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Finding Home: The Story of an Irish Traveller Family in Essex

John O’Connor, a proud Irish Traveller, purchased six acres of land at Ayletts Farm, known as Green Acres, in Halstead, near Braintree, Essex. He and his family have made it their home since April 2025. John was born in England and traces his ancestral roots back to...

Chatham Memorial Synagogue and Cemetery An Interview with Jon Weiner

The current synagogue in Medway opened in 1870. It was built by Simon Magnus in memory of his son. Magnus was part of a well-established Jewish family in Kent and played a significant role in supporting the local Jewish community. His contribution to the synagogue...

An Interview with Abdellah Taïa Moroccan author and filmmaker

Abdellah was born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1973, the second youngest of nine children. His parents were poor, relying on his father’s modest wage from the local library to support the entire family. Their home was small and overcrowded—he shared a bedroom with his...

Mr Gay UK Finalist and Charity Campaigner, Jordan Harris

Jordan Harris (32) was born on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent to his English mother and Chinese father. His parents split up when Jordan was four and his mother became a single parent for eight years until she met his stepfather Ian, who has been a father figure ever...

Young People and Gangs

The knife is the weapon: the person behind it is where it starts. Young offending, drugs, knives and gangs have existed for a long time; they are not something new. Thousands of young people every year who are held back by poverty, abuse, addiction and mental health...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 

Featured image:  Elder Jackson Thacker on Gravesend High Street Traditional Christian Churches – Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox – still command the largest allegiance amongst Christians worldwide, but they don’t command exclusive supremacy of those who follow Jesus....

Adolescent Mental Health

Adolescence Painful, greasy, smelly, hormonal, angry are just a few of the names attributed to adolescents.  On one hand, some professionals, including social workers, forget the uphill struggles and peer pressures associated with teenager years. Some think they were...

No Bad Days – Men, Masculinity and Mental Health

Jake Cox – Mental Health Advocate Jake (30) originally hails from Southeast London, but this working-class lad now considers St Mary’s Island in Chatham his new home. He moved there three years ago with his wife as he always wanted to live by the water. He was fed up...

Shea Coffey – Trans Rights Activist

I met with the delightful Shea in Rochester, and over tea and cake, we discussed recent events affecting trans people in the UK. As one of the first authors in the UK to publish a book about trans people in 2017, I am no stranger to trans issues. Since then, much...

Quakerism in Ireland

My first attendance at a Quaker service consisted of sixteen of us sitting around in a circle. The sun shone across the room as we closed our eyes and settled our minds. Although I could hear traffic in the background, mingled with the sound of birds in the courtyard,...

The Prophet Muhammad

For as long as I have known Muslims, I have been aware of their unwavering love and respect for the founder of their beloved religion. This has been a pleasure to observe, especially at times when their religion has been under criticism and provoked feelings of fear...

Ramadan

A delayed flight from Aberdeen to London resulted in me missing the last train home to Kent. Getting a taxi resulted in an unexpected conversation about Islam with the driver. Salman, a British-born Bengali, in his thirties, worked during the day in a professional...

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