by Archive | Mar 15, 2014
‘The Scottish Media, the Referendum and Beyond’ is the title of an important meeting to be held at the Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace EH1 2JL, at 7.30pm on Monday 17 March. ‘The Scottish Media, the Referendum and Beyond’ is the title...
by Archive | Mar 14, 2014
UK Prime Minister David Cameron is threatening to seize computers and cars from people supposedly guilty of benefit fraud, according to media reports. This could reduce their chances of getting work and access to everyday activities, harming families and communities....
by Archive | Mar 13, 2014
A couple of days ago, I sat in a packed church in a Cambridgeshire village to hear Rowan Williams speak about food banks. The former Archbishop of Canterbury was measured and carefully non-party political in his observations. His address was a model of the power which...
by Archive | Mar 13, 2014
The arms company BAE Systems, along with the Royal Air Force, has run a ‘science roadshow’ for pupils at a Christian school in central London. The school is a few minutes’ walk from where I live. The arms company BAE Systems, along with the Royal Air...
by Archive | Mar 12, 2014
A young man I know, (I’ll call him David) who left school just before the global banking crisis, was very keen to get out into the world of work and get a job. His politeness and enthusiasm paid off, and he got a minimum wage job with a discount store, where he worked...
