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the Friend INDEPENDENT QUAKER JOURNALISM SINCE 1843

CONTENTS VOL 169 NO 48 3 Thought for the Week: Gambling: time for real change Helena Chambers 4-5 News 6 Cathedrals, tents and boardrooms Roger Iredale 7 Still waiting for a law Christine Downes-Grainger 8-9 Letters the Fox report: 10-11 The spoils of addiction Howard Reed 12 The gambler’s tale Kevin Finnerty 13 Quakerism versus chaos Bob Johnson 14 Love is God Barbara Harris 15 Poem: Vocable (for John) Philip Gross 16 q-eye: a wry look at the Quaker world 17 Friends & Meetings

In this weeks issue the Fox Report, compiled and edited by Judy Kirby, investigates the subject of problem gambling. See pages 10-12

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