Wednesday, 24 November 2021

The sound of doors being bolted shut

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When you are researching an archive, the historical events that form its background can unexpectedly connect with your own family's hist...
Sunday, 21 November 2021

The I Ching, Cary Baynes and Irene Pickard

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Archives always hold unexpected discoveries. One of them in Irene Pickard's archive was a letter between her and Cary Baynes , best know...
Friday, 19 November 2021

Radical re-centring

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Part of the wonderful journey of discovery resulting from researching Irene Pickard's archive – it was like being a tourist for six year...
Monday, 15 November 2021

A republic of seekers not an empire of believers

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From the very start Quakerism was a rebellion against institutionalised religion. Quakers felt that the churches – notably the Catholic, Ang...
Thursday, 4 November 2021

Complete, definitive & long, or selective & short?

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What to do? What to do? Masses of material: many documents, papers, articles, speeches, letters, booklets, notes, drafts, etc. Add an associ...
Sunday, 24 October 2021

What Is Spirituality? Spirituality is like an adventure park waiting to be explored

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Firstly, you don't have to give up! You don't have to be like people who equate spirituality with a religion they decide is false, t...
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Saturday, 23 October 2021

Where to begin?

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Fitting an archive into its historical context poses a question of where to begin. The obvious answer is 'begin at the beginning'; b...