Science lectures for the inquisitive and wondering
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Skeptics in the Pub is a regular lecture series, hosting academics from the world of science and skepticism, to share their unique research and insights. The goal is for every talk to delight and inspire, and help us understand our complex world a little better.
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Bristol Skeptics Society is a Bristol based non-profit education and advocacy organisation, dedicated to promoting science and critical thinking in Bristol, around the UK, and internationally. Founded in 2009, we have hosted hundreds of speakers over the years on a variety of skeptical and scientific topics, and supported local and national skeptical campaigns.
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JANUARY 2025 – What happens if you die without family or money?
Council funeral officer Evie King explains the systems that support people who fall through the societal cracks after their deaths, and along the way tries to bust a few myths about the kinds of people these may be. By shining a light on her caseload she seeks to show that these people are not outliers, but all of us, and by extinguishing those eerie shadows she hopes to send you home having let go of your 3am fears about dying alone and all of its connotations.
Evie is a council worker and writer. A former stand up comedian, she has always written short form pieces in the margins of her various day jobs, contributing to New Humanist, Guardian Comment is Free, BBC Comedy and Viz Comic. Since moving to the seaside and going part-time she has had more time for writing and has completed her first book – Ashes to Admin – about her job arranging council funerals under her pen name. She is currently working on a second.
