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A. C. Grayling
Anthony Clifford Grayling (born 3 April 1949), usually known as A. C. Grayling, is a British philosopher and author.
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A. J. Ayer
Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer, FBA (29 October 1910 – 27 June 1989), usually cited as A. J. Ayer, was a British philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books Language, Truth, and Logic (1936) and The Problem of Knowledge (1956).
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Abortion
Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by removing an embryo or fetus before it can survive outside the uterus.
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Accord Coalition
The Accord Coalition is a British cross religion and belief and cross Party campaign coalition, launched in 2008, which seeks to ensure all state funded schools are made open and suitable for all, regardless of staff, children or their family's religious or non-religious beliefs.
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Adam Rutherford
Adam David Rutherford (born 1975) is a British geneticist, author, and broadcaster.
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Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the self-regulatory organisation of the advertising industry in the United Kingdom.
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Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs
Alfred Dubs, Baron Dubs (born 5 December 1932) is a British Labour politician and former Member of Parliament.
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Alice Roberts
Alice May Roberts (born 19 May 1973) is an English anatomist, osteoarchaeologist, physical anthropologist, palaeopathologist, television presenter and author.
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All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group
All-Party Groups (APGs) are informal, cross-party, interest groups of the UK Parliament.
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Andrew Copson
Andrew James William Copson, FRSA, FCMI, MCIPR (born 19 November 1980) is Chief Executive of Humanists UK (formerly known as the British Humanist Association), a position he has held since January 2010, and former Director of Education and Public Affairs at the BHA from 2005 to 2010.
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Angela Saini
Angela Saini (1980-) is a British science journalist, broadcaster and the author of two books - Geek Nation: How Indian Science is Taking Over the World and Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story.
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Anne Glover (biologist)
Dame (Lesley) Anne Glover (born 19 April 1956), is a Scottish biologist and academic.
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Ariane Sherine
Ariane Sherine (born 3 July 1980) is a British musical stand-up comedian, comedy writer and journalist.
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Atheist Bus Campaign
The Atheist Bus Campaign aimed to place "peaceful and upbeat" messages about atheism on transport media in Britain, in response to evangelical Christian advertising.
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Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger
Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger CH (14 April 1897 – 11 July 1988) was a British sociologist and criminologist.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.
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BBC Wales Today
Wales Today is the BBC's national news programme for Wales, broadcast on BBC One Wales from the headquarters of BBC Wales in Llandaff, Cardiff.
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Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate.
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Bettany Hughes
Bettany Hughes (born 14 May 1967) is an English historian, author and broadcaster.
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Birmingham Humanists
Birmingham Humanist Group was formed on May 23, 1962 at the Arden Hotel, New Street, Birmingham, England, as a result of a notice placed in a newsletter of the Ethical Union, forerunner of the British Humanist Association (BHA), by Dr Anthony Brierley.
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Blasphemy law in the United Kingdom
This article describes the blasphemy law in the United Kingdom.
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Brian Cox (physicist)
Brian Edward Cox (born 3 March 1968) is an English physicist who serves as professor of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester.
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British Pregnancy Advisory Service
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) is a British charity whose stated purpose is to support reproductive choice by advocating and providing high quality, affordable services to prevent or end unwanted pregnancies with contraception or by abortion.".
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Bryan Appleyard
Bryan Appleyard (born 24 August 1951, Manchester) is a British journalist and author.
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Ceremony
A ceremony is an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion.
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Channel Islands
The Channel Islands (Norman: Îles d'la Manche; French: Îles Anglo-Normandes or Îles de la Manche) are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy.
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Chaplain
A chaplain is a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution such as a hospital, prison, military unit, school, business, police department, fire department, university, or private chapel.
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Christian Voice (UK)
Christian Voice (CV) is a Christian advocacy group based in the United Kingdom.
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Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the state church of England.
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Civil partnership in the United Kingdom
Civil partnerships in the United Kingdom are a form of civil union granted under the Civil Partnership Act 2004, allowing same-sex couples to obtain essentially the same rights and responsibilities as civil marriage.
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Civil union
A civil union, also referred to by a variety of other names, is a legally recognized arrangement similar to marriage.
