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A place for insight, analysis and action.
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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
Faith, repair, and shared responsibility
by Esta Nyeko-Lacek
During Christian Aid Week, Esta Nyeko-Lacek shares key ideas about reparations from Christian Aid's resource on Faith in Repair.
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1 April 2026
Where your treasure is: reparations reflections
by Klaus Huber
Klaus Huber reflects on a short Bible passage in the context of reparations.
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17 February 2026
Hope is our covenant: reparations reflections
by Esta Nyeko-Lacek
Reflecting on a reading from bell hooks, Esta Nyeko-Lacek explores how love offers the emotional and ethical groundwork for repair and justice.
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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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18 December 2024
George Fox 400: Expanding the narrative
by Ellie McCarthy
Ellie McCarthy examines the part George Fox played in Quaker attitudes towards enslavement.
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21 August 2024
Lloyd's of London: underwriting exploitation?
by Anna Lewis
Growing from a small 17th century coffeehouse to a gleaming glass and metal financial headquarters today, Lloyd's of London has played a role in 300 years of British history, including the transatlantic slave trade. But are their actions in the present in line with what they have to say about that history?
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7 August 2024
Dispatches from the Quaker World Plenary
by Marghuerita Remi-Judah
Marghuerita Remi-Judah describes life at the Quaker World Plenary being held in South Africa and online from 5-12 August.
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30 May 2024
Reparations reflections: reading into the silence
by Susan Seymour
Susan Seymour reflects on two passages from Helen Minnis's 2022 Swarthmore Lecture, Perceiving the temperature of the water.
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18 April 2024
Reparations reflections: truth and reconciliation
by Ann Morgan
Ann Morgan reflects on a passage from Ros Martin's book Before I am rendered invisible: resistance from the margins.
