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Humanists Are Marching!
National Secular Society members and Humanists protesting on Easter Monday in Hyde Park, c.1970 Image © National Secular Society Humanist Library and Archives reference: NSS/7/17 The post Humanists...
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The Grecian Club
Hidden within the archives of the National Secular Society were the minute books and attendance records for a small but influential society called The Grecian Club. The Grecian Club was established by...
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“The English Voltaire”
Thomas Paine, the political activist, philosopher, author, political theorist and revolutionary is one figure who appears in all three archives of the Alternatives to Religion Project – National...
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Secularism in the UK and Internationally
Throughout the 20th century the National Secular Society kept records of local secular society branches and affiliated groups. This included organisations both in the UK and abroad. From the National...
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Campaigning for Secular Education
The National Secular Society has a long history of campaigning for secular education in the UK. Their protest against religious schools has been a key part of their activities since the last century...
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National Secular Society members in Nottingham on 5 June 1949
National Secular Society members in Nottingham on 5 June 1949 attending the Society’s Annual Conference. Image © National Secular Society Humanist Library and Archives reference: NSS/7/17 The post...
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Next month will see the 181st birthday of Charles Bradlaugh
Next month will see the 181st birthday of Charles Bradlaugh, a committed atheist and political activist. Bradlaugh was the founder of the National Secular Society, bringing together localised secular...
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Family Planning Association Picket, 1961
Whilst cataloguing, some unexpected items turned up in the National Secular Society Archives. This collection of photographs (as the handbill explains), were taken during a protest against British...
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“A centenary of trying to make people think”
In 1966 the National Secular Society celebrated 100 years of campaigning for the separation of religion and state. In the run-up to the anniversary they received numerous warm, funny and...
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Explore the History of Secularism, Humanism and Freethought!
After 18 months the Alternatives to Religion cataloguing project reaches its conclusion this week. The project has unearthed the histories of three influential non-theistic organisations, making their...
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Thank You
Thank you for supporting Conway Hall Ethical Society by buying a ticket to one of our events, signing up as a member or volunteering your time. It’s much appreciated. The post Thank You appeared first...
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La Bible Amusante (1882)
La Bible Amusante – Title Page The first of this series of treasures from the library and archives at Conway Hall is an anticlerical book by a French author under the pseudonym of Léo Taxil (Marie...
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The Accusation, Condemnation and Abjuration of Galileo Galilei (1819)
Cover page of The Accusation, Condemnation and Abjuration of Galileo Galilei This gem was recently discovered in the Library at Conway Hall. Published by Richard Carlile (1790-1843) in 1819, it is an...
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19th Century Finance Records
This month’s choice is a selection of finance reports from the 19th century. They are largely finance committee reports from the early days of our organisation in South Place, Finsbury (1824-1929), and...
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Secularism in the UK and Internationally
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Handbook of the Bazaar (1898)
This month’s document is a brochure to an event held at South Place in 1898 to raise funds to pay off the debt of the chapel. The brochure gives a wonderful insight into the myriad of activities held...
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Society dinners and events
This month focuses on a few photographs from dinners and social events held by some of our freethinking brethren and which are held in our archives. Locations include fabulous restaurants around...
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Architecture and Place: introducing a Conway Hall digitisation project
Herbert Mansford plaque, 1929 “All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.” – Philip Johnson...
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Conway the Journalist
Moncure Daniel Conway was a prolific writer, authoring a multitude of books and pamphlets and contributing to a number journals and magazines. In 1860, when Conway was twenty-eight, he founded The...
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Architecture and Place: June 2016 update
Basement blueprint A profound design process eventually makes the patron, the architect, and every occasional visitor in the building a slightly better human being. – Juhani Pallasmaa Welcome to the...
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