Devon Humanists

We meet at the Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter, on the third Thursday each month from 12:30 for food, drinks, chat or discussion and to meet other members and friends. Discussion groups meet in Exeter, Fremington (nr Barnstaple), Honiton, Totnes and Plymouth. More details are available from the organisers: Exeter, North, East, South, and Plymouth. N. Devon group meet at 7:30pm on the 4th Wednesday at Fremington Parish Hall annexe, Higher Road, Fremington, EX31 3BG near Barnstaple, E. Devon group meets on 4th Wednesday of each month at various venues, S. Devon group meets regularly on the 4th Thursday in each month in Totnes for either an evening meeting or a social lunch. Evening meetings take place at the Quaker Meeting Rooms just off Ticklemore Street, Totnes, at 7.30 p.m. and consist of talks and discussions on a variety of subjects with a bearing on Humanism, science or matters of social concern; lunches are at the Bay Horse Inn at 12.30 for 1 p.m.. (Please check that an event is planned before travelling.)

• Thu 19 Jan at 12:00: Devon Humanists members Annual Lunch at Exeter College restaurant @thirty-four. Contact your secretary for details. Booking essential.
• Wed 25 Jan at 7:00pm: East Devon Humanist group (venue to be announced). See web page for more information.
• Wed 25 Jan at 7:30pm: N. Devon Humanists meet at Fremington Parish Hall Annex near Barnstaple. Contact Barry for details.
• Thu 26 Jan at 12:30pm: South Devon Humanists will be meeting for an informal lunch at the Bay Horse Inn, Cistern St., Totnes,. All welcome but please let Hazel Fuller know if you are coming so she can book the table. Email

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• Thu 16 Feb at 12:30pm: Lunch at Phoenix.
• Sat 28 Apr at 11:00: Annual General Meeting: details to be announced

Exeter's Café Scientifique takes place on the first Monday of every month at Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, at 8:30 pm, unless stated otherwise. Events are free but space is limited to the numbers of seats and standing room at the bar. See the Café Scientifique website for details and the latest information.

Plymouth's SciBAr provides the opportunity for anyone to listen to and participate in an informal, relaxed discussion on scientific issues over a drink in the Café Les Jardin De Bagatelle, Old Town Street, Plymouth. The sciBAr is organised by the local branch of the British Science Association and the Faculty of Science at the University of Plymouth. See SciBAr's Facebook page for details of events normally on the first Tuesday of the month.

Some of us meet on Wednesday evenings to view the film at the Exeter Phoenix Art Centre – usually around 8pm, but see the Phoenix programme for details.

The Global Centre runs a series of events at Berkeley House, Dix's Field, Exeter, including weekly lunch meetings on Thursdays 1-2pm.

• Tue 24 Jan at 7:30pm: Plymouth Humanists event at Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club, Madeira Road Plymouth PL1 2NY. A talk by Professor John Dupré, author and President of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science. Professor Dupré will be talking about Darwinism and how our understanding of it has changed over the last few decades, and discussing how this relates to debating creationists.
• Sat 28 Jan at 10:30am: Conway Hall, London 11:00 until 16:30
  'Blasphemy!' - blasphemy, religious hatred, and human rights: who speaks for the sacred?
  A BHA day conference focusing on the criminalization of religious hatred, defamation, and insult under European human rights, and how this functions as a de facto blasphemy law. Tickets and information.

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• Mon 6 Feb at 8:30pm: Café Scientifique at Exeter Phoenix.
• Wed 8 Feb at 7:00pm: Congress Hall, London 7:30-9:30pm
  BHA Darwin Day Lecture Creation: synthetic biology and the origin of life.
  Lecturer Adam Rutherford, Chair Richard Dawkins. Tickets and information.
• Mon 5 Mar at 8:30pm: Café Scientifique at Exeter Phoenix.
• Mon 2 Apr at 8:30pm: Café Scientifique at Exeter Phoenix.