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Glenys Kinnock (1944–2023)
Welsh teacher, anti-apartheid campaigner, MEP, and Labour minister who was a patron of the British Humanist Association (today’s Humanists UK).
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Michael Foot (1913–2010)
Labour leader, journalist, and author who was a member and Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association and an Honorary Associate of the Rationalist Press Association.
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J. D. Bernal (1901–1971)
Science should be taught not merely as a subject but should come into all subjects. Its importance in history and […]
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From the archives: Joseph Rotblat on Bertrand Russell
The human species so deeply loved by Bertrand Russell and so much enriched by his life’s work is now in […]
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Ritchie Calder (1906–1982)
Humanist ethics, as I understand them, are concerned with mankind. As humanists we believe in reason, but we also believe […]
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From the archives: Vera Brittain’s toast to the Rationalist Press Association (1935)
I think that one of the most hopeful signs at the present day, and one for which this Movement can […]
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Bill Bynner (1900-1984)
Bill Bynner was a humanist, socialist, and civil servant. As the editor of South Place Ethical Society‘s Ethical Record wrote […]
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Kingsley Martin (1897-1969)
I believe in the supreme virtue of exploring. I believe in finding out. Even if I don’t succeed, I still […]
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Nicolas Walter (1934-2000)
Humanism involves not just the deletion of God from moral thought, but the development of humanity on a rational and […]
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Red Lion Square
As well as being home to Conway Hall and its humanist library, Red Lion Square contains statues of two prominent […]
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Dora Russell (1894-1986)
I see this kind of love – the empathy that should be common to all living creatures – rather than […]