Leicester Secular Society
@leicsecularsociety.bsky.social
For an inclusive and plural society free from religious privilege, prejudice and discrimination.
Est. 1851: 75 Humberstone Gate, Leicester, LE1 1WB
#Secular #Secularism #Freethought
Est. 1851: 75 Humberstone Gate, Leicester, LE1 1WB
#Secular #Secularism #Freethought
📢 War on Terror on Muslims in the Caucasus — talk by Mariam Shalvashvili.
Exploring how US & Russian counter-terror narratives around Georgia’s Pankisi Valley shaped the securitisation and stigma of Muslim communities.
🗓️Sun 22 Feb
🕡 6:30pm
📍Secular Hall
☕💜All welcome
Exploring how US & Russian counter-terror narratives around Georgia’s Pankisi Valley shaped the securitisation and stigma of Muslim communities.
🗓️Sun 22 Feb
🕡 6:30pm
📍Secular Hall
☕💜All welcome
February 15, 2026 at 1:53 PM
📢 War on Terror on Muslims in the Caucasus — talk by Mariam Shalvashvili.
Exploring how US & Russian counter-terror narratives around Georgia’s Pankisi Valley shaped the securitisation and stigma of Muslim communities.
🗓️Sun 22 Feb
🕡 6:30pm
📍Secular Hall
☕💜All welcome
Exploring how US & Russian counter-terror narratives around Georgia’s Pankisi Valley shaped the securitisation and stigma of Muslim communities.
🗓️Sun 22 Feb
🕡 6:30pm
📍Secular Hall
☕💜All welcome
🧬Darwin Day Lecture: Tracing Earth’s Climate Beat 🌍
Join Dr Anna Joy Drury (@AstroAyJay) for a deep-time journey into how Earth’s orbit shapes climate rhythms using ocean sediment records and astronomical cycles.
🗓️ Sun 15 Feb
🕡6.30PM
📍Secular Hall
🎟️ All welcome 💜
Join Dr Anna Joy Drury (@AstroAyJay) for a deep-time journey into how Earth’s orbit shapes climate rhythms using ocean sediment records and astronomical cycles.
🗓️ Sun 15 Feb
🕡6.30PM
📍Secular Hall
🎟️ All welcome 💜
February 10, 2026 at 12:33 PM
🧬Darwin Day Lecture: Tracing Earth’s Climate Beat 🌍
Join Dr Anna Joy Drury (@AstroAyJay) for a deep-time journey into how Earth’s orbit shapes climate rhythms using ocean sediment records and astronomical cycles.
🗓️ Sun 15 Feb
🕡6.30PM
📍Secular Hall
🎟️ All welcome 💜
Join Dr Anna Joy Drury (@AstroAyJay) for a deep-time journey into how Earth’s orbit shapes climate rhythms using ocean sediment records and astronomical cycles.
🗓️ Sun 15 Feb
🕡6.30PM
📍Secular Hall
🎟️ All welcome 💜
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EVENT - Unbelievable #DarwinDay
Join us for an evening of debate and lectures in association with the @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social & #Unbelievable?
#Leicester Secular Hall
Friday, Feb 13 from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm GMT
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#Atheism #Christianity #Evolution #Debate
Join us for an evening of debate and lectures in association with the @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social & #Unbelievable?
#Leicester Secular Hall
Friday, Feb 13 from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm GMT
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#Atheism #Christianity #Evolution #Debate
Unbelievable Darwin Day
Join us for an evening of debates
and expert lectures, recorded live for ‘Unbelievable?’
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February 6, 2026 at 3:48 PM
EVENT - Unbelievable #DarwinDay
Join us for an evening of debate and lectures in association with the @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social & #Unbelievable?
#Leicester Secular Hall
Friday, Feb 13 from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm GMT
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unbelievab...
#Atheism #Christianity #Evolution #Debate
Join us for an evening of debate and lectures in association with the @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social & #Unbelievable?
#Leicester Secular Hall
Friday, Feb 13 from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm GMT
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unbelievab...
#Atheism #Christianity #Evolution #Debate
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Ex-Muslims have shared their stories of being forced to wear the hijab at an event in Leicester that we supported - despite the hosts receiving complaints, and a police visit, over the event poster👇
@leicsecularsociety.bsky.social
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NSS supports ‘No Hijab Day’ discussion in Leicester
Event featuring ex-Muslim women required extra security following protests from Islamic groups. Read More »
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February 4, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Ex-Muslims have shared their stories of being forced to wear the hijab at an event in Leicester that we supported - despite the hosts receiving complaints, and a police visit, over the event poster👇
@leicsecularsociety.bsky.social
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2026/02...
