by Staff Writer | Feb 26, 2023 | Briefing
FROM FEBRUARY to early April, key works from the Methodist Modern Art Collection will be on loan in the city of Bristol. The Collection comprises more than 50 oils, watercolours, prints and some sculptures by leading artists of the last 100 years. It was formed in...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 25, 2023 | Briefing
AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN PEOPLE wrongly classed as ‘educationally subnormal’ in the 1960s and 70s are launching a legal campaign for the government to make amends. An event will be held at the House of Commons on Wednesday 1 March, where those who have...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 25, 2023 | Briefing
FOUR ACTIVISTS in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, were arrested by Northants Police on 22 February, for peacefully protesting against the felling of historically important trees. Responding to the arrests, Oliver Feeley-Sprague, Military, Security and Police...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 24, 2023 | Briefing
AS THE WAR in Ukraine reaches its first anniversary, Quakers are mourning the loss of life, devastation and suffering and are continuing to call for a cessation of fighting, for Russian withdrawal, and for all parties to observe international law. With the conflict...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 24, 2023 | Briefing
ONE YEAR since Russia launched its full-scale, brutal invasion of Ukraine, the interim Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Daniel Högsta, has warned that the world faces a grave risk nuclear weapons could be used for the...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 24, 2023 | Briefing
THE UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has expressed concern that several sets of proposed legislative changes currently being considered in the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) would, taken together, pose serious risks to the effectiveness of the...
