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August 19, 2026

Humanist Society interview series: theatre director Maggie Kinloch on telling stories as a humanist celebrant

Humanist Society interview series: theatre director Maggie Kinloch on telling stories as a humanist celebrant

Graphic showing people planting a tree

April 28, 2026

Apply for a World Humanist Day grant!

Apply for a World Humanist Day grant!

Darrel laughing on a conference podium with a mic infront of him and projector screen behind. He wears a white shirt, blue jacket and lapel badge. Darrel has short grey hair, glasses and a moustache.

August 26, 2025

Humanist Society interview series: Darrel Ray on Secular Therapy and his UK tour

Humanist Society interview series: Darrel Ray on Secular Therapy and his UK tour

Artist Kathryn Welch making flower posies.

March 6, 2025

Applications open for World Humanist Day small grant scheme 2025!

Applications open for World Humanist Day small grant scheme 2025!

Graphic with small illustrations on a grey background. Wedding rings, two glasses of fizz clinking, a three tiered cake, bagpipes, music note, knife and fork and envelope with wedding invite inside.

February 13, 2025

Celebrating 20 years of legal humanist weddings!

Celebrating 20 years of legal humanist weddings!

A humanist celebrant in dark coat lays a wreath on the steps of a war memorial.

November 11, 2024

Humanists lay wreaths at remembrance ceremonies across Scotland: in photos

Humanists lay wreaths at remembrance ceremonies across Scotland: in photos

Elena Whitham MSP presents on assisted dying at our Festival of Humanism, with speaker Joanne Easton looking on.

October 28, 2024

Looking back on Festival of Humanism 2024

Looking back on Festival of Humanism 2024

Three horizontally aligned images show activities for World Humanist Day. There are people serving a range of world foods from a long table to the left, part of the Pollokshields event. In the centre are cubscouts designing community gardens with pen and paper on the floor of their scout hut. To the right is a group of humanists on a walk in Edinburgh at the foot of Salisbury Crags.

June 29, 2023

Looking back on World Humanist Day

Looking back on World Humanist Day

This image shows the meeting house at Sussex University in England, the first university meeting place whose appointed religious representative is a humanist. It is a large cylindrical building with an alternating pattern of concrete blocks and square coloured-glass panels that let in light. I has a green, conical roof.

March 21, 2023

Humanist Society contributes to new Faith and Belief Engagement Strategy

Humanist Society contributes to new Faith and Belief Engagement Strategy

September 21, 2022

Does religion still matter in politics?

Does religion still matter in politics?

September 15, 2022

OMG you can’t write that!

OMG you can’t write that!