Young Freethought: Upcoming events

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Upcoming events

First of all, I'd like to thank many of the atheist blogs and websites we’ve contacted. The response has been great so far and your support means a lot.

Now, a few notices about upcoming events. For those of you who were unfortunate enough to be unable to attend the debate between Hitchens & Fry (sounds like a 70's cop duo don't you think?) vs. Anne Widdecombe & Archbishop John Onaiyekan, you certainly missed a flurry of Catholic-bashing (The New Humanist article on the debate can be found here). Don’t fret! The debate will be broadcast by BBC World News on 7th and 8th of November (times can be found here).

If you have a taste for the mind-boggling and incomprehensible, there is a mathematics lecture by Professor Ian Stewart at the Royal Society tomorrow (5th November) entitled Mathematical curiosities and treasures. Stewart is a recipient of the Royal Society’s Faraday Medal (Richard Dawkins is amongst the previous recipients) and is currently at the University of Warwick. There is a live webcast of the lecture available here.

Finally, I'd also like to ask if any young readers will be attending the Richard Dawkins talk on his new book The Evidence For Evolution: The Greatest Show On Earth in London on 24th November. If your aged 16-21, we'd love to receive piece about the talk.

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