Diary
Monthly meeting read any good books or seen any good films lately?
Wednesday, Apr 13, 2011Members enjoyed talking about the books they’d read at our May meeting, so they wanted to do it again. This time, we may talk about films too, maybe even films of books. Share your recommended reading or films.Humanist Week
Wednesday, Apr 13, 2011Humanist Week includes World Humanist Day (21st June, the summer solstice). We’re still working on our plans for this year, Watch this space.Monthly meeting guest speaker Prof. John Midwinter on climate change
Wednesday, Apr 13, 2011Prof. John Midwinter (BSc & PhD in Physics, Hon. DSc, Fellow of the Royal Society) will address the following questions: What is the truth about climate change? (the scientific evidence) What are the implications for us? How can we reduce our personal fossil fuel consumption? What are the possibilities for large scale renewable energy in the UK? Tipping points – the real worry behind the climate change debate.Monthly meeting The River Stour Past and Present
Wednesday, Apr 13, 2011A short illustrated talk by our member Andrew Sheldon on the history of the River Stour from its source to the sea. Places of interest along the way from times gone by and the present day, including important brickwork’s, battle grounds and structures.Monthly meeting Read any good books lately?
Wednesday, Apr 13, 2011Youre invited to bring recommended reading to the meeting. Fiction or non-fiction, prose or poetry, science or art, funny or serious – whatever youve enjoyed, come and be prepared to tell us about it. Note that if you decide to buy any of the books, theres an Amazon link on our website – we get commission if you use it.Ipswich Science in the Pub
Wednesday, Apr 13, 2011Not sure what’s planned, but you’re welcome anyway.Monthly meeting should there be a Steiner free school in Suffolk?
Wednesday, Apr 13, 2011Our guest Esther Fidler, a Suffolk primary school teacher, thinks not. Come and hear why. For more about the proposed school, type “Steiner” in our search box.Prof A C Graylings rewritten the Bible
Tuesday, Apr 5, 2011Professor Anthony Grayling, soon to be the President of the British Humanist Association, has rewritten the Bible, without all the nasty bits (there are a lot of them). Matthew Adams from New Humanist has interviewed him about his “lifetime’s work”. Grayling says, The way I made it was to plunder from the great traditions texts on which I had performed redaction, weaving them together, editing them, interpolating other texts and sometimes my own, just as the Bible makers worked on their texts.Can you be good without God? Discussion on BBC Radio Suffolk
Monday, Mar 28, 2011What a silly question – of course you can. Whether or not you’re religious has nothing to do with it. Some religious people are bad, some are good. Likewise with atheists. However, there are still many who imagine that if you don’t believe in a god (usually a Christian or Muslim one), you’re a bad person, and everyone who does believe is morally superior. James Hazell has invited Margaret Nelson and a cleric (not sure who) to debate the question on his radio programme on Wednesday (times may vary).Suffolk astronomer at the Edinburgh Science Festival
Saturday, Mar 19, 2011Never mind the poster boy of physics, Prof. Brian Cox, Suffolk’s got its own super-astronomer, our member Tom Boles, who has an observatory at Coddenham. Tom (who is a Scot, by the way) will be one of the speakers at the Edinburgh Science Festival, together with The Astronomers Royal, Lord Rees and Professor John Brown, Sheffield University’s Professor Hughes, and others. The event is free. We’d like to organise an outing to Edinburgh, but we’ve already had a private presentation from Tom, and it is a long way.