'Tragically, crimes against humanity are not a rarity in 2026, but Rosebank would be another, on a massive scale.'…
by Rebecca Hardy
Britain’s Yearly Meeting (BYM) expressed disappointment at last week’s announced budget, saying that it fails to deliver the investment needed to tackle the climate emergency,…
The political connections and influences surrounding the Quaker Rowntree family were explored at a free event last weekend.
The winners of this year’s ‘Best Food Producer’ category in the BBC Food and Farming Awards are from a Quaker family.
A group of US Friends held an event last month inviting the public to help clean the gravestones in their still-active burial ground.
Around 100 Quakers gathered at Friends House for a landmark reparations event last week.
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has said Friends ‘lament’ the government’s decision to approve drilling at the Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea.
Christian social action has reached a ‘critical crossroads’, a new study has concluded.
A screenplay about a Victorian Quaker social reformer was nominated for Best Feature Screenplay at the Forward Film & Television Festival 2026 in Birmingham.
The National Trust is facing renewed pressure to drop its links with fossil-fuel banking.
Quakers joined campaigners outside the Houses of Parliament last week to call for oil and gas companies to pay their fair share towards climate damage.
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