There’s More to Reading Than Words
Unless you have some futuristic dictating technology or someone is reading aloud, if you’re reading this right now, it’s likely that you can read. Reading is part of our society, we read to learn, we read to stay connected, to keep updated with the world around us – to broaden our horizons. Reading empowers us. […]
Ending Conversion Therapy: A Panel of Diverse Voices Opposing Abuse
A dialogue event between LGBT people from different faith and belief backgrounds. LGBT Humanists have organised a panel discussion where LGBT people with different religions and beliefs will engage in a dialogue in which the central question is ‘can we agree a course of action on conversion therapy?’ The panel speakers have been self-selected as […]
Making Life Happier – With Dr Mark Williamson
Join us for an inspiring event with Dr Mark Williamson about how to make life happier – for ourselves and others around us too. How can we overcome pain? What is our purpose in life? Can we improve our relationships? What transforms our mental and physical health? How can we contribute to a happier world? […]
Fundamentalism Rising: Humanism Under Threat in India and Bangladesh
There may be a long-term global trend toward humanism, but in some regions of the world, we are witnessing a reverse trend, with an alarming rise of religious and nationalist fundamentalist groups. India and Bangladesh are one theatre of a backlash of violence and discrimination against the rationalist and atheist community. These are countries with […]
I is for Insult: questioning “Borderline Personality Disorder”
Workshop This one-day workshop will cover both practical and theoretical approaches to the disputed diagnosis of “Borderline Personality Disorder”, facilitated by someone with lived / living experience of these issues. It aims to strike a balance between questioning the construct and discussing practical approaches to some of the difficulties associated with it. This is to […]
Women of Colour Against The Sex Trade
SPACE International proudly presents ‘Women of Colour Against the Sex Trade’, the very first event of its kind in Britain. The event will bring together women of colour from across the globe to discuss their experiences in prostitution and/or of frontline service provision to women in prostitution, and their collective opposition to the global sex […]
Harmoniemusik
Paul Guinery is the soloist in Haydn’s Piano Concerto in D major and Sarah Devonald leads Britten’s haunting Phantasy Quartet for oboe and strings, while the ever-popular baroque ‘fix’ comes in the form of a Corelli concerto grosso. Contrast is provided by two of Bruch’s wonderful opus 72 trios played by Mark Lacey, Alec Forshaw […]
Philosophy Book Club: Derek Parfit’s ‘On What matters’
Our first book will be Derek Parfit’s groundbreaking On What Matters (2011), which the philosopher Peter Singer described as having ‘for the first time in decades, put those who reject objectivism in ethics on the defensive.’ Singer also helpfully noted that ‘ the core of the argument comes in the first 400 pages, which is […]
#MeToo in the Age of Trump: Is Women’s Liberation Progressing?
Speakers Helen Lewis – Associate Editor, New Statesman Naz Shah MP – Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities Ayesha Hazarika – Comedian and former political adviser to Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband More speakers to be announced… Arguably, now more than ever, awareness of everyday sexism, generalised misogyny, rape culture, and sexual assault has reached an all-time high. The […]