Past Events and News
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Autumn/Winter news ‘25
We had another of Dr Martin Lavelle’s very popular physics talks in November. This time he discussed quantum theory – it’s enormous power in describing how the natural world operates […]
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Remembrance Day, 11th November 2025
Here’s the text of the short speech Martin, one of the humanist volunteers at the University of Plymouth Pastoral and Spiritual Care Team, gave at the University’s Remembrance Ceremony this […]
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September and October ‘25 update
After a quieter couple of months over the summer, we started our Autumn series of talks with our most popular event for some time. Over 60 people packed out the […]
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AGM 2025
Thanks to all of you who came to our AGM on Saturday 19th July and joined us for the meal at Toot afterwards. Our committee is unchanged from last year […]
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May and June News
We’ve had a great run up to our summer break this year, with two fantastic and very well attended talks. Michael Marshall spoke to us in May about how to […]
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April ’25 – Talk by Dr Rich Boden
We had a fascinating talk from Dr Rich Boden of Plymouth University in April. He took us back to the origins of multicellular life to look at what we know […]
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15 Years of Plymouth Humanists
This year marks the 15th anniversary of Plymouth Humanists. We’ve achieved a great deal over that time. We organised over 100 talks on very varied topics, ranging from the works […]
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March ’25 talk – Combating violence against women and girls in Plymouth.
Meghan Field, Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategic Lead at Plymouth City Council, came to speak to us about what is a worrying but important issue. She told us […]
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February Events
February was a busy time for us. To start off the month we saw the Danish film ‘The Girl with the Needle’, a beautifully filmed but disturbing story. Later in […]
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January ’25 talk – Urban Wildlife
We had an amazing turn out for our talk on urban wildlife in January. Over 40 people packed the B-Bar to hear Dr James Buckley talk about the challenges of […]