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SELHuG at Deptford Pride

When: Saturday 17th August, midday until lateWhere: Giffin Square between Deptford Church Street and High Street. (map) LGBT Humanists and South East London Humanists will be at Deptford Pride on Saturday 17th August, with fellow stall-holders in Giffin Square. Starts at midday, goes on till late, see you there. Link to facebook event here.

BBC campaign update and August demo

Our stalwart campaigners continued the SELHuG Thought for the Day demonstration at the BBC from 4-6pm on 9th July. As always there were many willing recipients of our anniversary flyer, as well as many words of support and a nice shout out on Twitter from Louisa McGeehan:  The campaign committee will meet shortly to discuss… Read more »

Bromley Sept meeting: Green Growth?

When: Wednesday 11th September, 2 – 4pmWhere: Bromley (map) Our speaker is Roger Manser who is currently retired. He previously worked as an editor/journalist in commodities and in particular the world steel industry. He is a member of SE London Global Justice Now and the Green Party. In his talk Roger will define green growth… Read more »

New Cross Sept meeting: What is Humanism?

When: Thursday 5th September, 7.30pmWhere: New Cross Learning (map) What is a humanist approach to life? We discuss what humanism means to us and why it is relevant today. Everyone who would like to is invited to speak for five minutes on the top three ways humanism is important for individuals and society.

Review: Smoke and Mirrors exhibition

SELHuG enjoyed a really entertaining exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in July called Smoke and Mirrors: The Psychology of Magic. It was fascinating to see the history of magicians and spiritualists, seances and haunted houses. And incredible that some scientists such as Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle believed in the afterlife and that the… Read more »