We are kicking off 2023 with a new series of Regional Speakeasies around the UK. Each event will be addressed by a senior member of Free Speech Union staff to […]
Come and debate with the Free Speech Union, Why Free Speech is Worth Fighting For. Our speaker for the evening is Thomas Harris, FSU's Director of Data and Impact. Tom joined the […]
We are kicking off 2023 with a new series of Regional Speakeasies around the UK. Each event will be addressed by a senior member of Free Speech Union staff to […]
Join us on Zoom at 7.30pm on Wednesday 8 th March for an Online Speakeasy with the excellent Canadian writer and podcaster Meghan Murphy. Now living in Mexico, Meghan […]
How do we stop disinformation and misinformation being weaponised to suppress dissent? So-called disinformation and misinformation have been singled out by many governments, institutions, charities and commercial businesses as a […]
Simon Fanshawe OBE has had a career that stretches from an award-winning comic (Perrier Award 1989) to Sunday Times feature writer, broadcaster and columnist. He is the author of the […]
THE HOME OF FREE-THINKING COMEDY Friday 5th May - Doors at 6:30pm, acts on stage 7:30pm Having consistently sold out shows in London for the past 5 years, […]
Return of Blasphemy Laws? Balancing Tolerance and Free Speech - Join Emma Webb, Rakib Ehsan, Stephen Evans, and Ben Jones for an insightful panel discussion exploring the resurgence of de facto blasphemy laws, the balance between tolerance for diverse beliefs and the right to ridicule or criticise religion, and defending free speech against Islamism and institutional censure. Engage with our expert panelists, followed by an audience Q&A session. In partnership with Common Sense Society UK.
We are delighted to announce that at our next meeting, Professor Kathleen Stock and Rosie Kay will lead a discussion on what freedom of expression means for the Arts.
Although now well-known for her public engagement with debates pertaining to gender identity, Professor Stock forged her academic career through work on aesthetics and the artistic imagination in literature, music and the visual arts. As well as publishing numerous articles and chapters, she is the author of the book Only Imagine: Fiction, interpretation, and imagination (Oxford University Press, 2017). Professor Stock will be in conversation with the award-winning choreographer Rosie Kay. Rosie is currently preparing to tour with her show 5 Soldiers.
THE HOME OF FREE-THINKING COMEDY Friday 2nd June . - Doors at 6:30pm, acts on stage 7:30pm Having consistently sold out shows in London for the past 5 years, Comedy […]
Professor Matthew Goodwin’s latest book Values, Voices and Virtue: The New British Politics has stirred up lively discussion about whether a ‘new elite ’, with values alien to the majority, […]
The FSU Annual Convention The Convention affords senior staff and the directors of the FSU the opportunity to thank members for their support and to report back on highlights from […]
Campus mobs, preferred pronouns, artworks consigned to the dustbin of history, controversial views dismissed as ‘misinformation’, children’s books censored, de facto blasphemy laws, employees sacked for having the ‘wrong’ opinions, […]
Wednesday 5th July, in-person in Central London or Online Of all the issues thrown up by the rise of gender ideology and the push for trans-inclusivity, safety and fairness […]
THE HOME OF FREE-THINKING COMEDY 7th July - Doors at 6:30pm, acts on stage 7:30pm Having consistently sold out shows in London for the past 5 years, Comedy Unleashed […]
FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS BELIEF Free Speech Union member Ben Dybowski was sacked from a school for sharing his Christian beliefs at a staff-only diversity […]
CAN THE ARTS SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN SCOTLAND? In a censorious climate, how can we protect the freedom to imagine for actors, artists, comedians, musicians, poets, writers and audiences? […]
SPEAKERS: FSU Manchester Speakeasy with local historian Michael Herbert of Red Flag Walks, Dr Cheryl Hudson of University of Liverpool and Jonathan Schofield, writer, Manchester tour guide and editor of […]
In his provocative new book, Cancelled: The Left Way Back from Woke, political scientist Professor Umut Özkirimli describes how the Left has been sucked into a spiral of toxic hatred […]
Understanding Tyranny and Liberty: Lessons from Alexis de Tocqueville and J.S. Mill With Guest Lecturer Professor Jeremy Jennings Prior to the nineteenth century many writers were aware that autocratic states […]
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