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Fukushima remembered at Heysham
Lancaster Friend Mo Kelly is one of the organisers of a one-hour vigil to be held at the Heysham Nuclear Power Station in Lancaster at noon on Saturday 8 March to commemorate the accident three years ago at Fukushima in Japan. The anniversary of the nuclear incident at the Fukushima Daiichi...
The Winchester Whisperer
A fragile historical document written on toilet paper and housed in the library of Friends House was featured this week in a new BBC world war one project. The Winchester Whisperer was a newsletter written by conscientious objectors in Winchester Prison.
Fairtrade Fortnight highlights ‘banana wars’
Fairtrade Fortnight, which this year runs between 24 February and 9 March, will highlight the struggle of banana farmers around the world. Bananas, along with shopping basket staples such as bread and milk, have become a battleground on which the big four supermarkets – Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys and Morrisons – compete for market...
Woodbrooke launches online postgraduate courses
The first online postgraduate courses in Quakerism have been launched by the Woodbrooke Centre for Postgraduate Quaker Studies in Birmingham. The Centre, in conjunction with one of the top dozen universities in the UK, Lancaster University, is now offering the first online postgraduate courses in Quakerism: a Postgraduate Certificate...
Research grants opened up
The Friends Historical Society (FHS) research grants have been made available to more people than ever before. The awards, which are up to £500 each, will be open for the first time to non-academic researchers. A maximum of four grants will be made in 2014.
Lessons learned at Winchmore Hill
Winchmore Hill Quakers have announced that work will begin this spring on renovations to their Grade II listed Meeting house. The news that work will start soon marks a significant success for local Friends and their fundraising campaign. Winchmore Quakers are keen to share with other Friends and Meetings...
Scottish referendum on the agenda
The forthcoming referendum on Scottish independence will be raised at next month’s General Meeting of Friends in Scotland. ‘One of the challenges in this debate and decision is where to begin’, Christine Davis writes in the current edition of the Scottish Friend. In the article she outlines some...
2015 Swarthmore Lecture
Diana Francis, the peace activist and conflict transformation expert, will be the 2015 Swarthmore lecturer, the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre has announced.
Audio initiative at Friends House
Friends who were not able to attend the recent conference at Friends House in London entitled ‘Faith: What’s God got to do with it?’ can now listen to what they missed.
Scottish honour for Jocelyn Bell Burnell
The Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland’s national academy of science and the arts, has elected Jocelyn Bell Burnell as its first female president. Jocelyn graduated in Natural Philosophy from the University of Glasgow in 1965 and then gained her PhD from Cambridge in 1969. From 1982-1991 she worked at the...