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Past Events

  • Happy Readers Book Club: The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
    Happy Readers Book Club: The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
    Mon, 29 Mar
    George will email you the zoom link
    29 Mar 2021, 19:00 – 21:00
    George will email you the zoom link
    29 Mar 2021, 19:00 – 21:00
    George will email you the zoom link
    If you would like to join the book club, please email g.m.glansdorp@gmail.com
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  • "What is Life" by Paul Nurse (Happy Readers Book Club)
    "What is Life" by Paul Nurse (Happy Readers Book Club)
    Mon, 27 Sept
    email g.m.glansdorp@gmail.com
    27 Sept 2021, 19:00 – 20:30
    email g.m.glansdorp@gmail.com
    27 Sept 2021, 19:00 – 20:30
    email g.m.glansdorp@gmail.com
    Brian Cox describes "What is Life" as "A nearly perfect guide to the wonder and complexity of existence".
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  • Women Leaving Islam with Maryam Namazie - human rights activist and atheist
    Women Leaving Islam with Maryam Namazie - human rights activist and atheist
    Mon, 01 Mar
    Zoom link to follow
    01 Mar 2021, 19:30 – 21:00
    Zoom link to follow
    01 Mar 2021, 19:30 – 21:00
    Zoom link to follow
    Maryam Namazie is the Spokesperson of One Law for All and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain. Until recently, she hosted a weekly television programme broadcast in Iran in Persian and English called Bread and Roses.
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  • Mind Control - the unconscious, coincidence and decision-making. Dr Magda Osman
    Mind Control - the unconscious, coincidence and decision-making. Dr Magda Osman
    10 Jan 2022, 19:30 – 21:00
    Zoom
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  • Midwinter Humanist Celebration & Social
    Midwinter Humanist Celebration & Social
    Mon, 06 Dec
    Redcatch Community Garden Canopy
    06 Dec 2021, 19:30
    Redcatch Community Garden Canopy, Redcatch Park, Redcatch Rd, Knowle, Bristol BS4 2RD, UK
    06 Dec 2021, 19:30
    Redcatch Community Garden Canopy, Redcatch Park, Redcatch Rd, Knowle, Bristol BS4 2RD, UK
    We would love you to join us for an in-person evening of secular seasonal socialising, with (slightly early) celebration of the solstice.
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  • Angela Saini: How Can We Be Wiser About Human Difference?
    Angela Saini: How Can We Be Wiser About Human Difference?
    Fri, 12 Feb
    https://www.crowdcast.io/e/saini/register
    12 Feb 2021, 18:00 – 19:00
    https://www.crowdcast.io/e/saini/register
    12 Feb 2021, 18:00 – 19:00
    https://www.crowdcast.io/e/saini/register
    To mark this year’s Darwin Day, award-winning science journalist Angela Saini asks how we can build a scientific future that doesn’t resort to biological essentialism.
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  • The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe (Happy Readers Book Club)
    The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe (Happy Readers Book Club)
    Mon, 29 Nov
    Location is TBD
    29 Nov 2021, 19:30
    Location is TBD
    29 Nov 2021, 19:30
    Location is TBD
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  • Spring into Spring – a seasonal celebration…..food, light & sex!
    Spring into Spring – a seasonal celebration…..food, light & sex!
    12 Apr 2021, 19:30 BST
    Online
    Bristol Humanists invite you to spring into Spring: sex, light & food!
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  • Investigating Extreme Beliefs
    Investigating Extreme Beliefs
    Mon, 01 Nov
    Saint Paul's
    01 Nov 2021, 19:30
    Saint Paul's, Brunswick Square, St Paul's, Bristol BS2 8PE, UK
    01 Nov 2021, 19:30
    Saint Paul's, Brunswick Square, St Paul's, Bristol BS2 8PE, UK
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  • A Journey to the Source of Consciousness - with Prof Mark Solms
    A Journey to the Source of Consciousness - with Prof Mark Solms
    Mon, 07 Jun
    Online
    07 Jun 2021, 19:30 BST
    Online
    07 Jun 2021, 19:30 BST
    Online
    In this live talk direct from South Africa, neuro-psychologist Mark Solms will take us on his journey to the source of consciousness.
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  • My Death, My Decision with Phil Cheatle
    My Death, My Decision with Phil Cheatle
    Mon, 04 Oct
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82188293893?pwd=a
    04 Oct 2021, 19:30 – 21:30
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82188293893?pwd=a
    04 Oct 2021, 19:30 – 21:30
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82188293893?pwd=a
    When will assisted dying finally be legalized?
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  • Happy Readers Book Club - The Bonobo and the Atheist by Frans De Waal
    Happy Readers Book Club - The Bonobo and the Atheist by Frans De Waal
    Mon, 24 May
    Zoom
    24 May 2021, 19:00 – 20:30 CEST
    Zoom
    24 May 2021, 19:00 – 20:30 CEST
    Zoom
    We will be discussing the book over zoom on Monday 24th May at 7pm.
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  • 
The Humanism Course
    
