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CONTENTS – VOL 168 NO 49

INDEPENDENT QUAKER JOURNALISM SINCE 1843

3 Reflecting on peace in Nottingham 4 More affordable housing needed for young people 5 Citizens action together 6-7 Coming to America Simon Webb 8-9 Letters 10 Poem: In a young time Gerard Benson 11 Poem: Vegetation III Carol Gardiner 12 Morality versus religion Janet Scott 13 Elfrida: the story of a personal commitment Paul Lacey 14 Medical contributions of Quakers JMS Pearce 15 Science isn’t everything Ian Kirk-Smith 16 Q-eye 17 Friends & Meetings Cover image: Photo: Trish Carn. See pages 6-7 and 10-15. Images on this page: Top, the dove-shaped plan of the Peace Garden in Lenton Abbey Park and below, two of the children learning to plant. Photos: Andrew Edis.

Correction: Open letter – There are currently forty animals currently captive in four British circuses not four animals in four circuses as printed in the 26 November issue (page 5).

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