Bad Boys access Friends House restaurant

Quakers in Britain have announced a deal with Bad Boys Bakery, the social enterprise formed from a ‘reality’ television series in prison, to stock the bakery’s produce in their award-winning restaurant. The Quakers’ restaurant at their Friends House venue in central London is serving Bad Boys Bakery desserts on Fridays. The restaurant was recently a…

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1944 – Man, Society and Religion

The 1944 Swarthmore Lecture by W Russell Brain, reviewed by John Hall Walter Russell Brain (1895-1966) joined the Friends’ Ambulance Unit in 1915 but did not become a Quaker until 1931, by which time he had been elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, specialising in neurology. Knighted in 1952, he was made…

Fall in number of Quakers in Britain

The number of British Quakers is falling, according to new figures released by Quakers in Britain. Although the number of members has been in decline for many years, the fall in the number of attenders is a change after a few years of growth. The figures have been revealed in the 2012 tabular statement, an…