University of Bradford Peace Studies department celebrates 5

In the University of Bradford archives, there is a copy of a letter addressed to former Prime Minister Ted Heath, asking if he would contribute to a Quakers' appeal to fund a School of Peace Studies. It was the early 1970s, the Vietnam War still raged on, but in a pocket of Yorkshire, a bold and ambitious campaign of hope was being carried out.

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