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The Human Project – Creating Meaning
Our conversation on Monday was about one of life’s most enduring questions, and it began began with reflections on how meaning, once rooted firmly in religious belief, is now widely …
Building a Humanist Community: Beyond the Ceremony
For many couples, a humanist wedding ceremony is a deeply meaningful event—an expression of their values, their relationship, and their future. But what happens after the confetti settles and the …
Truth in the Age of Truth Social
Our conversation centred on the difficulty of discerning truth in today’s world, especially in the context of media, politics, and social discourse.
Faye Yerbury
We are very sad to learn of the death of one of our founder members, Faye Yerbury. A Master Photographer specialising in Classic Nudes, Faye and her husband Trevor were …
A World in Chaos – what should humanists do?
It was back in March that we decided to form Humankind, in response to the attacks on humanist values around the world. Two months later we got together in the …
We can marry you anywhere in Scotland – with two exceptions
Humankind celebrants have decided not to conduct weddings at any venue owned by Donald Trump.
Funerals – Joyous, Funny, Inspiring, Uplifting
New research says that almost 70% of us want our funeral to be a celebration of life, rather than a time for reflection.
Rewrite the Rituals
I’ve long been a fan of Grayson Perry. Not just of his work as a potter which is as subversive as it is beautiful, but also of his clear-eyed attempts to understand and explain the human condition.
Faye’s Last Party
I went to a garden party on Sunday, and it was glorious. The sun was out, the ladies were in their floatiest dresses, the canapés were delicious, the Prosecco was flowing, and it was everything you’d expect from a garden party apart from one thing; the guest of honour knew it was the last party…