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Claire Rayner
Claire Berenice Rayner OBE (née Chetwynd; 22 January 1931 – 11 October 2010) was an English nurse, journalist, broadcaster and novelist, best known for her role for many years as an agony aunt.
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Collective worship in schools
Section 70 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 stipulates that pupils of community, foundation or voluntary schools in England and Wales must take part in a daily act of Collective Worship, unless they have been explicitly withdrawn by their parents.
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Conway Hall Ethical Society
The Conway Hall Ethical Society, formerly the South Place Ethical Society, based in London at Conway Hall, is thought to be the oldest surviving freethought organisation in the world and is the only remaining ethical society in the United Kingdom.
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Creationism
Creationism is the religious belief that the universe and life originated "from specific acts of divine creation",Gunn 2004, p. 9, "The Concise Oxford Dictionary says that creationism is 'the belief that the universe and living organisms originated from specific acts of divine creation.'" as opposed to the scientific conclusion that they came about through natural processes.
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Crown dependencies
Crown dependencies are three island territories off the coast of Britain which are self-governing possessions of the Crown.
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Dan Snow
Daniel Robert Snow (born 3 December 1978) is a British television presenter, who presents history programmes for the BBC and other broadcasters, has a history slot on The One Show and hosts the podcast, Dan Snow's History Hit.
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Darwin Day
Darwin Day is a celebration to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin on 12 February 1809.
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Deborah Orr
Deborah Jane Orr (born 23 September 1962) is a Scottish journalist who has worked for The Guardian, The Independent and other titles.
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Declaration of incompatibility
A declaration of incompatibility is a declaration issued by a United Kingdom judge that a statute is incompatible with the European Convention of Human Rights under the Human Rights Act 1998 section 4.
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Department for Education
The Department for Education (DfE) is a department of Her Majesty's Government responsible for child protection, education (compulsory, further and higher education), apprenticeships and wider skills in England.
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Devolution in the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, devolution (fèin-riaghlaidh, datganoli; Irish: Dílárú) refers to the statutory granting of powers from the Parliament of the United Kingdom to the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, the Northern Ireland Assembly and the London Assembly and to their associated executive bodies the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government, the Northern Ireland Executive and in England, the Greater London Authority and combined authorities.
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E. M. Forster
Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 18797 June 1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist.
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Edmund Leach
Sir Edmund Ronald Leach (7 November 1910 – 6 January 1989) was a British social anthropologist.
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Education Act 1944
The Education Act 1944 (7 and 8 Geo 6 c. 31) made numerous major changes in the provision and governance of secondary schools in England and Wales.
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Embryonic stem cell
Embryonic stem cells (ES cells or ESCs) are pluripotent stem cells derived from the inner cell mass of a blastocyst, an early-stage pre-implantation embryo.
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England and Wales
England and Wales is a legal jurisdiction covering England and Wales, two of the four countries of the United Kingdom.
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Equality Act 2010
The Equality Act 2010 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, and has the same goals as the four major EU Equal Treatment Directives, whose provisions it mirrors and implements.
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Ethical movement
The Ethical movement, also referred to as the Ethical Culture movement, Ethical Humanism or simply Ethical Culture, is an ethical, educational, and religious movement that is usually traced back to Felix Adler (1851–1933).
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Eugenie Scott
Eugenie Carol Scott (born October 24, 1945) is an American physical anthropologist, a former university professor and educator who has been active in opposing the teaching of young earth creationism and intelligent design in schools.
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Eunan O'Kane
Eunan Charles O'Kane (born 10 July 1990) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for Leeds United in the Championship and the Republic of Ireland national team.
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European Humanist Federation
The European Humanist Federation (EHF, Fédération Humaniste Européenne, FHE), officially abbreviated as EHF-FHE, is an umbrella of 55 humanist and secularist organisations from 22 European countries.
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Fair Admissions Campaign
The Fair Admissions Campaign aims to abolish the faith-based selection of pupils in state funded schools in England and Wales.
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Faith school
A faith school is a school in the United Kingdom that teaches a general curriculum but which has a particular religious character or formal links with a religious organisation.
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Faith to Faithless
Faith to Faithless is a non-profit organisation in the United Kingdom dedicated to confronting discrimination against non-religious people, in particular discrimination towards individuals who have left minority religions.