@leicsecularsociety.bsky.social
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National Secular Society ( @natsecsoc.bsky.social ) members are entitled to free entry to our #NoHijabDay event.
For security reasons, registration via Eventbrite is required. Reserve your spot 👇
tinyurl.com/NoHijabDay
For security reasons, registration via Eventbrite is required. Reserve your spot 👇
tinyurl.com/NoHijabDay
Join us for No Hijab Day on 1st February at 6:30pm, Secular Hall, in collaboration with Faithless Hijabi.
Reserve your spot 👇
tinyurl.com/NoHijabDay
Reserve your spot 👇
tinyurl.com/NoHijabDay
January 30, 2026 at 4:03 PM
National Secular Society ( @natsecsoc.bsky.social ) members are entitled to free entry to our #NoHijabDay event.
For security reasons, registration via Eventbrite is required. Reserve your spot 👇
tinyurl.com/NoHijabDay
For security reasons, registration via Eventbrite is required. Reserve your spot 👇
tinyurl.com/NoHijabDay
🧬Darwin Day: Evolution Revolution! Fri 13 Feb, 5.30–9.30pm at Secular Hall. Join us for an evening of thrilling debates, expert speakers, and big ideas on evolution, genomics, Intelligent Design, and atheistic & theistic perspectives. Collab w/ @atheismuk.bsky.social & @unbelievablefe.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 11:44 AM
🧬Darwin Day: Evolution Revolution! Fri 13 Feb, 5.30–9.30pm at Secular Hall. Join us for an evening of thrilling debates, expert speakers, and big ideas on evolution, genomics, Intelligent Design, and atheistic & theistic perspectives. Collab w/ @atheismuk.bsky.social & @unbelievablefe.bsky.social
🎉 Celebrate 175 years of the Leicester Secular Society and Thomas Paine’s birthday on Feb 8, 6.30pm at Secular Hall. Live music from The Falling Angels, readings, poetry, great food, and guest speaker @polypartist.bsky.social, author of the Visual Biography of Thomas Paine. Tickets £12/£16.
January 23, 2026 at 1:12 PM
🎉 Celebrate 175 years of the Leicester Secular Society and Thomas Paine’s birthday on Feb 8, 6.30pm at Secular Hall. Live music from The Falling Angels, readings, poetry, great food, and guest speaker @polypartist.bsky.social, author of the Visual Biography of Thomas Paine. Tickets £12/£16.
📢No Hijab Day: Lived experiences of female ex-Muslims. Sun 1 Feb, 6:30pm, Secular Hall. Panel of ex-Muslim women sharing their stories, followed by a Q&A. Free for LSS members, £5 for non-members. Registration required. Hosted by Leicester Secular Society with Faithless Hijabi💜
January 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM
📢No Hijab Day: Lived experiences of female ex-Muslims. Sun 1 Feb, 6:30pm, Secular Hall. Panel of ex-Muslim women sharing their stories, followed by a Q&A. Free for LSS members, £5 for non-members. Registration required. Hosted by Leicester Secular Society with Faithless Hijabi💜
🚲🌉 Join us for a talk by Hugh McClintock on the proposed foot & cycle bridge over the River Trent, exploring how safer, dedicated routes can boost active travel and better connect communities.✨
Sunday 25 Jan, 6:30pm, Secular Hall. Free entry. Donations appreciated. 🎟️☕💜
Sunday 25 Jan, 6:30pm, Secular Hall. Free entry. Donations appreciated. 🎟️☕💜
January 17, 2026 at 4:31 PM
🚲🌉 Join us for a talk by Hugh McClintock on the proposed foot & cycle bridge over the River Trent, exploring how safer, dedicated routes can boost active travel and better connect communities.✨
Sunday 25 Jan, 6:30pm, Secular Hall. Free entry. Donations appreciated. 🎟️☕💜
Sunday 25 Jan, 6:30pm, Secular Hall. Free entry. Donations appreciated. 🎟️☕💜
🏛️ Renewed Not Demolished: How Leicester’s Inner City Decay Was Halted. This Sunday Ned explores WWII housing decisions and why renewal beat demolition. Leicester Secular Society, Secular Hall, LE1 1WB. 🎟️ Free entry, all welcome. ☕🍪 Donations appreciated.
January 16, 2026 at 10:49 AM
🏛️ Renewed Not Demolished: How Leicester’s Inner City Decay Was Halted. This Sunday Ned explores WWII housing decisions and why renewal beat demolition. Leicester Secular Society, Secular Hall, LE1 1WB. 🎟️ Free entry, all welcome. ☕🍪 Donations appreciated.
