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, Totnes and Fremington and Plymouth. More details are available from the organisers: Exeter, South, North and Plymouth. S. Devon group usually meet at 7:30pm on the 4th Thursday of the month at Birdwood House, 44 High Street, Totnes TQ9 5SQ; N. Devon group at 7:30pm on the 1st Wednesday at Fremington Parish Hall annexe, Higher Road, Fremington, EX31 3BG near Barnstaple, and Plymouth on 4th Thursday in month at Swarthmore Centre on Mutley Plain, Plymouth. (Please check that an event is planned before travelling.)

• Thu 15 Jul at 12:30: Lunch at Phoenix.
• Thu 22 Jul at 7:00pm: Plymouth Humanists meet at Plymouth Centre for Faiths and Cultural Diversity (PCFCD) which is situated at 3A Watts Road, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8SE‎ (map). Mr Mohamed Muganzi, who is a ‘prominent member’ of the local Islamic community, will talk about the PCFCD who's objective is "to promote education of world religion and cultural diversity based on the values of respect and tolerance". Meeting ends at 9:30pm.
• Thu 22 Jul at 7:30pm: Birdwood House, Totnes. Keith Denby, the new Chairman of Devon Humanists, will give an update on Humanist activities within the county and then introduce a debate on the subject of Liberty, based on John Stuart Mill's seminal work On Liberty.
• Wed 28 Jul at 7:30pm: Fremington Parish Hall (annex), Higher Road, Fremington, EX31 3BG: Former lecturer Dr David McLellan will present an illustrated talk entitled Haemophilia - A Bleeding Tragedy.

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• Thu 19 Aug at 12:30pm: Lunch at Phoenix.
• Thu 26 Aug at 12:30pm: Summer party at Mayfield, Meadow Road, Cockington, Torquay TQ2 6PR. Please bring a contribution of something to eat and/or drink. Contact David Love.
• Sun 29 Aug at 12:30pm: Members are invited to Ken and Hazel's house for Devon Humanists' summer garden party. Bring some food and drink to share. Details from the newsletter or by email.

Exeter's Café Scientifique takes place on the first Monday of every month at The Pitcher and Piano, on the junction of Queens Street and 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 Association for the Advancement of Science and the Faculty of Science at the University of Plymouth. See the SciBAr website for details of events normally on the first Tuesday of the month. (see also Exeter branch of the BA.)

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 lunch time discussion group on world affairs every Thursday 1-2pm at Exeter Community Centre, 17 St. David's Hill. They also run a book club which meets monthly on a Wednesday 7-9pm.

• Mon 5 Jul at 8:30pm: Café Scientifique: Is the future nuclear? Jim Smith, Reader in environmental physics, University of Portsmouth.

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• Mon 6 Sep at 8:30pm: Café Scientifique: The politics of patents Steve Hughes, Co director ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society.
• Mon 4 Oct at 8:30pm: Café Scientifique: What can you do to reduce your risk of dementia? David Llewellyn, Peninsula Medical School.