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  • 13 May 2013
    Lies, damned lies and statistics: politicians and the sacredness of facts

    As Michael Gove joins Iain Duncan Smith and David Cameron in misusing and misrepresenting facts for his own purposes, Jill Segger argues that politicans have taken another step towards destruction of the trust which is essential if our common democratic life is to thrive.

  • 28 Mar 2013
    Church leader to work with Brazil’s National Truth Commission

    A Central Committee member of the World Council of Churches, a Methodist lecturer, has joined up with Brazil’s National Truth Commission.

  • 10 Mar 2013
    #TruthfromPoliticians: time to demand better

    Not long ago, a solicitor who has recently started attending Quaker Meetings for Worship told me that over a lifetime of practice, he had on many occasions been impressed by Friends who would put themselves at a legal and financial disadvantage by strict adherence to the truth. Although this is by no means a virtue confined to Quakers, its absence is perhaps more common than its presence and has in recent weeks, come into sharp political focus.

  • 18 Jul 2011
    News International and the 'Seekers after truth'

    Amid the moral turmoil and instability surrounding News International, there is a message for our own times in the steadfast pursuit of truth shown by the Seekers who gathered to listen to George Fox on Firbank Fell in 1652, says Jill Segger

  • 24 Nov 2009
    A truthful antidote to 'savvy cynicism'

    Moral relativism, confusion and cynical resignation to the pressures of realpolitik bring apathy in their train, says Jill Segger. Truthfulness is about a different and hopeful way of living.

  • 7 Jan 2008
    Truth Discovery in Divided Societies

    A conference organised and held by St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation

  • 14 Mar 2007
    Too much talk, too little meaning

    Never before has the opportunity for discourse, and the challenge to its essential truthfulness, been greater.