Welcome to the Greater Manchester Skeptics Society!
We’ve run well over a hundred events since 2009, including the Manchester Skeptics in the Pub events, which are held twice each month. A bunch of Mancunian skeptics get together in the pub to discuss science, history, maths or whatever — sometimes with a guest speaker, sometimes without. If the pub’s not your thing, keep an eye out for our occasional other events.
You don’t have to be a member to come to our events, everyone and anyone is welcome — even if you disagree with the speaker. If you’re in Manchester, come along!
Below are some links to what’s going on at the moment — we’d love to extend our offerings, so if you have any ideas, suggestions or requests then please get in touch.
Call for Soapbox Speakers June 17, 2018 - Ever since Manchester Skeptics started, our August event has been the “Soapbox Special”: rather than having an external speaker, we turn the microphone over to four-or-so of our members to deliver a shorter talk of closer to ten or fifteen minutes. (Sort of like the Q&A gets sometimes.) This year, we’re having the Soapbox event […] Request for study participants May 23, 2018 - We've been contacted by a researcher from Uclan, who is running a study comparing sceptics and believers in the paranormal, but doesn't have enough sceptics yet. UoM Science Spectacular October 11, 2017 - As part of the Manchester Science Festival, The University of Manchester is hosting Science Spectacular, on Saturday 21 October 2017, 11am - 4pm, Whitworth Hall and Manchester Museum, Oxford Road Manchester
It's free so drop in if you're about. Call for talks — Soapbox 2017 June 23, 2017 - If you have a skeptical topic you’re passionate about, or just cross and knowledgeable, then get in touch and you could be one of our August speakers. Venue Changes May 1, 2017 - We have some venue changes on the go at the moment. April Speaker Cancellation April 15, 2017 - Unfortunately, due to both venue and speaker availability, we haven't been able to put together a speaker event this month.
Submissions are now open for “soapbox” talks.
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