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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.

22 October 2020: Leicester Secular Society is supporting the campaign of the National Secular Society against exceptions in the Equality Act 2010 that were originally intended to accommodate historic religious privileges. These are now being used to undermine efforts to to build a fairer Britain, and safeguard and positively promote the rights of everyone. See the report "Faith-shaped holes: How religious privilege is undermining equality law".

12 September 2020: Autumn edition of Leicester Secularist (No.84) - Mubaraj Bala blaspemy charge - The Church of QAnon - East Midlands railways - George Fox - Jankaar - A brief history of allotments in Leicester - Cycle Inner Tube Endurance Test - these and many other articles in 16 pages of news, comment and reviews from LSS.

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