11:00 am, February 15 2026
Backyard Comedy Club, Bethnal Green
Speaker: Adela Apetroaia
Poet: Morwenna James
This Valentine’s weekend, we explored the love that builds the type of communities, friendships and resilience we cherish at Sunday Assembly London.
Guest speaker: Adela Apetroaia
Adela is a senior lecturer and psychotherapist known as the Love Doctress. She explores how love shows up in all forms: not just romance, but in friendship, community, creativity and self-acceptance.
Drawing on years of experience in psychology, bodywork and relational coaching, Adela shared practical insights on how we can build more honest, heart-led connections in a time of increasing disconnection.
Guest poet: Morwenna James
We love welcoming new speakers and poets to our stage, and we also love welcoming back familiar voices like Morwenna. She’s a spoken word artist and published poet who uses radical honesty and self-deprecation to explore universal themes with a playful, humorous slant.
This time, Morwenna entertained us with Mother Time, about her experience of motherhood among other mothers. Watch Morwenna’s performance on Instagram
Our singalongs
As usual, there were four pop songs performed by our Sunday Assembly London band and reflecting today’s themes.
- Lovefool – The Cardigans
- You Can’t Hurry Love – The Supremes
- Kiss from A Rose – Seal
- I Want To Know What Love Is – Foreigner
The lyrics were projected on screen and everyone was welcome to sing (and dance) along.
About Sunday Assembly London
Sunday Assembly London is your regular and reliable stop for a welcoming, accessible and inspiring Sunday community, where you can hear talks and poetry, sing songs and make new friends.
Stay after for tea, biscuits, and chat in the Backyard Comedy Club. Then join us for a local meal, picnic, or a drink and card games at the pub.
→ Our next assembly: You Matter… Really!, 1st March
← Our previous assembly: Hidden London, Hidden Lives: Homelessness Revisited, 1st February