In this blog you'll find details of our past events, as well as other information about what Plymouth Humanists get up to

April Events

We had another full month in April, starting with a conservation walk at Warleigh Point Nature Reserve. The bluebells seem a little earlier this year, and so were putting on a fantastic display, along with Wild Garlic and other spring flowers.
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Plymouth Skeptics in the Pub: The Hidden Dangers of Anthroposophy

Steiner Schools and Biodynamic farming seem increasing popular.  But how many are aware of the problematic ideas that underly them?

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What's a Social Enterprise?

Plymouth is a ‘Social Enterprise City’ and parts of it have some of the highest densities of these type of organisations in the country.  Yet the nature of Social Enterprises is not always clear to people.

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Robin Ince - I'm a Joke and So Are You: A Comedian’s Take on What Makes Us Human

It was fantastic to have Robin Ince as a guest for our January talk.  As you’d expect, it was a very popular event.  Robin was mainly talking about his recent book “I'm a Joke and So Are You: A Comedian’s Take on What Makes Us Human”, but as you’d expect from his own unique brand of humour, the topics were wide ranging and Robin himself as entertaining as ever.

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Spirituality without a soul: can Humanism contribute to spiritual development in schools?

The word ‘spiritually’ is one that often divides Humanists, but Jackie Watson, our November speaker, made a strong case for why we, at least sometimes, need to embrace it.

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  1. Book Club - To Kill A Mockingbird
  2. Death Cafe
  3. Open Mic Night
  4. Refugees and the work of aid groups
  5. First Discussion Group Meeting
  6. AGM 2018
  7. Medicines for pain and distress? How much is too much?
  8. Social Mobility Matters
  9. What have the Anarchists ever done for us?
  10. Warleigh Point April '18
  11. Islamist fundamentalism and its impact on women
  12. Hidden hunger - Food and poverty (action) in Plymouth
  13. Online course about Humanism
  14. New year events 2018
  15. How to be certain about anything, even when you've got no evidence
  16. Comment piece in Western Morning News
  17. Xmas 2017
  18. Keeping Money Local
  19. Book Club - Mortality
  20. Joint Social with Cornwall Humanists
  21. Talk to Plymouth Unitarians
  22. Percy Bysshe Shelley: A Humanist Out of Time
  23. Child Online Safety or a Safeguarding Dystopia?
  24. The Big Change in Religion and Belief
  25. September Book Club - Pandaemonium
  26. June’s talk: How Secular Is Britain?
  27. Early Summer activities
  28. Amish to Atheist
  29. Political Activism and the Women's Equality Party
  30. What does the future hold for Devon’s Natural Environment?
  31. Conservation walk and Darwin Day meal '17
  32. AC Talk Jan 17
  33. Looking forward to 2017
  34. Wellbeing – why it matters and what we can do about it
  35. School Speakers Training
  36. Book Club - The Young Atheist’s Handbook
  37. October’s talk - Aliyah Saleem and Faith to Faithles
  38. Human Rights in a Time of Uncertainty
  39. Summer activities '16
  40. Conservation Walk July '16

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