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Maddy Goodall @madeleineog.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Not to play favourites but doing the heritage walk each @humanists.uk #FestivalOfHumanism is just the best

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 14/06/2026

Yesterday, we recorded a special live audience episode of #UnholyHistories with our Vice Presidents @profaliceroberts.bsky.social and @adamrutherford.bsky.social. As you can see, by Alice and Adam's expression, it was a blast 😂. More info ⬇️

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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

As we all head to Bournemouth for the @humanists.uk Humanism in Action day, Festival of Humanism, and AGM (long weekend!) Our Heritage Manager @madeleineog.bsky.social‘s search through the archive for notable historic Dorset Humanists has proved fruitful…

Thomas H. Bastard, who has just died in his 101st year, was unwearied in his devotion to the Rationalist movement. It was at his suggestion that "Tulian " (also, alas, among the unnumbered dead wrote his booklet, Bible Words: Human, not Divine; and he was one of the earliest subscribers to the Rationalist Press Committee and to the Liberty of Bequest Committee.
At Blandford, in Dorset,
where he lived, he founded a Secular school, which is still Aourishing.
He numbered
among his most cherished
acquaintances many of our leading educationalists. Almost to the last he retained full possession of his faculties.
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Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Conway Hall is integral to the history of ethical thinking in the UK - but we need your support to ensure it remains a place where people can come and think together well into the future. Please donate to our Crowdfunder if you’re able! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/BWdqeewn @conwayhall.bsky.social

A photo of a diverse crowd of people talking outside the brick frontage of the historic Conway Hall Ethical Society in London

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Maddy Goodall @madeleineog.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Tonight! Online! Hearing all about the brilliant feminist & philosopher Harriet Taylor Mill from Dr Helen McCabe. Really excited for this one with @humanists.uk. Beautiful portrait from the @lselibrary.bsky.social collections. Tickets here: humanists.uk/events/in-co...

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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Really enjoying recording this podcast with @madeleineog.bsky.social and the first episode on amazing humanist women from history is one to catch!

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Maddy Goodall @madeleineog.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Set up ready to sing and celebrate three fascinating women (Eliza Flower, Harriet Martineau & E.J. Troup) with @electricvoice.bsky.social at @conwayhall.bsky.social this eve. Still time to join us if you’re in London (starts at 6.30!) www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/eve...

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Maddy Goodall @madeleineog.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Today is five years since the launch of the Humanist Heritage website @humanists.uk! 🥳 Easily one of the things I'm most proud of and a project that's been endlessly inspirational, educational, & collaborative. So grateful to all the volunteers, archives, experts & others who brought it into being 💝

Screenshot of the homepage of the Humanist Heritage website, showing image boxes reading 'explore the map', 'browse by theme', and 'travel the timeline'.

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Conway Hall @conwayhall.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Join us for an evening of music, readings and free-thinking discussion in the cosy surroundings of our beautiful library as we celebrate cherished composer Eliza Flower and her incredible legacy. 📅 Thursday 30 April 🕒 6:30pm 🎫 bit.ly/4mIxHFe

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Txnewsprincess @txnewsprincess.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I thought this point Eric made about how libraries are early introductions to a social contract was really interesting, too:

“And what I think is so amazing about that is not only do you start to feel like you you are welcome in and belong in this place, the public library, but also you start to learn what it means to be part of a community. Because, let’s say you love Curious Georgebooks and you take out a Curious George book. You get the generosity of your society because it’s like “Here, take this Curious George book home, it’s free. Just bring it back and keep it in good shape. Don’t tear out the pages. Don’t write in it.” And you learn that you want to do that—not only because they tell you—but also because when you return it, you want to get the next Curious George book. And you realize that if the other kids in the community don’t return the book, or don’t take care of their books, you won’t be able to take it out. So, you learn mutual obligation and reciprocity from an early stage.”

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Maddy Goodall @madeleineog.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

'No one has changed the history of the world more profoundly than the people who, with the self-permission to defy the prohibitive dogmas of their time and place, have broadened the horizon of possibility for others' - @mariapopova.bsky.social www.themarginalian.org/2025/12/18/m... ☀️

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The Woman Who Mapped Labrador and Revolutionized the Literature of Exploration

Nothing changes the history of the world more profoundly than changing the landscape of permission and possibility for people — what is possible and permissible for whom in a given culture. A…

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Maddy Goodall @madeleineog.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Looking forward to visiting @hhe-humanists.bsky.social tomorrow, not least because I get to talk about the intriguing Hannah Clark, founder of a school in East Grinstead where moral education replaced religious instruction - regularly advertised in @newhumanist.bsky.social from the 1890s

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Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Thanks to generosity of our members, @ishash.bsky.social now hosts a page of teaching resources that bring histories of freethought into cultural and intellectual history, literature and religious studies courses. Check it out! atheismsecularismhumanism.wordpress.com/teaching-res...

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Teaching Resources

This webpage collects syllabi, module outlines, seminar plans, assignment ideas, and classroom activities related to histories of atheism, secularism, and humanism. Materials are from a variety of …

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Maddy Goodall @madeleineog.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Of #HumanistHeritage interest: Wheeldon's funeral was described in the press as being 'devoid of Christian ritual' and 'sensational in its simplicity'.

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Maddy Goodall @madeleineog.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Pure joy. What a brilliant group of people @electricvoice.bsky.social are and what an incredible community they create in everything they do 👏🏻 @conwayhall.bsky.social

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Maddy Goodall @madeleineog.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

En route to London for Winter Carols by Candlelight @conwayhall.bsky.social 🕯️ Especially excited to hear @electricvoice.bsky.social's reworkings of songs from the ethical societies' hymn books 💝

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Maddy Goodall @madeleineog.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I wrote this for The Skeptic about the ever intriguing William M. Knox and his (often hilarious) lambasting of the claims of spiritualists in a pamphlet of 1892. www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/11/a-fo...

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A forgotten sceptic: William M. Knox, the one-eyed atheist of Belfast - The Skeptic

Writing in the late 1800s, Irish atheist William M. Knox took aim at the emerging trend of spiritualism, séances, and communicating with the dead

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Maddy Goodall @madeleineog.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I am so excited for tomorrow evening's @humanists.uk event with Anthony Pinn and SI Martin - two incredible thinkers, great speakers, and also lovely human beings humanists.uk/events/black...

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Black Humanism: Anthony Pinn and SI Martin in conversation

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Maddy Goodall @madeleineog.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

May Seaton-Tiedeman, tireless campaigner for divorce law reform and leading figure in the Ethical Union @humanists.uk, died #OnThisDay 1948. heritage.humanists.uk/may-seaton-t...

Black and white newspaper photograph of a women standing behind a podium with a sign reading 'Better marriage laws lead to better marriages'

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Maddy Goodall @madeleineog.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Really looking forward to this tonight with @humanists.uk. So much to explore, and such a good panel to do it with - chaired by the inimitable @alavarij.bsky.social. Still time to join us! 🎟️ humanists.uk/events/explo...

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Beyond Belief | Exploring India's Humanist Heritage

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Maddy Goodall @madeleineog.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Perpetually inspired by the great minds behind (and within) the Our Subversive Voice project. Always a joy to hear South Place/ @conwayhall.bsky.social get a shout out too 📢

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Maddy Goodall @madeleineog.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Another truly great @humanists.uk Convention 💜 Inspiring talks, the very loveliest people, and - of course - #HumanistHeritage aplenty

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