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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.
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4 September 2024
Sharing our lives and living in the Spirit: reflections from the Quaker World Plenary
by Adrian Glamorgan
Adrian Glamorgan, Executive Secretary for Asia West Pacific Section of Friends World Committee for Consultation, reports back from the Quaker World Plenary.
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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?