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First Minister of Wales
The First Minister of Wales (Prif Weinidog Cymru) is the leader of the Welsh Government, Wales' devolved administration, which was established in 1999.
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Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or sanction.
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George Eliot
Mary Anne Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively "Mary Ann" or "Marian"), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.
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George Holyoake
George Jacob Holyoake (13 April 1817 – 22 January 1906), was a British secularist, co-operator, and newspaper editor.
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George Melly
Alan George Heywood Melly (17 August 1926 – 5 July 2007) was an English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer and lecturer.
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Gulalai Ismail
Gulalai Ismail (born c. 1986) is a Pashtun human rights activist from Pakistan and chairperson of Aware Girls and the Seeds of Peace network.
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H. J. Blackham
Harold John Blackham (31 March 1903 – 23 January 2009) was a leading British humanist philosopher, writer and educationalist.
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Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a Nobel Prize-winning British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor.
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Harry Kroto
Sir Harold Walter Kroto (born Harold Walter Krotoschiner; 7 October 1939 – 30 April 2016), known as Harry Kroto, was an English chemist.
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Hermann Bondi
Sir Hermann Bondi (1 November 1919 – 10 September 2005) was an Anglo-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist.
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HM Prison and Probation Service
Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) responsible for the correctional services in England and Wales.
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Homeopathy
Homeopathy or homœopathy is a system of alternative medicine developed in 1796 by Samuel Hahnemann, based on his doctrine of like cures like (similia similibus curentur), a claim that a substance that causes the symptoms of a disease in healthy people would cure similar symptoms in sick people.
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House of Lords
The House of Lords of the United Kingdom, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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HowTheLightGetsIn Festival
HowTheLightGetsIn Festival is the world's largest philosophy and music festival, hosted by the Institute of Art and Ideas.
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Human rights
Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, December 13, 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,, Retrieved August 14, 2014 that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as natural and legal rights in municipal and international law.
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Human Rights Act 1998
The Human Rights Act 1998 (c42) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which received Royal Assent on 9 November 1998, and mostly came into force on 2 October 2000.
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Humanist celebrant
A humanist celebrant or humanist officiant is a person who performs secular humanist celebrancy services for weddings, funerals, child namings, coming of age ceremonies and other rituals.
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Humanist Society Scotland
Humanist Society Scotland is a Scottish registered charity that promotes humanist views and offers Humanist ceremonies.
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Humanist Students
Humanist Students is the national umbrella organisation for free-thinking, atheist, humanist and secular student societies in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands
The Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands (English: Humanist Association of Germany) is an organisation to promote and spread a secular humanist worldview and an advocate for the rights of nonreligious people.
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Impact litigation
Impact litigation or strategic litigation is the practice of bringing lawsuits intended to effect societal change.
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Interfaith dialogue
Interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive, and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions (i.e., "faiths") and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels.
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International Humanist and Ethical Union
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is an umbrella organisation of humanist, atheist, rationalist, secular, skeptic, freethought and Ethical Culture organisations worldwide.
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International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organisation
The International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organisation (IHEYO) is the youth wing of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), founded in 2002.
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Isle of Man
The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin), also known simply as Mann (Mannin), is a self-governing British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland.
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James Hemming
Dr.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence.
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Jedi
The Jedi are the main protagonists in the Star Wars universe.
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Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham (15 February 1748 – 6 June 1832) was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.
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Jerry Coyne
Jerry Allen Coyne (born December 30, 1949) is an American biologist, known for his work on speciation and his commentary on intelligent design.
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Jim Al-Khalili
Jameel Sadik Al-Khalili (born 20 September 1962) is a British theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster.
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Joan Bakewell
Joan Dawson Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell, DBE (née Rowlands; born 16 April 1933) is an English journalist, television presenter and Labour Party Peer.
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John Maynard Smith
John Maynard Smith (6 January 1920 – 19 April 2004) was a British theoretical and mathematical evolutionary biologist and geneticist.
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Julian Huxley
Sir Julian Sorell Huxley FRS (22 June 1887 – 14 February 1975) was a British evolutionary biologist, eugenicist, and internationalist.
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Karl Popper
Sir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian-British philosopher and professor.
