7:30 pm, September 5 2024
The point of Article Club is to challenge ourselves to read a diverse range of articles, share them with like-minded people and deal with our anxiety that we aren’t reading books.
Vote from a small selection of articles here: Article Club #63 voting form – Google Forms
1:00 pm, September 1 2024
I Scream, You Scream!! To mark the closing of our Summer season, this week we have been paying homage to that oh-so-sweet, delectable and enduring symbol of Summertime to both young and old – the mighty ice cream cone!
Following our Sundae Assembly special, in which ice-cream scientist Tom Boulton will have taken us through the history and culture of this most iconic sweet treat, we invite you to join us on a delectable ice cream crawl through East London, where you and fellow enthusiasts can savour the local delights and pick your FLAVOUR-ite!
We will be departing from the Backyard Comedy Club immediately following the Assembly at 1pm, where we will follow the rocky road onto:
1. E5 Bakehouse – Home to the famous Softy & Swirly Expect grown-up flavours such as loganberry and sheep’s ricotta as well as salted black sesame, honey with lemon and cardamom, and malted vanilla. They also have La Grotta ices, a selection of seasonal frozen treats with an emphasis on fresh-tasting fruity combos – think pomegranate and leafy orange, pear and myrtle, wild fig and watermelon, or quince and bramley apple pie.
2. Soft Serve Society – There are four basic flavours (vanilla, matcha, charcoal and coconut), but the thrill is in the photogenic toppings, which are arranged in Petri dishes on the counter ready for sprinkling.
3. Darlish – Luxury ice cream inspired by natural botanicals and the magical flavours of the Middle East, including black tahini halva chunk, honey rum, date mollases & raisin, and Turkish coffee.
The crawl will cover approximately 3 miles and last 2 hours
1:00 pm, September 1 2024
Join us after the Assembly for lunch and board games! Keep an eye on the weather and event listing in case we need to change venue. Bring a picnic mat and food from home or the nearby shops. And if you have any portable games, bring them too. Newcomers are very welcome. We generally play short, easy to learn, fun games.
11:00 am, September 1 2024
I Scream, You Scream!! To mark the closing of our Summer season, this week we are paying homage to that oh so sweet, delectable and enduring symbol of Summertime to both young and old – the mighty Ice Cream cone!
Tom Boulton has worked as an ice cream scientist for Unilever & Little Moons for ten years. Today he will enlighten us with a talk on the history and culture of this most iconic sweet treat; the technology and processes in how it is made and what goes into concocting the best flavours. Yum yum!
We are also thrilled to welcome back Morwenna James, spoken word artist and published poet who uses radical honesty and self -deprecation to explore universal themes with a playful, humorous slant.
3:00 pm, July 21 2024
Join us at our second in-person boardgames meetup for July. If the weather is warm and dry we will picnic and play boardgames. If not we’ll be indoors. Newcomers are very welcome. We generally play short, easy to learn fun games.
1:00 pm, July 21 2024
Join us after the Assembly for lunch! Keep an eye on the weather and event listing in case we need to change venue. Bring a picnic mat and food from home or the nearby shops. We usually get others jump in last minute at the Assembly so there will be more people than are showing on the event.
11:00 am, July 21 2024
Ever been moved by Nietzsche’s philosophical musings, but been desperate to hear them sung in the style of Bob Dylan? Well, today is your lucky day, as we are joined by the inimitable Paul Lodge, musician and Professor of philosophy at Oxford University, who does just that!
Join us for a titillating blend of music, philosophy and literature as Paul offers his unique musical interpretations of the work of Nietzsche as well as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walter Benjamin, and Margaret Cavendish.
Paul’s songs have been featured on BBC Radio Oxford Introducing and BBC Radio Cumbria. In 2022 he launched his album Preludes to Wordsworth in the poet’s home, Rydal Mount, at the invitation of Wordsworth’s descendants.
We are also joined by comedian and poet, Sam Rix who will bring us a joyous medley of hilarious spoken word exploring creativity, social media and everything in between.
There will be four fantastic songs performed by our very own Sunday Assembly Band, so bring your best singing voices and dancing shoes! Please stay after for tea, biscuits, and engaging conversations with members of our community.
11:00 am, July 7 2024
Right now, something strange is going on in the cosmos… Scientists are uncovering a catalogue of weird phenomena that simply can’t be explained by our long-established theories of the universe.
After decades of fruitless searching, could we finally be catching glimpses of a profound new view of our physical world? Or are we being fooled by cruel tricks of the data?
To celebrate the launch of his recent book, experimental physicist at CERN and acclaimed science presenter Harry Cliff will take us through some of this groundbreaking new research.
1:00 pm, July 7 2024
Join us after the Assembly for lunch! Keep an eye on the weather and event listing in case we need to change venue. Bring a picnic mat and food from home or the nearby shops. We usually get others jump in last minute at the Assembly so there will be more people than are showing on the event.
3:00 pm, July 7 2024
Join us at our second in-person boardgames meetup for June. If the weather is warm and dry we will picnic and play boardgames. If not we’ll be indoors. Newcomers are very welcome. We generally play short, easy to learn fun games.
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