FSU Edinburgh Speakeasy Thirty Days of Hate Crime Law Wednesday 1st May The Counting House, 34 West Nicolson St, Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9DD. Panel debate 7.30pm - 9.30pm, (doors open 7pm), bar open until 10.30pm. In just the first three days since the implementation of Scotland’s Hate Crime and Public Order Act, more than 3000 […]
SCIENCE, SCEPTICISM and FREE SPEECH The Free Speech Union is delighted to host a series of lectures and discussions in partnership with Sense About Science, an independent charity that promotes the public interest in sound science and evidence. Critical thinking, open inquiry and the freedom to question have been fundamental to the development of the […]
In conversation: LIONEL SHRIVER and Toby Young DATE: Monday 15th April, 2024 Come along for a very special FSU Speakeasy in a great venue, to hear author LIONEL SHRIVER in conversation with FSU General Secretary Toby Young. They will discuss Lionel's new book, MANIA. In a reality not too distant from our own, the so-called […]
SCIENCE, SCEPTICISM and FREE SPEECH The Free Speech Union is delighted to host a series of lectures and discussions in partnership with Sense About Science, an independent charity that promotes the public interest in sound science and evidence. Critical thinking, open inquiry and the freedom to question have been fundamental to the development of the […]
Race, identity politics and the new conformity DATE: Monday 18th March VENUE: The Hall, The Art Workers' Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AT TIME: Event starts 7.30pm (doors open 7pm, please arrive by 7.15pm). FREE GLASS OF WINE ON ARRIVAL. IN-PERSON TICKETS: FSU members £10. Non-FSU Members £16. Aged 25 and under £12. Discount tickets […]
ONLINE BOOK LAUNCH: ABIGAIL SHRIER DATE: Monday 4th March, 2024. TIME: 7pm, GMT. VENUE: Zoom. TICKETS: Non-FSU Members can purchase an online ticket here. FSU Members should not use that link, but instead use the link to register provided in Members-Only Weekly Newsletters and Events Updates. JOIN the Free Speech Union here to gain free access to […]
Net Zero or Not Zero: Can we debate climate change? Thursday 22nd February, 2024 Panel debate and Q and A from 7pm until 8.45pm, social until 10pm. The Clayton Hotel, Garden Suite, 27-29 Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2FB. (A two-minute walk from Cambridge Station). GET TICKETS: FSU Member £5. Non-FSU Member £10. Student £3. Popular […]
HOW TO STAND UP FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF THOUGHT DATE: Saturday 3rd February, 2024 TIME: Doors and bar open 6.30pm. Live music from Sean Corby and Jonathan Enright at 7pm, panel with Q & A starts 7.30pm, social from 9pm. Ends 10pm. (Bar is card-only). VENUE: The Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House, […]
THE STATE OF FREE SPEECH IN NORTHERN IRELAND A Free Speech Union Speakeasy, in association with the Battle of Ideas Festival. DATE: Friday 26th January, 2024 TIME: Doors and bar open 6.30pm. Panel with Q & A, 7pm until 8.30pm, followed by social. Ends 10pm. VENUE: Drawing Office One and Pavilion Bar, Titanic Hotel, 8 […]
The FSU Christmas Comedy Special BOOK TICKETS HERE. Wednesday 20th December, please arrive by 7pm. Backyard Comedy Club, Bethnal Green, London Round up your comedy-loving friends and family for The FSU Christmas Special, a one night only extravaganza of comedy with a fabulous line-up. In association with Comedy Unleashed - the home of free-thinking comedy. […]
HOW TO STAND UP FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF THOUGHT DATE: Saturday 3rd February, 2024 TIME: Doors and bar open 6.30pm. Live music from Sean Corby and Jonathan Enright at 7pm, panel with Q & A starts 7.30pm, social from 9pm. Ends 10pm. (Bar is card-only). VENUE: The Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House, […]
South West Regional Speakeasy 'DECOLONISATION': Freeing our minds or dangerous groupthink? Wednesday 29th November The Hall, Stepcote Hill, Exeter, EX1 1BD. Doors open 6.30pm, discussion 7pm until 8.30pm, bar open until 9.45pm. Tickets are £5 for FSU members, £8 for non-members, £3 for students. JOIN the FSU to get discounts at all events. Members receive […]
GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT: FREE SPEECH AND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST IN THE CURRENT MOMENT IN-PERSON BY INVITATION-ONLY ONLINE for FSU MEMBERS (REGISTER USING ZOOM LINK IN MEMBER NEWSLETTERS) Since the massacre committed by Hamas in southern Israel on October 7th, public spaces around the United Kingdom have seen an upsurge in pro-Palestinian political protests. […]
PARTNER EVENT On Thursday 16th November, 2023 our friends at Free Speech Cambridge will be hosting author Laura Dodsworth, to talk about her work, in particular her new book, Free Your Mind: The must-read expert guide on how to identify techniques to influence you and how to resist them. Tickets are free, but you must […]
BATTLE OF IDEAS festival 2023 TICKETS ON SALE NOW: GET YOUR SPECIAL FSU DISCOUNT! Battle of Ideas festival returns to Church House, Westminster on 28 & 29 October. As ever the festival motto is: ‘Free speech allowed, free thinkers welcome’. There’s plenty to discuss, from the cultural and corporate wars on free speech to the […]
Can Words Really Hurt? A philosophical, legal and common sense conversation. Almost two and a half years after achieving royal assent, Scotland’s controversial Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act is due to be implemented in 2024. It was reported recently that Police Scotland are setting up a special unit to deal with the new hate […]
UNCANCELLED DEBATE What is indoctrination within education and how might it be avoided? Debate featuring academic and campaigner Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert and an expert panel of educators. On Saturday 23rd September, Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert was due to speak on a panel at the Rethinking Education conference in London, debating how we should distinguish […]
Come along for a special late-night event in a great venue, to hear FSU General Secretary Toby Young in conversation with broadcaster and political leader, Nigel Farage. They will discuss the latest threats to freedom of speech, including their direct experiences of financial censorship. There will, of course, be an audience Q and A. As […]
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 reduced individuals to silence and obedience through fear and the threat of punishment. When visiting the United States in the early 1830s, Alexis de Tocqueville […]
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 and outrage-mongering, retreating from the democratic ideals of freedom, tolerance and pluralism that it purports to represent. However, he also warns that the radical identity […]
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