🎄 Leicester Secular Society Xmas Social 🎶
Sun 21 Dec | 6:30pm | Secular Hall
Desert Island Discs–style evening 🌴🎧
Bring drinks & nibbles to share 🍷🍪
Music, conversation & festive vibes — all welcome ✨
Sun 21 Dec | 6:30pm | Secular Hall
Desert Island Discs–style evening 🌴🎧
Bring drinks & nibbles to share 🍷🍪
Music, conversation & festive vibes — all welcome ✨
December 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🎄 Leicester Secular Society Xmas Social 🎶
Sun 21 Dec | 6:30pm | Secular Hall
Desert Island Discs–style evening 🌴🎧
Bring drinks & nibbles to share 🍷🍪
Music, conversation & festive vibes — all welcome ✨
Sun 21 Dec | 6:30pm | Secular Hall
Desert Island Discs–style evening 🌴🎧
Bring drinks & nibbles to share 🍷🍪
Music, conversation & festive vibes — all welcome ✨
⚖️ For our #HumanRightsDay talk, join us Sun 14 Dec, 6:30pm at Secular Hall for Dr Alejandro Sanchez’s talk arguing that ritual circumcision of boys is a human rights violation. In collaboration with @natsecsoc.bsky.social . Free entry via Eventbrite (link below)
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
⚖️ For our #HumanRightsDay talk, join us Sun 14 Dec, 6:30pm at Secular Hall for Dr Alejandro Sanchez’s talk arguing that ritual circumcision of boys is a human rights violation. In collaboration with @natsecsoc.bsky.social . Free entry via Eventbrite (link below)
What shapes who we are? 🤔
Join us Sun 7 Dec, 6:30pm at Secular Hall for Anthony Matthew’s talk on identity — exploring gender, race, class, culture, politics and how much of identity we truly choose. Free entry, tea & biscuits, all welcome!💜
Join us Sun 7 Dec, 6:30pm at Secular Hall for Anthony Matthew’s talk on identity — exploring gender, race, class, culture, politics and how much of identity we truly choose. Free entry, tea & biscuits, all welcome!💜
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
What shapes who we are? 🤔
Join us Sun 7 Dec, 6:30pm at Secular Hall for Anthony Matthew’s talk on identity — exploring gender, race, class, culture, politics and how much of identity we truly choose. Free entry, tea & biscuits, all welcome!💜
Join us Sun 7 Dec, 6:30pm at Secular Hall for Anthony Matthew’s talk on identity — exploring gender, race, class, culture, politics and how much of identity we truly choose. Free entry, tea & biscuits, all welcome!💜
📢 Join us Sun 30 Nov, 6:30pm at Secular Hall for “Neurodivergence & Women” with Dr Sara Lemos. A thoughtful talk exploring how awareness and visibility empower neurodivergent women, improve understanding, and strengthen our communities. Free entry; all welcome.💜
November 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
📢 Join us Sun 30 Nov, 6:30pm at Secular Hall for “Neurodivergence & Women” with Dr Sara Lemos. A thoughtful talk exploring how awareness and visibility empower neurodivergent women, improve understanding, and strengthen our communities. Free entry; all welcome.💜
📢 Women, Sex and Gender in the Early Church: Dr George Locke delves into how diverse early Christian communities debated sex, gender roles, identity, celibacy and purity. Sun 23 Nov, 6:30pm at Secular Hall. Free and all welcome with tea, biscuits and thoughtful discussion.
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
📢 Women, Sex and Gender in the Early Church: Dr George Locke delves into how diverse early Christian communities debated sex, gender roles, identity, celibacy and purity. Sun 23 Nov, 6:30pm at Secular Hall. Free and all welcome with tea, biscuits and thoughtful discussion.
Join us Sun 9 Nov, 6.30PM at Secular Hall for “Faith and Violence Against Women & Girls” — a talk by Vandana Aparanti on how faith, culture & caste intersect with gender-based violence.
🎟️ All welcome
☕ Refreshments provided
💜 Donations appreciated
🎟️ All welcome
☕ Refreshments provided
💜 Donations appreciated
November 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Join us Sun 9 Nov, 6.30PM at Secular Hall for “Faith and Violence Against Women & Girls” — a talk by Vandana Aparanti on how faith, culture & caste intersect with gender-based violence.
🎟️ All welcome
☕ Refreshments provided
💜 Donations appreciated
🎟️ All welcome
☕ Refreshments provided
💜 Donations appreciated
⚖️ The Role of Magistrates in Leicester with Martin Pantling & Suzi Felsted
Join us for a mock trial where YOU help decide the verdict!
