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A place for insight, analysis and action.
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21 November 2024
Foundations and future: meeting for worship and the confident voice of early Friends
by Jonathan Baynham
Jo Baynham reflects on early Quaker insights around Quaker ways of worship and how this forms the foundation of Quaker worship today.
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21 November 2024
The long-term cost of war: how sending landmines to Ukraine undermines the fight for a mine-free future
by Oliver Robertson
Oliver Robertson highlights the ongoing cost of landmines.
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11 November 2024
A path to a better future: David Gray writes from Brummana High School in Lebanon
by David Gray
"Our students go to sleep to the sound of explosions and wake to the constant and nerve-wracking buzzing of drones in the morning sky, but nothing will stop them getting to school."
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5 November 2024
COP29 – could it be a COP of peace?
by Rebecca WalkerWoo and Charlotte Cooper
The next UN climate change talks – COP29 – will begin in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 11 November 2024. Charlotte Cooper and Rebecca WalkerWoo take a look at what to expect and share an invitation to witness.
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31 October 2024
The ones who are forgotten on Remembrance Day
by Dixe Wills
Dixe Wills argues that hearing the stories of conscientious objectors – past and present – helps us to refocus Remembrance on the horrors of war and the need for peace.
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17 October 2024
George Fox's 59 rules for good government
by Lucy Saint-Smith
Lucy Saint-Smith reviews George Fox's rules for good government and asks what we can learn from these today.
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9 October 2024
Reflections on the 2024 Labour Conference: change or business as usual?
by Billy Vaughan
Billy Vaughan reflects on the Labour Party conference 2024.
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20 September 2024
Why, on this International Peace Day, we’re talking about climate justice
by Charlotte Cooper
Charlotte Cooper encourages us to take part in the first ever Global Week of Action for Peace and Climate Justice.
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11 September 2024
Keeping immigration detention centres closed
by Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network
Bridget Walker highlights the need to keep immigration detention centres closed and shares what Friends can do to help.
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10 September 2024
A reflection on 25 years of the Scottish Parliament
by Sarah Komashko
As the Scottish Parliament celebrates its 25th anniversary, Sarah Komashko reflects on Quaker engagement.