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Kate Pickett
Kate Pickett (born 1965), FRSA is a British epidemiologist who is Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York and was a National Institute for Health Research Career Scientist from 2007-2012.
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Laura Lacole
Laura Lacole (born 12 September 1989 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a model who refers to herself as "Northern Ireland's only Glamour model".
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Lawrence M. Krauss
Lawrence Maxwell Krauss (born May 27, 1954) is an American-Canadian theoretical physicist and cosmologist who is Foundation Professor of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, and director of its Origins Project.
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LGBT Humanists UK
LGBT Humanists UK, founded in 1979, is a special interest section of Humanists UK which campaigns for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality and human rights in the United Kingdom.
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Linda Smith (comedian)
Linda Helen Smith (29 January 1958 – 27 February 2006) was an English comedian and comedy writer.
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Ludovic Kennedy
Sir Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy (3 November 191918 October 2009) was a British journalist, broadcaster, humanist and author best known for re-examining cases such as the Lindbergh kidnapping and the murder convictions of Timothy Evans and Derek Bentley, and for his role in the abolition of the death penalty in the United Kingdom.
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Martin Cole (sexologist)
Martin John Cole (4 October 1931 – 2 June 2015) was a British sexologist, sex education advocate and campaigner for abortion law reform, dubbed "Sex King Cole" by The Sun newspaper for his work in this field.
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Michael Foot
Michael Mackintosh Foot (23 July 1913 – 3 March 2010) was a British Labour Party politician and man of letters.
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Monarchy of the United Kingdom
The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom, its dependencies and its overseas territories.
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Naming ceremony
A naming ceremony is the event at which an infant, a youth, or an adult or relatives is given a name or names.
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Natalie Haynes
Natalie Louise Haynes (born 1974 in Birmingham) is an English writer and broadcaster and a former comedian.
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National Assembly for Wales
The National Assembly for Wales (Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru; commonly known as the Welsh Assembly) is a devolved parliament with power to make legislation in Wales.
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National Health Service
The National Health Service (NHS) is the name used for each of the public health services in the United Kingdom – the National Health Service in England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland – as well as a term to describe them collectively.
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National Secular Society
The National Secular Society (NSS) is a British campaigning organisation that promotes secularism and the separation of church and state.
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New Humanist
New Humanist is a quarterly magazine, published by the Rationalist Association in the UK, that focuses on culture, news, philosophy, and science from a sceptical perspective.
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New Statesman
The New Statesman is a British political and cultural magazine published in London.
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NHS England
NHS England is an executive non-departmental public body (NDPB) of the Department of Health and Social Care.
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Nick Cohen
Nicholas Cohen (born 1961) is a British journalist, author and political commentator.
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Non-Prophet Week
Non-Prophet Week is an annual charity week for the irreligious in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and is coordinated by the Humanist Students (formally The National Federation of Atheist, Humanist and Secular Societies) (AHS).
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.
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Northern Ireland Assembly
The Northern Ireland Assembly (Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlan Assemblie) is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland.
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Open society
The open society was conceived in 1932 by French philosopher Henri Bergson.
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Organ donation
Organ donation is when a person allows an organ of theirs to be removed, legally, either by consent while the donor is alive or after death with the assent of the next of kin.
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Owen Jones (writer)
Owen Peter Jones (born 8 August 1984) is a British newspaper columnist, commentator and left-wing political activist.
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Pastoral care
Pastoral care is an ancient model of emotional and spiritual support that can be found in all cultures and traditions.
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Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman CBE, FRSL (born 19 October 1946) is an English novelist.
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PinkNews
PinkNews is a UK-based online newspaper marketed to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community (LGBT).
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Polly Toynbee
Mary Louisa "Polly" Toynbee (born 27 December 1946) is a British journalist and writer.
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Rafida Ahmed Bonya
Rafida Bonya Ahmed (also Bonya Ahmed and Rafida Ahmed; born 1969) is a Bangladeshi-American author, humanist activist and blogger.
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Rationalist Association
The Rationalist Association, originally the Rationalist Press Association, is an organisation in the United Kingdom, founded in 1885 by a group of free thinkers who were unhappy with the increasingly political and decreasingly intellectual tenor of the British secularist movement.
