Event Listing
Soapbox Special 2018
Submissions are now open for "soapbox" talks.
July Social
Join us in celebrating rational thinking at our monthly ritual of coded digs at the out-group and more alcohol than scientists generally advise.
Save the Honeybee?
Save the Honeybee stories are never far from the news, but is the species really under threat? And should environmentalists be interested in them at all?
June Social
If you like skepticism, socialising, and being in the upstairs room of Marble's bar at 57 Thomas Street, then boy do we have the event for you.
Atheism in ancient Greece
By Dr James Ford. Full title and blurb TBC.
May Social at Marble
After a year-long wait, the May social is with us once again.
Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
Following an animated discussion of Bitcoin at a social, we've invited some people with experience of it to give an inside perspective on what blockchain is, and why so many people trust it.
April Social
This time, we'll gather upstairs at Marble Brewery's bar at 57 Thomas Street, in Manchester's trendy Northern Quarter.
Playing with Mathematics
Mathematician and YouTuber Katie Steckles takes games and puzzles, and shows us how they fit into our understanding of mathematics — or our lack of it.
Crowd Safety and Risk Analysis
Prof Keith Still provides some background to crowd risks, crowd counting and the “behind the scenes” story of the Trump inauguration crowd size, which gave rise to the phrase “alternative facts”.