Events

An ex-Muslim woman exposes sexual shame, forced marriage and Islamist gender apartheid, combining lived experience with UK context and global evidence.   Veiled Rose is a British Bangladeshi ex-Muslim activist and Communications Manager at Faithless Hijabi .

The Living Together oral history project has documented the memories of 103 people who have made their home in Leicester. This talk will discuss key themes from the interviews, and explore points of cohesion, tension and unity in the city.   Sean is founder and director of Goldfinch Heritage Ltd., a company dedicated to delivering high-quality freelance historical research, heritage marketing and heritage consultancy services. Between 2012 and 2022 Sean worked as a writer across different industries – from journalism to publishing to digital marketing. He wanted to progress his interest in historical research and in 2019 enrolled on the MA Urban Conservation course at the University of Leicester’s Centre for Urban History. He successfully achieved a Distinction, as well as receiving the 2020 David Reeder Prize for Best Dissertation in Urban History.

One of the most iconic books of the late twentieth century, ‘The Outsider’, by Leicester- born Colin Wilson, caused a sensation when first published on May 28, 1956. Colin Stanley tells the story of his overnight success.   Colin Stanley is  Colin Wilson’s bibliographer, convenor of 4 International Conferences on his work and associate curator of his archive at the University of Nottingham. Author of several studies of his work including ‘An Evolutionary Leap: Colin Wilson on Psychology’ (Routledge, 2016) All welcome - admission free . Donations welcome - £5 suggested to cover  costs. 

 

From religion to capitalism, systems demand conformity. This talk questions ableism and whether neurodivergent struggle reflects individual failure or systemic design.   Veiled Rose is a British Bengali ex-Muslim activist and writer working at the intersection of neurodiversity, secularism, and human rights. Her work focuses on how social and religious systems impact mental health, autonomy, and equality, particularly for women and neurodivergent people. She is Communications Manager at Faithless Hijabi , and a lay member of both the Leicester Secular Society and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain .    All welcome - admission free. Tea & biscuits. Donations welcome - £5 suggested to cover  costs. ...

 

 We have a break in our programme at Yuletide, Easter and in the summer holiday period. The new programmes commence in January, April and September.