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I presented my final Pause for Thought for February on BBC Radio 2. Winter might finally be on its way out, but what do we do if it lingers on inside us? Quakers know experientially there’s always a glimmer of light to be found in the darkness. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0n2m8s9

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I presented my third Pause for Thought of the month on BBC Radio 2, this time on fasting as Lent begins this week. Quakers don’t have a corporate practice of fasting, but we do have a practice of simplicity which can have a similar purpose. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0n0xftn

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I’m back on the radio! You can find me presenting Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2 each Monday in February in the early hours. In this first instalment, I talk about one of my favourite films, Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival (2016), and why my sister is a much more accomplished linguist than me. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0mygqkf

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My article on ‘Whiteness and Quaker Universalism in Britain’ is now available to freely download. I think it’s a very good piece, and I hope you agree. Enjoy! https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/qrt/vol142/iss1/5/

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