The Open Hand Monument
Located in India, The Open Hand Monument is a key symbol of the peace movement.
Read more
Latest Posts
The Church Of England’s Garden of Nonconformist Weeds
The Church of England was designed to orderly control state religion, but its garden soon became full of Nonconformist weeds.
Read more
Levellers’ Day
Levellers’ Day is an annual event held in May at Burford, Oxfordshire, to celebrate the 17th century group of radicals.
Read more
International Conscientious Objectors’ Day
International Conscientious Objectors’ Day, held annually every 15 May, commemorates those who refused to kill for war.
Read more
Crownstone Along The Mason–Dixon line
The Mason-Dixon line, marked with crownstones, was surveyed by Quaker Jeremiah Dixon (1733 – 1799) and his partner Charles Mason.
Read more
What Do Young People Care About?
With the largest youth population in world history, what do young people care about?
Read more
The Millennial Generation And The Radical Quaker Faith
The majority of the millennial generation identify with wanting to seek spirituality. But what spirituality? Perhaps Quakerism, holds the key.
Read more
William Penn’s Idea Of A European Parliament
The idea of a European Parliament was first pioneered, in 1693, by the Quaker William Penn.
Read more
A Prism Through Which The Divine Light Passes
In 1704, scientist Isaac Newton published his book Optiks, in which he detailed an experiment with light and a prism.
Read more