Past Events and News

  • Thursday 28th September: Film – The Oil Machine

    Thursday 28th September: Film – The Oil Machine

    Thursday, 28 September 2023: Film – The Oil Machine ‘Oil has been an invisible machine at the core of our economy and society. It now faces an uncertain future as activists and investors […]

  • AGM 2023

    AGM 2023

    Our 2023 AGM went very well on Saturday 15th July, thanks to all those who attended. Here are the key points. After steering us successfully through the last few years, […]

  • Trade Unions in the 21st Century

    Trade Unions in the 21st Century

    June’s talk was a very informative account of the foundations of the modern Trade Union movement, its achievements and current challenges. Our speaker was Kevin Treweeks, a local trade union […]

  • June 23 Update

    June 23 Update

    I’ve been a bit lax with updates recently, so here’s what we’ve been up to over the last few months. Our March talk was from Rebecca Vincent, a local humanist […]

  • Robin Ince – Bibliomaniac

    Robin Ince – Bibliomaniac

    Robin Ince was again very generous with his time in February and came to Plymouth to talk about his latest book, Bibliomaniac. He gave a very entertaining talk, as you […]

  • Dartington to Totnes Walk

    Dartington to Totnes Walk

    Our first walk of 2023 was from Dartington to Totnes. We travelled out by bus and back by train. We were fortunate to have Tom, who lives in Totnes, meet […]

  • Talking to Children about Humanism

    Talking to Children about Humanism

    Our first talk of 2023 was from our Secretary, Tim Purches.  Tim has been a volunteer school speaker for six years, and he talked his experiences over that time. After […]

  • December ’22 Walk around Yelverton

    December ’22 Walk around Yelverton

    We had a break from talks in December, but we still organised a social event. Instead of our usual Christmas buffet (the World Cup meant we wanted to avoid meeting […]