📅 Sun 2 Nov, 🕡 6.30PM
📍 Secular Hall
☕️ Free entry, all welcome, tea & biscuits provided
💜 Donations appreciated
Join us for a mock trial where YOU help decide the verdict!
📅 Sun 2 Nov, 🕡 6.30PM
📍 Secular Hall
☕️ Free entry, all welcome, tea & biscuits provided
💜 Donations appreciated
October 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
⚖️ The Role of Magistrates in Leicester with Martin Pantling & Suzi Felsted
Join us for a mock trial where YOU help decide the verdict!
📅 Sun 2 Nov, 🕡 6.30PM
📍 Secular Hall
☕️ Free entry, all welcome, tea & biscuits provided
💜 Donations appreciated
Join us for a mock trial where YOU help decide the verdict!
📅 Sun 2 Nov, 🕡 6.30PM
📍 Secular Hall
☕️ Free entry, all welcome, tea & biscuits provided
💜 Donations appreciated
📢📚Rahila Gupta (@rahilag.bsky.social) presents “Unholy Alliance: Religion & Patriarchy”, co-author of Planet Patriarchy. She argues religious shackles prevent women’s liberation—especially in Russia, El Salvador and Saudi Arabia. Sun 26 Oct, 6:30pm • Secular Hall: All welcome ☕ Donations welcome.
October 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
📢📚Rahila Gupta (@rahilag.bsky.social) presents “Unholy Alliance: Religion & Patriarchy”, co-author of Planet Patriarchy. She argues religious shackles prevent women’s liberation—especially in Russia, El Salvador and Saudi Arabia. Sun 26 Oct, 6:30pm • Secular Hall: All welcome ☕ Donations welcome.
We’re proud to host a special screening of Gail and Bharat (2025) 🎬 with director Somnath Waghmare, in collaboration with Dalit Solidarity Network UK.
📍Secular Hall
🗓️Tuesday 21 October |⏰6pm
🎟️Free, register on Eventbrite👇
✨Refreshments provided
Donations appreciated
Don’t miss this powerful event!
📍Secular Hall
🗓️Tuesday 21 October |⏰6pm
🎟️Free, register on Eventbrite👇
✨Refreshments provided
Donations appreciated
Don’t miss this powerful event!
October 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
We’re proud to host a special screening of Gail and Bharat (2025) 🎬 with director Somnath Waghmare, in collaboration with Dalit Solidarity Network UK.
📍Secular Hall
🗓️Tuesday 21 October |⏰6pm
🎟️Free, register on Eventbrite👇
✨Refreshments provided
Donations appreciated
Don’t miss this powerful event!
📍Secular Hall
🗓️Tuesday 21 October |⏰6pm
🎟️Free, register on Eventbrite👇
✨Refreshments provided
Donations appreciated
Don’t miss this powerful event!
🌍Film Screening: Plan Z – From Lab Coats to Handcuffs🎥
Introduced by Dr Caroline Vincent, this documentary follows scientists who risk arrest & reputations to warn of climate breakdown.
📅Sun 19 Oct, 6.30pm
📍Secular Hall
🎟️Free admission
☕Refreshments provided
Donations welcome
Introduced by Dr Caroline Vincent, this documentary follows scientists who risk arrest & reputations to warn of climate breakdown.
📅Sun 19 Oct, 6.30pm
📍Secular Hall
🎟️Free admission
☕Refreshments provided
Donations welcome
October 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🌍Film Screening: Plan Z – From Lab Coats to Handcuffs🎥
Introduced by Dr Caroline Vincent, this documentary follows scientists who risk arrest & reputations to warn of climate breakdown.
📅Sun 19 Oct, 6.30pm
📍Secular Hall
🎟️Free admission
☕Refreshments provided
Donations welcome
Introduced by Dr Caroline Vincent, this documentary follows scientists who risk arrest & reputations to warn of climate breakdown.
📅Sun 19 Oct, 6.30pm
📍Secular Hall
🎟️Free admission
☕Refreshments provided
Donations welcome
VETO! – Talk by Ian Myson (Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social ) on curbing abuse of the UN Security Council veto. How it fuels wars in Ukraine & the Middle East, and why reform is vital.
📍 Secular Hall
🗓️ Sun 12 Oct, 6.30pm
🎟️ Free, with refreshments + donations welcome
📍 Secular Hall
🗓️ Sun 12 Oct, 6.30pm
🎟️ Free, with refreshments + donations welcome
October 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
VETO! – Talk by Ian Myson (Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social ) on curbing abuse of the UN Security Council veto. How it fuels wars in Ukraine & the Middle East, and why reform is vital.
