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10 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, One of the things that distinguishes the Woolf Institute from other researchinstitutes is our strive to translate all our research into public education.Academic work sometimes has the reputation of being conducted in an

7 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, Our light, airy and unusual building here at the Woolf has always lent itself to allsorts of events. In the five years since we moved in we have had concerts,comedy events, poetry recitals, dinners and drumming workshops all over

7 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, Over the past few weeks the Woolf Institute, baskingas it has been in the hot summer sun, has been avibrant place, busy with events and the participants inthe various programmes we organise at this time ofyear. Two of these stand

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Over the summer I had the joy of cycling with mydaughter across the solar system. We packed oursandwiches and got on our tandem bike, starting ourjourney at the sun. Mercury, Venus, and Earth wereall within a stone’s throw,

12 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Pentecostalism is the world's fastest growingChristian denomination. The Pentecostal movementclaims hundreds of millions of followers and enjoyspopularity globally, but especially in the majorityworld. Yet many of the world's

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Powerful – Evocative – Moving. These are just someof the words used to describe the CambridgeTheological Federation’s Holocaust Memorial DayCommemoration. There is a long-held tradition withinthe CTF for the Woolf

13 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Ramadan has always embodied for me a delightfullydelicate paradox: it is at once a month ofrenunciation and fulfilment, of stillness and activity,of turning inwards in contemplation and reachingoutwards in charity. Ramadan

10 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends,. Ramadan is coming! Ramadan is a time of the year most which Muslims eagerly look forward to. Buthow can one look forward to a month of struggle and extreme hunger? Why doMuslims indeed anticipate Ramadan with such excitement? It

10 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends,. Religious affairs and world news are never apart for long. At the WoolfInstitute, our thinking, research and outputs are prompted and shaped bymedia stories of issues facing faith communities both in the UK and beyond. President

7 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends,. September always feels like a new start. The newacademic year for schools and universities bringsexcitement, potential, and a little nervousness; with afour-year-old starting school for the first time, I knowthat this is true