolder and more decisive lead from Meeting for Sufferings on the issue of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions to help break urgently the deadlock in the moribund peace process in Palestine-Israel. Nevertheless, I am thankful that Area Meetings around the country have…
Quakers in Britain have welcomed the government’s announcement, today, 17 February, that civil partnerships will be allowed to be celebrated on some religious premises, if a faith group wishes. This was introduced as part of the Equality Act 2010, section 202. The equalities minister, Lynne Featherstone has revealed that the government will consult on the reform of…
Why I am a Quaker, how I am a Quaker by Roger Knight  Why Quaker? People play an important part in our spiritual journey. I wish I could say that mine was significantly influenced when I came through the door at Westminster Meeting and was welcomed with smiles and laughter by dear Doris.  However…
Back page interview, from the Church Times ‘I found myself staring at this Quaker poster every day for three weeks’ Geoffrey Durham Quaker, magician I went straight into working as an actor in Glasgow after leaving university, and then became a theatre director at the Everyman, Liverpool. Through a series of accidents, I found that…
Quakers in Britain are preparing themselves for further action on same-sex marriage this week after a weekend of activity in the national media. Last year, before the change in government, parliament passed the Equality Act, which will allow civil partnerships to be celebrated at some religious premises, if the faith group agrees. Anticipating further progress…
The Swarthmore Lecture is an institution that has found its home as a significant part of Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham and Britain Yearly Meeting. The first lecture was delivered in 1908 by Rufus Jones and since then, a new lecture has been commissioned every year. We’ve now had 102 lectures. The preface to the first…