Backhouse Lecture Preview: How can we keep from singing?

by Tim Gee | 27 May, 2025

Backhouse Lecture Preview: How can we keep from singing? The Backhouse Lecture will be presented from 19:30 AEST on Monday 7 July at Melbourne University, as part of Australia Yearly Meeting. Visit quakersaustralia.info for more information on the Backhouse Lecture...

Thoughts on the Backhouse Lecture 2024

by Rosemary Longhurst | 1 Dec, 2024

Backhouse Lecture: “Diverse liveries: Quakers responding to disability and difference”

by Jackie Leach Scully | 2 Jun, 2024

Backhouse Lecture: “Diverse liveries: Quakers responding to disability and difference” Jackie Leach Scully, 2024 Backhouse Lecturer The Lecturer Jackie Leach Scully has been involved with Quakers for over 40 years, first in the United Kingdom, then Switzerland, again...

Know thy Friend: Jenny Spinks

by Peter Jones | 5 Mar, 2023

Know thy Friend: Jenny Spinks Jenny Spinks Peter Jones, Tasmania Regional Meeting Jenny was born in 1951 into a Quaker family in England, with roots on her father’s side going back to the early days of Friends in Wensleydale. During the First World War her grandfather...

Know thy Friend: Adrian Glamorgan

by Peter Jones | 4 Sep, 2022

Know thy Friend: Adrian Glamorgan Adrian Glamorgan (Photo by Susan Hill) Peter Jones, Tasmania Regional Meeting Adrian was born in South Wales: his first years were on the Gower Peninsula, near Abertawe (Swansea). This ancient, rural and officially designated “Area of...