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Register office (United Kingdom)
A register office, much more commonly registry office (except in official use), is a British government office where births, deaths and marriages are officially recorded and civil marriages take place.
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Religious education
In secular usage, religious education is the teaching of a particular religion (although in England the term religious instruction would refer to the teaching of a particular religion, with religious education referring to teaching about religions in general) and its varied aspects: its beliefs, doctrines, rituals, customs, rites, and personal roles.
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Rhodri Morgan
Hywel Rhodri Morgan (29 September 1939 – 17 May 2017) was a Welsh Labour politician who was the First Minister of Wales and the Leader of Welsh Labour from 2000 to 2009.
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Richard Dawkins
Clinton Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is an English ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and author.
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Robert Hinde
Robert Aubrey Hinde (26 October 1923 – 23 December 2016) was a British zoologist, the Emeritus Royal Society Research Professor of Zoology at the University of Cambridge.
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Robert Winston
Robert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston (born 15 July 1940) is a British professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter and Labour Party politician.
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Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 192016 April 1958) was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer who made contributions to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), RNA (ribonucleic acid), viruses, coal, and graphite.
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Sandi Toksvig
Sandra Birgitte "Sandi" Toksvig, (born 3 May 1958) is a British-Danish comedian, writer, actor, presenter and producer on British radio and television, and political activist.
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Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (born 11 August 1974) is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London and co-director of the Wellcome Trust PhD Programme in Neuroscience at UCL Sarah Jayne Blakemore's.
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Secular humanism
Secular humanism is a philosophy or life stance that embraces human reason, ethics, and philosophical naturalism while specifically rejecting religious dogma, supernaturalism, pseudoscience, and superstition as the basis of morality and decision making.
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Secular state
A secular state is an idea pertaining to secularism, whereby a state is or purports to be officially neutral in matters of religion, supporting neither religion nor irreligion.
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Secularism
Secularism is the principle of the separation of government institutions and persons mandated to represent the state from religious institution and religious dignitaries (the attainment of such is termed secularity).
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Shappi Khorsandi
Shaparak "Shappi" Khorsandi (شاپرک خرسندی, born 8 June 1973) is a British comedian and author of Iranian origin.
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Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education
A Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE) is an independent body which considers the provision of religious education in the area under the jurisdiction of its Local Authority, advising it and empowered to require a review of the locally agreed syllabus for Religious Education (RE).
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Stanton Coit
Stanton George Coit (11 August 1857 – 15 February 1944) was an American-born leader of the Ethical movement in England.
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Stephen Fry
Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist.
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Steven Pinker
Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18, 1954) is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author.
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Sunday Observance Act 1780
The Sunday Observance Act 1780 (21 Geo 3 c 49) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
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Terry Pratchett
Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works.
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The 1975
The 1975 are an English rock band originating from Manchester.
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The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
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Thought for the Day
Thought for the Day is a daily scripted slot on the ''Today'' programme on BBC Radio 4 offering "reflections from a faith perspective on issues and people in the news", broadcast at around 7:45 each Monday to Saturday morning.
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Tim Minchin
Timothy David Minchin (born 7 October 1975) is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, musician and director.
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Today (BBC Radio 4)
Today, or The Today Programme, is BBC Radio 4's long-running early morning news and current affairs programme, broadcast on Monday to Friday from 6:00 am to 9:00 am and 7:00 am to 9:00 am on Saturday.
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Tom Blundell
Sir Thomas Leon "Tom" Blundell, (born 7 July 1942) is a British biochemist, structural biologist, and science administrator.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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University College London
University College London (UCL) is a public research university in London, England, and a constituent college of the federal University of London.
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Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress of stage, screen and television, and a political activist.
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Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 188228 March 1941) was an English writer, who is considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.
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Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on Christianity as a whole, especially the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of speech and separation of church and state.
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Voluntary euthanasia
Voluntary euthanasia is the practice of ending a life in a painless manner.
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World Humanist Congress
The World Humanist Congress is an international congress held every three years on behalf of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU).
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Youth wing
A youth wing is a subsidiary, autonomous, or independently allied front of a larger organization that is formed in order to rally support for that organization from members and potential members of a younger age, as well as to focus on subjects and issues more widely relevant among that organization's youth.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanists_UK
