Past Talks
March 2005 A discussion on “What is Humanism?”
May 2005 “What Humanists Would Like from the General Election.”
June 2005 A talk by Prof. Colin Campbell of York University on "The history of humanism in the UK”.
July 2005 A discussion about "Thinking the Unthinkable.”
August 2005 A discussion on the ethical problems caused by emigration.
September 2005 Humanist Officiant Lorraine Emms talking about Humanist ceremonies.
November 2005 A talk by Jason Tipples entitled, "Evolutionary Psychology: An Answer to Life's Problems?"
December 2005 A discussion on the topic, "Faith does breed charity".
January 2006 A talk by our Treasurer, Paul Smith, on the topic, "Where the BHA has Been Going Wrong".
February 2006 A talk by Dr Stephen Burwood from the University of Hull on "Intelligent Design vs. Anthropic Agnosticism".
March 2006 A talk by Peter Hale of Climate Concern UK: "Climate Change - a Threat to Mankind?"
April 2006 A showing of the film, "The God Who Wasn't There". May 2006 A talk on Quakerism by local Quaker, Joyce Pickard.
June 2006 A talk on “Religion and Education” by Dr John Adams
July 2006 “Buddhism and Humanism”; a talk by Charles Anderson [CLICK HERE FOR PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION]
September 2006 “Coming to Humanism”; personal accounts of how members realised they were Humanists
October 2006 “Intelligent Design”; a talk by Dr Simon Hardy of York University
November 2006 “Politics, Power, and Cultural Change”; a talk by retired Chief Probation Officer Roger Statham
December 2006 "Running the W. Yorkshire Group - the First 40 Years"; a talk by Bob Tee, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Humanist Society of West Yorkshire
January 2007 - An open discussion on the question, "Where Do Morals Come From?"
February 2007 - Soap Box evening. A chance for members to get up and start brief debates on a topic of their choice.
March 2007 - A talk by Alan Pennington on “Unitarianism”.
October 2007 - A talk by Charles Anderson "Transhumanism and the Singularity"
Monday 12th November - Heaven on Earth: Gerrard Winstanley and the 'True' Levellers" - a talk by John Severs
Monday 10th December - Showings of short films on the topic 'Why Atheism?'