📍 Secular Hall
🗓️ Sun 12 Oct, 6.30pm
🎟️ Free, with refreshments + donations welcome
📍 Secular Hall
🗓️ Sun 12 Oct, 6.30pm
🎟️ Free, with refreshments + donations welcome
📢 How Did It Feel to Be in My Shoes? A Woman’s Journey from Silence to Strength.
Join us this Sunday, 5th Oct at 6:30pm at Secular Hall, for a powerful personal talk on navigating patriarchy, faith, and resilience in an Islamic Mediterranean society.
Join us this Sunday, 5th Oct at 6:30pm at Secular Hall, for a powerful personal talk on navigating patriarchy, faith, and resilience in an Islamic Mediterranean society.
September 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
📢 How Did It Feel to Be in My Shoes? A Woman’s Journey from Silence to Strength.
Join us this Sunday, 5th Oct at 6:30pm at Secular Hall, for a powerful personal talk on navigating patriarchy, faith, and resilience in an Islamic Mediterranean society.
Join us this Sunday, 5th Oct at 6:30pm at Secular Hall, for a powerful personal talk on navigating patriarchy, faith, and resilience in an Islamic Mediterranean society.
📢Can We Celebrate Religious Secularists? – Andrew Bolton
🗓️Sunday 28 Sept, 6:30pm
📍Secular Hall
✝️Anabaptists, Baptists, and Quakers once stood against Christendom and suffered for their stand. Were they the first religious secularists?
☕All welcome, refreshments provided. Donations appreciated.
🗓️Sunday 28 Sept, 6:30pm
📍Secular Hall
✝️Anabaptists, Baptists, and Quakers once stood against Christendom and suffered for their stand. Were they the first religious secularists?
☕All welcome, refreshments provided. Donations appreciated.
September 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
📢Can We Celebrate Religious Secularists? – Andrew Bolton
🗓️Sunday 28 Sept, 6:30pm
📍Secular Hall
✝️Anabaptists, Baptists, and Quakers once stood against Christendom and suffered for their stand. Were they the first religious secularists?
☕All welcome, refreshments provided. Donations appreciated.
🗓️Sunday 28 Sept, 6:30pm
📍Secular Hall
✝️Anabaptists, Baptists, and Quakers once stood against Christendom and suffered for their stand. Were they the first religious secularists?
☕All welcome, refreshments provided. Donations appreciated.
🎬Inherit the Wind — film screening
📅Sunday 21 Sept, 6:30pm
📍Secular Hall
Step back to 1925 and the famous Scopes Monkey Trial, where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution.
Based on real transcripts, this courtroom drama brings history to life.
✨All welcome
Donations appreciated
📅Sunday 21 Sept, 6:30pm
📍Secular Hall
Step back to 1925 and the famous Scopes Monkey Trial, where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution.
Based on real transcripts, this courtroom drama brings history to life.
✨All welcome
Donations appreciated
September 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🎬Inherit the Wind — film screening
📅Sunday 21 Sept, 6:30pm
📍Secular Hall
Step back to 1925 and the famous Scopes Monkey Trial, where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution.
Based on real transcripts, this courtroom drama brings history to life.
✨All welcome
Donations appreciated
📅Sunday 21 Sept, 6:30pm
📍Secular Hall
Step back to 1925 and the famous Scopes Monkey Trial, where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution.
Based on real transcripts, this courtroom drama brings history to life.
✨All welcome
Donations appreciated
📢✨ Leicester's Victorian Infidels – Ned Newitt ✨📚
Discover Leicester’s 19th-century “heretics” & radicals: free speech, secularism & the fight for the vote.
📍Secular Hall
🎟️All welcome, admission free
☕Tea & biscuits, donations appreciated.
Discover Leicester’s 19th-century “heretics” & radicals: free speech, secularism & the fight for the vote.
📍Secular Hall
🎟️All welcome, admission free
☕Tea & biscuits, donations appreciated.
September 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
📢✨ Leicester's Victorian Infidels – Ned Newitt ✨📚
Discover Leicester’s 19th-century “heretics” & radicals: free speech, secularism & the fight for the vote.
📍Secular Hall
🎟️All welcome, admission free
☕Tea & biscuits, donations appreciated.
Discover Leicester’s 19th-century “heretics” & radicals: free speech, secularism & the fight for the vote.
📍Secular Hall
🎟️All welcome, admission free
☕Tea & biscuits, donations appreciated.