Tags: NSS
NSS mourns the loss of former president David Tribe
Posted: Thu, 01 Jun 2017
David Tribe, a President of the National Secular Society from 1963 to 1971, has died in Australia at the age of 86. Read More »
Commemorations held to celebrate NSS founder Charles Bradlaugh
Posted: Thu, 29 Sep 2016
Two commemorations have been held this month to celebrate the life and work of Charles Bradlaugh, who founded the National Secular Society 150 years ago. Read More »
Maajid Nawaz becomes honorary associate of the NSS
Posted: Fri, 20 Jun 2014
The National Secular Society has welcomed the anti-extremism activist Maajid Nawaz to its list of prominent supporters by naming him an honorary associate. Read More »
Government defeated as peers vote to reform Clause 1
Posted: Thu, 09 Jan 2014
The House of Lords has voted down a government proposal to hand police new powers to clamp down on "annoying" behaviour. Read More »
Feel free to annoy me: new campaign launched to protect free expression
Posted: Wed, 27 Nov 2013
The National Secular Society has joined together with religious groups and civil liberties campaigners to launch a new campaign to challenge Government proposals to outlaw "annoying" behaviour. Read More »
Secularist of the Year 2014 - Tickets now on sale
Posted: Fri, 22 Nov 2013
The search has begun to find the next recipient of the Irwin Prize for Secularist of the Year. The award is presented annually in recognition of an individual or an organisation considered to have made an outstanding contribution to the secular cause. Read More »
Charles Bradlaugh nominated for a “People’s Plaque” in Tower Hamlets
Posted: Fri, 22 Nov 2013
The founder of the National Secular Society, Charles Bradlaugh, has been shortlisted by Towers Hamlets Borough Council in London for commemoration with a Blue Plaque. Read More »
NSS tells EU presidents that secularism should be “at the heart of the European project”
Posted: Thu, 14 Nov 2013
The National Secular Society was represented again at the annual luncheon designed to consult "non-confessional" organisations given by the three presidents of the EU . Read More »
NSS joins campaign to oppose Lobbying Bill
Posted: Thu, 31 Oct 2013
The controversial Lobbying Bill could cause issue-based campaigners and charities to be "frozen out" of politics, a columnist has warned. Read More »
NSS stalwart Bill McIlroy dies aged 85
Posted: Thu, 22 Aug 2013
With great sadness, we report the death of William (Bill) McIlroy on 22 August 2013, aged 85. Read More »
Win tickets to see National Youth Theatre’s new play “Pope Joan”
Posted: Thu, 08 Aug 2013
You can win two tickets to see the National Youth Theatre's new play, Pope Joan which will be performed at St James church in Piccadilly, central London from 31 August to 15 September. Read More »
Petitioner wants to “illegalise” the NSS
Posted: Thu, 08 Aug 2013
An attempt to put a petition up on the Government's e-petition website by someone called "Paul" which calls for the NSS to be made illegal, has been rejected. Read More »
NSS makes history for the future
Posted: Wed, 10 Apr 2013
The British Library's announcement last week that it will archive much of today's online material for future researchers has been welcomed by the National Secular Society. Read More »
Is this a true history of religious education or a rewriting of the facts?
Posted: Wed, 03 Apr 2013
Secularists and humanists in the 1960s and 1970s played a critical role in stopping religious education in schools being used for proselytising. That's the claim being made in new research from the University of Exeter. Read More »
Secularism 2012: a great success
Posted: Tue, 25 Sep 2012
The National Secular Society's "Secularism 2012" conference — held in London last Saturday — was pronounced an outstanding success by delegates from all over the country and around the world. Read More »
