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A place for insight, analysis and action.
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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.
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21 August 2025
Still here – making connections by exploring Quaker history
by Rhiannon Grant
Quaker history is well known and intriguing. Rhiannon Grant shares how Quaker heritage can create a starting point for conversations about Quakers today.
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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 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.