The Humanism Course
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, 10 Nov
    Zoom - link provided by email
    10 Nov 2022, 19:00 – 21:00
    Zoom - link provided by email
    10 Nov 2022, 19:00 – 21:00
    Zoom - link provided by email
    Bristol Humanists are trialling a new course on Humanism. It will run for ten sessions each of which will have a short reading and the rest will be a discussion in a small group about the points raised. All are welcome, whether a religious believer or a sceptic.
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  • "Uncontrollable & Infidel Women" - marking Emma Martin's legacy, with Nan Sloane
    "Uncontrollable & Infidel Women" - marking Emma Martin's legacy, with Nan Sloane
    Mon, 07 Nov
    Unitarian Meeting Hall
    07 Nov 2022, 19:30
    Unitarian Meeting Hall, Brunswick Square, St Paul's, Bristol BS2 8PE, UK
    07 Nov 2022, 19:30
    Unitarian Meeting Hall, Brunswick Square, St Paul's, Bristol BS2 8PE, UK
    Celebrating Emma Martin - Bristol’s least known, most important radical woman. Campaigning atheist, feminist, & midwife TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED VIA EVENTBRITE - RSVP ALONE WILL NOT GUARANTEE YOU A PLACE. MEMBERS CAN CLAIM FREE TICKET BY EMAILING bristolhumanists@gmail.com
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  • 
The Humanism Course
    
The Humanism Course
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, 03 Nov
    Zoom - link provided by email
    03 Nov 2022, 19:00 – 21:00
    Zoom - link provided by email
    03 Nov 2022, 19:00 – 21:00
    Zoom - link provided by email
    Bristol Humanists are trialling a new course on Humanism. It will run for ten sessions each of which will have a short reading and the rest will be a discussion in a small group about the points raised. All are welcome, whether a religious believer or a sceptic.
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  • 
The Humanism Course
    
The Humanism Course
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, 27 Oct
    Zoom - link provided by email
    27 Oct 2022, 19:00 – 21:00
    Zoom - link provided by email
    27 Oct 2022, 19:00 – 21:00
    Zoom - link provided by email
    Bristol Humanists are trialling a new course on Humanism. It will run for ten sessions each of which will have a short reading and the rest will be a discussion in a small group about the points raised. All are welcome, whether a religious believer or a sceptic.
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  • 
The Humanism Course
    
The Humanism Course
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, 20 Oct
    Zoom - link provided by email
    20 Oct 2022, 19:00 – 21:00
    Zoom - link provided by email
    20 Oct 2022, 19:00 – 21:00
    Zoom - link provided by email
    Bristol Humanists are trialling a new course on Humanism. It will run for ten sessions each of which will have a short reading and the rest will be a discussion in a small group about the points raised. All are welcome, whether a religious believer or a sceptic.
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  • 
The Humanism Course
    
The Humanism Course
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, 13 Oct
    Zoom - link provided by email
    13 Oct 2022, 19:00 – 21:00
    Zoom - link provided by email
    13 Oct 2022, 19:00 – 21:00
    Zoom - link provided by email
    Bristol Humanists are trialling a new course on Humanism. It will run for ten sessions each of which will have a short reading and the rest will be a discussion in a small group about the points raised. All are welcome, whether a religious believer or a sceptic.
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WHERE WE MEET

We meet the Unitarian Meeting Hall, Brunswick Square, Bristol, BS2 8PE.

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