Our Incredible Oceans
The ocean covers 71% of the earths surface and contains some of the most amazing creatures on this planet. Lets take some time during this assembly to wonder at just how incredible they are. We are so excited to have Caroline Riggs along to speak with us for this assembly! As the granddaughter of a […]
RETHINKING HAPPINESS – with Karen Guggenheim & Prof. Paul Dolan
RETHINKING HAPPINESS. We are bombarded with stories about how to live a happy life. But which ideas are helpful and which ones are misleading? At this special event, Karen Guggenheim and Professor Paul Dolan will share inspiring insights and the latest research to help us rethink the prevailing view of happiness and discover a more […]
Rebel Ideas: A Radical Blueprint for Creative Problem-Solving – Matthew Syed
Where do the best ideas come from? And how do we apply them to the problems we face in the biggest shared challenges of our age, like rising obesity, terrorism and climate change? In this masterclass, Times columnist, Olympian and bestselling author Matthew Syed will argue that individual intelligence is no longer enough, and take […]
Make Your Ideas, Products and Brands Triumph – Rory Sutherland
In our data-driven age, businesses usually try to use logic, algorithms and theory to drive sales and solve problems. But there’s a problem with this rational approach: humans are innately illogical, and make unconscious decisions based largely on our emotions. What if there was a deeper, underlying logic to explain our irrational selves? How can […]
How To Save The Planet
The climate crisis is the single biggest threat to human survival. And it is happening right now. We all understand that time is running out — but do we truly believe it? Caught between the seemingly unimaginable and the apparently unthinkable, how can we take the first step towards action, to arrest our race to […]
How to Own the Room: A Masterclass for Women in Public Speaking
From Michelle Obama’s position of ‘happy high status’ and Hillary Clinton’s stillness, to Joan Rivers’s wild gesticulations and Virginia Woolf’s melodic storytelling, there’ll be so much to take away from Viv’s analysis of how these great women have captured our attention when they speak. And lots of achievable tips and exercises. As a stand-up, a […]
Remarkable Minds: Reith Lecturers Imagine Our Future Anita Anand, Jonathan Sumption and more
For more than seventy years, the BBC’s annual Reith Lectures have stood at the summit of British intellectual thought, advancing a universal truth that we forget at our peril: ideas have the power to change the world. In this event, the BBC’s Anita Anand brings together two former Reith Lecturers – world-leading thinkers in the […]
Humanism in the Middle East
Raised in an authoritarian, extremist society by a liberal, open-minded family, Faisal had a unique experience growing up as a bridge between worlds in collision. As he grew up discussing philosophers, literature, and democracy with his father, Faisal also had to endure Iraq under the regime of Saddam Hussein and later the oppressive rule of […]
AAAAAAAAAARGH!!! A Cartoon Anatomy of Contemporary British Politics
Martin Rowson is a multi-award winning cartoonist and writer. He gave a talk to Central London Humanists six years ago and we are delighted that he has offered to come and talk to us again and give us the cartoonist’s take on contemporary British politics! Martin is a former trustee of Humanists UK, and an […]