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New Social Venue For January

Published on January 24th, 2012 by in Uncategorized
The Waldorf

The Waldorf

Given the unfortunate act of bus that has robbed us of a night in the promising new social home we explored before Christmas, The Bulls Head, we’ll be having our regular monthly social at The Waldorf (click the link for google maps) on Thursday 26th January from 7-to-7.30pm onwards. The Waldorf is just a wee walk up and across from Piccadilly Station, around the corner from Piccadilly Gardens and very well serviced by public transport for buses, trams and trains (journey planner).  If you want to come by car, then parking isn’t a problem either (map of parking spots)!

If you’ve never been to a social before, then don’t worry. We’re a pretty friendly bunch unless you start talking about homoeopathy.  Even then, there’ll probably be a few barbed comments, then someone wondering if you’re after a pint.

Look for GMSS signs, probably A4 sized with GMSS and the jigsaw piece on it, and if you’ve never been before, then ask for Janis, Allan, Geoff, Rick, Alex or Gavin to get yourself introduced to a few friendly faces and settled in.

See?  Lovely.

See you on Thursday, folks!

Address for those with GPS in mind:

The Waldorf,

12 Gore St,

Manchester,

M1 3AQ.

 
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SkepLit Versus The Extremists: The Rematch – 22nd Jan 2012

Published on January 4th, 2012 by in Bookclub, Skeplit

Jon Ronson has just had one of his books made “Story of the year” by the Guardian. The tale of a young man who pretended to be mentally ill to get off a GBH charge, and then spent the next ten years in Broadmoor with the diagnosis of psychopathy appears in his latest book, The Psychopath Test. As you can imagine, Jon Ronson is a big-name author right now, and The Psychopath Test is an excellent book.

But we’re not going to be reading that, mostly because SkepLit took on psychopathy last summer. Instead, for this month’s book club, we’re reading one of his first books, Them: Adventures with Extremists, a tale of mysterious owl ceremonies, secret political groups who change the course of history, slightly daffy Muslim extremists and Peter Mandelson.

This month’s SkepLit is delayed from December, when Christmas got in the way. Them is such a good book we decided it was worth holding the event again, so more people had the opportunity to chat about its content. The book is a piece of history, in a sense, because it was written before and after the events of 9/11, and details the dramatic change in attitude toward extremist groups and the rise of conspiracy theories about mysterious authorities and hidden political groups.

Jon Ronson brings his own unique, witty view to a subject that has come to dominate news headlines, and we’ll be chatting about whether it’s appropriate – or dangerous – to use this journalistic technique, whether the threats we hear about in the media are overblown, whether or not there is some kind of scary elite, and whatever happened to the Dark Power of Peter Mandelson.

It’s a great way to start the year, a break from the general grim feeling of January. Why not spend a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon, sitting in a rocket eating good food and talking about books. Sometimes we even get as far as the specifics of the text itself.

If you want to come along, make a note in your diary, add yourself to the Facebook page for the event, or just follow @SkepLit on Twitter. You’ll find us in the Rocket on the ground floor of Tv21 in the Northern Quarter, on Sunday 22nd January, at 2pm.

 
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Jeff Forshaw at Manchester Skeptics in the Pub, 12th January.

Published on January 3rd, 2012 by in e=mc^2, Jeff Forshaw, Quantum, SiTP, Skeptics in the Pub

Jeff Forshaw. Possibly the first time Brian Cox has had to be cropped out of a photo.

We’re back after the festive break, and ready to take on the New Year quantum style…. with our opening 2012 Skeptics in The Pub talk featuring Professor Jeff Forshaw on 12th January (see below for details of venue).

Jeff will discuss the topics from his new book, “The Quantum Universe”, co-authored with Prof. Brian Cox, in which they set out to explain the deepest questions in science. This book follows on from the hugely successful “Why Does E=mc^2?”.

Jeff Forshaw is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Manchester, specialising in the physics of elementary particles. He was awarded the Institute of Physics Maxwell Medal in 1999 for outstanding contributions to theoretical physics.

The talk will start at 8pm sharp, as usual, with doors opening at the Basement Bar of TV21 at 7:30pm.   TV21 is located in the Northern Quarter area of Central Manchester, at 10 Thomas St, Manchester M4 1DH.

 

 

Coming along? Let us know! Sign up here for:

Facebook: click HERE

Meetup: click HERE

Manchester Beacon: click HERE

or tweet to us at @gmskeptics !

 

 

 
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SitP this Thursday: Aubrey de Grey… And please note the venue change!

Published on December 4th, 2011 by in Aubrey De Grey, SiTP, Skeptics in the Pub

 
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Manchester Skeptics November Social

Published on November 23rd, 2011 by in Uncategorized

Please note- NEW VENUE for our regular last-thursday-of-the-month social event! The Bulls Head, 84 London Road, Manchester City Centre.

If you’re of a skeptical or scientific mindset and enjoy good company and good beers, come and join us for our monthly Manchester Skeptics in the Pub Social tomorrow, thursday 24th November. We’ll be meeting in The Bulls Head, which is located very near to Piccadilly train station (round the back where the taxis come out!) and a short walk from Piccadilly Gardens Bus station and tram.


Entry is free, and we’ll be there from about 19:00 onwards, in the area which is slightly raised on the left of the door when you arrive at the pub. The pub also serves food.

There will be no speaker at this event, just good company and interesting conversation. Plus, it’s THANKSGIVING…. so come and give thanks for your favourite american…I’ll be toasting Carl Sagan! 

It is also a good opportunity to offer any suggestions for speakers, or other Greater Manchester Skeptics ideas you may have. We hope to see you there!

 
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