Following a collaborative archival project between Bishopsgate Institute and the Conway Hall Ethical Society, the National Secular Society's historical archives are now available to the public at Conway Hall.
A short video featuring Robin Ince exploring the archives.
See also: NSS welcomes Conway Hall launch of 'Victorian Blogging' project
Posted: Mon, 20 Aug 2018
The NSS has unveiled a plaque commemorating the British secularist George Jacob Holyoake, who coined the term 'secularism', in London.
Posted: Thu, 05 Jul 2018
The NSS and Leicester Secular Society will hold a talk on the longest-serving president of the NSS, Chapman Cohen, in September.
Posted: Thu, 29 Mar 2018
The NSS has welcomed an initiative to mark the history of freethought and secularism throughout April.
Posted: Wed, 06 Sep 2017
The National Secular Society has welcomed a new project from Conway Hall which will highlight the work of Victorian radicals on major issues...
Posted: Thu, 29 Sep 2016
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Mike Leigh's...
Posted: Fri, 23 Nov 2018
The Parliamentary recess provides welcome respite from the frenetic activity of the political battles being fought out in the chamber and corridors, allowing us to stand back and have a wry look at the...
Posted: Fri, 12 Aug 2016
While people of all faiths and none have campaigned for and against LGBTQ rights, the merger of religious and state power has always been the greatest threat to LGBTQ rights around the world and turns...
Posted: Tue, 17 May 2016
Collective worship has its history in a murky compromise between politicians and the church dating back to the Second World War – and it is long since time the arcane requirement was removed, writes...
Posted: Thu, 10 Mar 2016
A landmark legal cases involving secularists took place a century ago. In Bowman v. Secular Society the relatives of a testator leaving money to the Secular Society (an associated company of the NSS) sought...
Posted: Fri, 24 Apr 2015