Another Night with James Baldwin
THE FIRST EVENT SOLD OUT VERY QUICKLY! We are very excited to offer another opportunity to experience A Night With James Baldwin. This ground-breaking event makes an incredible earth shattering promise – You will never be the same again! The film will be introduced by Dr Michelle Asantewa PhD, followed by a screening of the […]
Why We Tell Stories – and How We Live Them Out
Why do we tell stories? And why, most particularly do we tell the same ones over and over again in different forms (Jaws, for instance, is essentially a rewriting of Beowulf). The answer lies in human psychology and the structure of the brain. Humans are divided beings and stories try to tell us ways we can […]
Helping People feel Connected and Belonging
This workshop will look at specific case studies around the “Raising Children Parenting Programme”. This is an Adlerian based parenting programme delivered throughout Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. We will select parts of the parenting programme to look at in more detail: the triggers that support change, and movement within a parent leading to feelings of connectedness. […]
Rendlesham — Deconstructing a Myth
Over the past 30 years the Rendlesham Forest incident has become one of the top ten UFO cases in the world as voted by UFO believers, and is now often described as the “British Roswell”. Here, skeptical investigator Ian Ridpath looks at the main points of the case and provides explanations for each in turn, correcting various […]
Percy Bysshe Shelley: a literary and musical exploration of his humanism
Rationality amidst idealism, social conscience and political activism amidst romanticism, atheism amidst spiritual gnosis, a key English literary figure in exile, speaking out for humanism, verily a humanist out of time — we invite you to an inspirational talk and musical presentation by John Webster that will reveal how humanist ideals animated the work of […]
Uri Geller And Metal-Bending: Fact, Fiction or Fakery?
One of the greatest and strangest phenomena of recent times is the rise of Uri Geller and the belief that minds can bend metal. This special presentation, with live demonstrations, tells the whole story from a unique perspective. Ian Rowland, who performs professionally as ‘The Mind Man’, is friends with (and has been hired by) both […]
Jayson Gillham – Romantic Bach
Romantic Bach – from intimate to epic on the modern piano A selection of Bach originals and transcriptions from organ, violin and cantata Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was the undisputed master of Counterpoint – the art of setting independent musical lines against each other, and interweaving them to create harmony. The complexity with which Bach […]
Why It’s Time for Doughnut Economics
Economics is broken. It has failed to predict, let alone prevent, financial crises that have shaken the foundations of our societies. Its outdated theories have permitted a world in which extreme poverty persists while the wealth of the super-rich grows year on year. And its blind spots have led to policies that are degrading the […]
Islam and the West: Irreconcilable Differences?
N.B. This event is organised by IRIS. Please send any queries to Giles Game by email (below). Islam and the West: Irreconcilable Differences?. So reads the motion which will be debated in the main hall on Wednesday the 9th of November. Proposing will be Anne Marie Waters, activist and politician, and Alan Craig, campaigner and […]