Songs and music evening
Thursday October 15th 2026, Meet-up and Social 7pm (doors open 6:45) at the Literary and Philosophical Society Building, 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 1SE (near the main station)
Thursday October 15th 2026, Meet-up and Social 7pm (doors open 6:45) at the Literary and Philosophical Society Building, 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 1SE (near the main station)
In response to popular demand, we’ll be revisiting songs and music at our October gathering. Members, supporters and guests will select a song or piece of music which is special to them. The proposer will be invited to talk for five minutes about why it is important to them, and the piece will then be played (or vice versa! Your choice) If the song proposer wishes, they will then be asked to make the case for their choice to be included in the NEH Humanist songbook.
If you wish your choice of music to be played, then if you can, let Philip Nathan know your choice by emailing him at
[email protected] or just turn-up and hopefully we will have it available :).
The meet-up is FREE and open to all – everyone is welcome. Refreshments provided. Donations are welcome to help cover costs.
We look forward to seeing you there for what should be another interesting, pleasant and social evening.
North East Humanists
If you wish your choice of music to be played, then if you can, let Philip Nathan know your choice by emailing him at
[email protected] or just turn-up and hopefully we will have it available :).
The meet-up is FREE and open to all – everyone is welcome. Refreshments provided. Donations are welcome to help cover costs.
We look forward to seeing you there for what should be another interesting, pleasant and social evening.
North East Humanists
Durham Secular Salon: Durham Emergency Briefing Film
Sunday October 18th 2pm, Merryoaks Community Centre, Park House Road, Durham, DH1 3QF
In November 2025, in the ‘first-of-its-kind, national emergency briefing’, nine experts gave around 1,200 of the UK’s leaders — across politics, business, faith and culture - stark assessments of the scale of the changes needed to adapt the country to the rapidly changing climate and ecological landscape.
The team behind the event has since crowdfunded to produce the People’s Emergency Briefing, a 50-minute film, hosted by the TV presenter and environmentalist Chris Packham. It outlines the urgent threats that climate and nature breakdown pose to food security, the economy and public health.
The film calls on the government to stage a prime-time, televised emergency briefing on the climate and nature crisis.
The call for a televised briefing comes as most of Europe has just sweltered in its worst ever heatwave – an event that scientists said would have been impossible without the humaninduced climate crisis.
The People’s Emergency Briefing brings together the science and national implications in one compelling film. It is designed for communities to watch together to see the same evidence - on the record - as those briefed in Westminster.
We are screening the film, and you are invited to join us.
FREE and open to all – everyone is welcome. Refreshments provided. Donations are welcome to help cover costs.
We look forward to seeing you in Durham there for what should be an entertaining and engaging film.
North East Humanists
