Blog
A place for insight, analysis and action.
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20 May 2026
Tangled roots: personal reflections on the Swarthmore Lecture
by Stuart Masters
Stuart Masters shares some of his experience of how Quakers today are shaped by the past - and might still turn things upside down.
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18 May 2026
A disowned prophet: learning about Benjamin Lay
by Susan Seymour
Susan Seymour reviews the film Becoming Benjamin Lay, as well as other recent work on this radical prophet who was disowned but is now being reclaimed.
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12 May 2026
Speaking up about sanism: love as social action
by Lucy Aphramor
For mental health awareness week, Lucy Aphramor makes links between different aspects of social witness and discusses how justice can reshape our language.
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2 April 2026
Do Quakers still exist?
by Rhiannon Grant
The Quaker movement started in the seventeenth century and is often first encountered in history books: moving to North America in search of religious freedom, for example. Rhiannon Grant shares how Quakers are thriving today.
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18 March 2026
Why Quakers are celebrating the first female Archbishop of Canterbury
by Tim Gee
Ahead of the installation of Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Tim Gee explores how women's ministry absolutely is Biblical.
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16 March 2026
Powerful and not for everyone: The Testament of Ann Lee
by Rhiannon Grant
Rhiannon Grant reviews this recent film, a biography of a woman who received a spiritual leading to found a new community – the Shakers.
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5 March 2026
Women's preaching still justified
by Rhiannon Grant
For International Women's Day, Rhiannon Grant reflects on early Quaker support for women's religious leadership ahead of a modern translation of Margaret Fell's seminal text.
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10 December 2025
Is your Christmas simple, radical, spiritual?
by Rhiannon Grant
Rhiannon Grant reflects on how Quaker traditions and testimony influence how she marks the festive season.
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4 December 2025
Walking with history: reflections on a reparations walking tour
by Zephyr Blofeld
On Saturday 20 November, despite the relentless drizzle, fourteen of us, seven adults and seven young people, set out together on a guided reparations walk through Bristol.
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24 November 2025
A day with Korean Quaker Bongsoo Kwag
by David Mowat
David Mowat toured South Korea in August, making friends across the country. He shares with us his interview with Korean Quaker Bongsoo Kwag.
