We have David Cryer, Chair of Harrow Humanists to thank for this poem – he is sharing poems suitable to the times – and our Secretary Tony Brewer for sorting through them and choosing this one! It’s perfect: Smile by Spike Milligan Smiling is infectiousYou can catch it like the fluWhen someone smiled at me… Read more »

Falling in love with Montaigne, 427 years onfrom SELHuG Committee Member Trevor Moore Even on the highest throne in the world, you are still only sitting on your arse. Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592 Until I read Sarah Bakewell’s magnificent 2010 bestseller How to Live: A life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at… Read more »

We think we know what to do, in order to keep our lives on track during these difficult times. Keeping to a routine, talking to friends and relatives by phone or video-call… But it is reassuring to get expert advice on what the most important steps are. SELHuG supporter Isabel Muttreja works for national mental… Read more »

Tributes have been pouring in for SELHuG President Barbara Smoker, who died on the 7th of April. Here are a selection that have come in since we reported her death last month. Bromley Humanists secretary Asad Abbas says meeting Barbara in 2003 changed the course of his life: “From what she said I became convinced… Read more »

Our President Barbara Smoker dies at age of 96 We are very sad to report that our President, the veteran thinker and campaigner Barbara Smoker, died at the age of 96, on Tuesday 7th April. She was a founder member of the South East London Humanist Group in 1960 and its Chair for many years…. Read more »