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20 February 2021: A video of this year's Darwin Anniversary Lecture delivered by Dr George Beccaloni can be found on this link. Dr. Beccaloni talks about Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 - 1913), one of the greatest scientists of all time. His seminal contributions to biology rival those of his friend and colleague Charles Darwin, though he is far less well known.

1 February 2021 Spring edition of Leicester Secularist (No.85) - Christian Nationalists - Census Campaign - Teaching Evolution not Creationism as Science - The Gunpowder Plot - these and many other articles in 16 pages of news, comment and reviews from LSS.

8 January 2021- Zoom Talks. We are continuing our regular Sunday evening events at 6.30pm with online talks followed by discussion until it is safe to resume meetings in person. The programme can be downloaded here Details will be circulated each week to those who have joined our mailing list. The events will take place over the internet via Zoom, which is a programme which allows groups of up to 100 people to meet together. If you want to take part in this experiment, you will need the following:

1. A laptop/tablet/desktop or phone with a camera.
2. You will need to download Zoom which is free. You can do this by going to: https://zoom.us/download and from the Download Center, click on the Download button under “Zoom Client For Meetings”. This application will automatically download when you start your first Zoom Meeting.

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