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.
Posted: Mon, 18 Oct 2021
A new bust of NSS founder Charles Bradlaugh has been unveiled at a ceremony to mark the restoration of his grave.
Posted: Wed, 09 Jun 2021
The NSS has launched a fundraiser to restore the grave of its founder Charles Bradlaugh, which has fallen into disrepair.
Posted: Thu, 04 Mar 2021
The NSS will host a book launch for the first modern biography of George Holyoake, a key figure in UK secularist history, on 22 April.
Posted: Thu, 23 Apr 2020
An NSS series of lectures on the history of secularism will air during the current period of lockdown and social distancing.
Posted: Wed, 08 Apr 2020
The NSS is deeply saddened to report the death of one of its longest-serving presidents, Barbara Smoker, at the age of 96.
Bob Forder reflects on the key achievements of the NSS's founder, ahead of the restoration of his grave.
Posted: Wed, 01 Sep 2021
Religious leaders have long feared irreverent drawings that could challenge their authority. We should remember that amid the latest effort to prevent the use of Muhammad cartoons, says Bob Forder.
Posted: Thu, 08 Apr 2021
With secularist principles under siege across much of the world, it's worth reconsidering the vision of the man who coined the term 'secularism' in the 19th century, says his biographer Ray Argyle.
Posted: Thu, 30 Jul 2020
Former NSS president Barbara Smoker's book My Godforsaken Life: Memoir of a Maverick reminds us of the value of ordinary people's principled activism and provides a link to secularists of the past, says...
Posted: Thu, 17 Jan 2019
The film Peterloo is a reminder of the close links between the campaign for church-state separation and the push for a truly democratic society in the 19th century and beyond, writes Bob Forder.
Mike Leigh's...
Posted: Fri, 23 Nov 2018