Author Archives: eastlon

Looking for signs of hope amidst all the chaos and reasons for despair. Opinion piece Newham Recorder 26.10.22 (written while awaiting the coronation of Sunak, the third prime minister in 3 months)

The need for vigilance on women’s rights is examined in this opinion piece published Barking & Dagenham Post and Ilford Recorder 19.10.22.

A critical look at the long way still to travel to achieve equal opportunity and treatment irrespective of gender or ethnicity. (Barking and Dagenham Post opinion piece 10.8.22)

Humanists have joined the chorus of condemnation of a cruel Government policy. Barking and Dagenham Post opinion piece 13.7.22.

The Goverment’s take on freedom of belief is examined by East London Humanists [Opinion piece Ilford Recorder (9.6.22); Barking & Dagenham Post (8.6.22.)]

The vicious sentence on Humanist Mubarak Bala should remind all ‘culture war’ warriors that the hidebound religious have always presented one of the biggest threats to free speech. Barking and Dagenham Post Opinion Piece. 4 May 2022.

Mubarak Bala, President of the Nigerian Humanist Association, was jailed for 24 years on 5 April simply for expressing non-religious views on Facebook. Our group is supporting a protest organised by Humanists UK at the Nigerian High Commission, near to … Continue reading →

The pre-council election hustings on 11 April at Wanstead Library succeeded in achieving a generally good-natured and constructive debate. It was co-organised and co-chaired by East London Humanists and local conservation group, The Wanstead Society. The panel, comprising one candidate … Continue reading →

The appointment of Adam Rutherford as Humanist UK’s next president is cheered as an important antidote to the ugly spectre of racism. East London Humanist opinion piece published Barking and Dagenham Post 30.3.22, Newham Recorder 13.4.22.

A mini environmental festival was held in Valentines Park, Ilford, East London on 24 February. Deferred from Valentines day due to the high wind, the gathering was held in a corner of the park being re-wilded by the local community.