Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?
Cathi Unsworth is the author of six pop-cultural crime novels based on real-life unsolved or controversial cases. Her latest, That Old Black Magic (Serpent’s Tail), interweaves the true stories of the Hagley Woods mystery of 1943 and the trial of Helen Duncan, the last woman to be prosecuted for witchcraft in the UK, in 1944. […]
Creating Rituals for your Wellbeing and Empowerment
In this interactive event, Tiu de Haan will be facilitating an exploration of the transitions within our lives, offering us moments for celebration and reflection on where we’ve been, where we are now, and where we are going. Celebrant and creative facilitator Tiu strongly believes in the great power of ritual – an act as […]
A conversation: are social media compatible with Humanist ideals?
Social media can bring people together but it can also be harmful. Jeff and Stells will share their thoughts on whether social media, on balance, does more harm than good. Stells is a frequent enthusiastic user and defender of social media while Jeff has a number of misgivings. Each will have a few minutes to […]
The Return Journey by Barbara Marks
The Return Journey Setting out, coming home Researching the energy gates with painting on paper and collage Reveals through the train window Setting out, coming home glimpses of my father’s life his experience as a Japanese Prisoner of War building the Burma Railway an installation using photos, excerpts from his war time diary and […]
Thinking on Sunday: Alt-Right – From 4chan to the White House
Mike Wendling‘s book “is a vital guide to understanding the Alt-Right – the white nationalist, misogynist, far-right movement that rose to prominence during Donald Trump’s successful election campaign in the United States.” This talk will look at the support for this reactionary network, arguing that while Trump is in office and the far-right grows across […]
Thinking on Sunday: Divided – Living in an Age of Walls
Talk of Donald Trump’s plans for a border wall with Mexico and the ongoing debate about Europe’s Schengen Agreement are symbolic of a wider, often heated, global discussion about borders, immigration and cultural change. Nationalism and identity politics are on the rise once more. Thousands of miles of fences and barriers have been erected since […]
Thinking on Sunday: Why the World Needs A Vagina Museum
There is a penis museum in Iceland, but no vagina equivalent anywhere in the world. Comedian Florence Schechter discusses why she chose to set up the world’s first bricks and mortar vagina museum and the strange reactions she’s received along the way. The museum will have four permanent galleries: science, culture, society and history. The science […]
Thinking on Sunday: Save Democracy – Abolish Voting
Referendums have a popular appeal. They promise to put ordinary voters in control, and sideline the self-serving elites. Save Democracy – Abolish Voting sets out to offer an alternative way of managing a democracy that will achieve both of these aims in much more effective, and incorruptible way. It is a proposal that takes the best […]
Angela Brownridge (piano)
Commemorating Debussy’s Centenary year, renowned Debussy interpreter Angela Brownridge will open the programme with ‘Pour le Piano’ after which she will enter the world of Romantic reflection with Mendelssohn’s Variations Sérieuses, concluding the first half with Chopin’s masterpiece, his Polonaise in A flat. The second half will set us alight with works by Samuel Barber, […]