As well as our regular monthly talks, we also organise one-off events. We aim for these to be entertaining, sociable , educational and interesting. Events we have organised in the last few years have included visits to places of historical interest, exhibitions, talks and social outings.
We also hold a stall at Nunhead Cemetery Open Day every year and join in with various interfaith events in Lewisham and surrounding areas.
For the schedule of our forthcoming monthly meetings and other events please go here.
Bromley March meeting: Barbara Smoker
When: Wednesday 13th March, 2 – 4pmWhere: Bromley (map) Barbara Smoker, the eminent humanist and secularist, will be speaking on I was President of the National Secular Society for 25 years. You can read about Barbara’s newly released autobiography here.
March social: Visit to the V&A
When: Sunday 24 March 11amWhere: Victoria and Albert Museum, meeting by the information desk (map)Free – no ticket required The V&A museum houses an extraordinary permanent exhibition known as the Cast Courts. They contain exact replicas – made from plaster moulds – of some of the world’s greatest architectural and sculptured marvels such as Michelangelo’s… Read more »
BBC campaign update and February demo
Thought for the Day campaign inspired by George Orwell SELHuG member David Smart was inspired by the George Orwell statue, erected in the precinct of Broadcasting House in November 2017, to take a stand against the exclusion of humanists and other non-religious thinkers from Thought for the Day. There is an inscription beside the statue… Read more »
New Cross March Meeting: Morality as cooperation
When: Thursday 7th March, 7.30pmWhere: New Cross (map) Morality as cooperation: how evolution explains ethics Where does the human desire to ‘be good’ come from? What roles do nature and nurture play? In this talk Dr Oliver Scott Curry explains how science has explained morality, why there are multiple moral instincts, which moral rules are… Read more »
Bromley February meeting: Discussion
When: Wednesday 13th February, 2 – 4pmWhere: Bromley (map) Discussion: “Monotheism is the greatest disaster to have befallen Mankind”? Graham Bell will outline the new analytical techniques that have been used over the last 50 years by impartial scholars to investigate the foundational claims of the 3 major Abrahamic religions. Recent archaeology contradicts many of… Read more »
