April 2021


Don Mason, In Memoriam
Ruth Mason

 I was really appreciative of The Guardian’s recognition of the contribution my dad made in his life, in their Other Lives section on 15 March 2021...Read More.


A Blind Person’s COVID
Ellen Bassani

It’s been hard for all of us, this lock down, social distancing and fumbling for hand sanitizers. Suddenly, life as we knew it had changed for us all …Read More


Bonn Square Installation
Jill Green

Artist friends Jill Green and Nimmi Naidoo have created a temporary installation that can be visited in Bonn Square, Oxford, 8-16 May 2021...Read More


Truth and Integrity in Public Affairs
Richard Seebohm


Tony Crofts and Housing
Fran Ryan

I am sorry to say that my friend and OCLT founder member Tony Crofts died in Bristol on 3 February 2021. Tony leaves behind an impressive legacy…Read More


Mothers 4 Justice Ubuntu
Anne Watson

Local Meeting has agreed to support the Mothers4justice project to disrupt the pipeline between the street and prison for young BAME people...Read More


Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
Deb Arrowsmith

As I write this we are coming up to Easter – as you read this it may well be past. As a ‘birthright’ Anglican, convinced Quaker, I still have a hankering to…Read More


Carbon Cutters or Climate Marchers?
Virginia Allport

During this last year, I have hugely valued the green spaces nearby: the flooded Port Meadow with the honk and whistle of geese and waders…Read More


Lockdown Blues
Charles E Worth

A theatre with no play
A will but not a way
A potter without clay
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From Quaker Faith and Practice
Grigor McClelland, 1976
QF&P 23.47

Compassion, to be effective, requires detailed knowledge and understanding of how society works…Read More


Charity Appeal April 2021
Glen Williams


Final Enquirer Meeting
Anne Watson


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Calendar for April 20212

 


Meetings for Worship, April 2021

 


Forty-Three is Available Online

 


We are very pleased to welcome Michael Hughey onto the Newsletter Editorial Team.


Forty-Three e-Newsletter • Number 504 • April 2021
Oxford Friends Meeting
43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW

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