Welcome to Gravesend Skeptics in the Pub - the pub skeptics who meet at No.84 - the tea room, coffee shop and events venue at 84 Parrock Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1QF - on the third Wednesday of every month.
Doors open at 7:00 p.m. when drinks and cakes will be available. Talks start at 7:45 p.m.
Everyone is welcome. Usually there's no need to book but check individual events as occasionally booking is necessary. Talks are generally suitable for an audience aged 16 and over.
Skeptics in the Pub events are run on a completely voluntary basis and speakers generously donate their time and ask only for expenses. Those attending are asked to make a donation to cover these expenses - the suggested amount is £3.
When?
Wednesday, February 20 2019 at 7:30PM
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Where?
No. 84 Tea Room
84 Parrock Road
Gravesend
Kent
DA12 1QF
Who?
Cerys Bradley
What's the talk about?
For decades, science has been fascinated by the LGBTQ+ community. What makes gay people gay? How does sexuality affect one's behaviour, appearance, or ability to raise children? In this talk scientist and PhD student Cerys Bradley, a part time comedian and full time bisexual, explains the extent and impact of scientific research on the LGBTQ+ community in a bid to understand the more important question: just because science can ask a question, does that mean it should?
When?
Wednesday, March 20 2019 at 7:30PM
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Where?
No. 84 Tea Room
84 Parrock Road
Gravesend
Kent
DA12 1QF
Who?
Anthony Warner
What's the talk about?
Anthony Warner is a professional chef and writer. A regular contributor to New Scientist and The Pool, his articles have also been featured in the Guardian, Mail on Sunday,The Sun and many more. He writes the regular Angry Chef column for The Sunday Times, exposing food myths and misunderstandings. In 2017, he was named on the Telegraph's Food Power List of tastemakers changing the way we eat and drink. His first book, The Angry Chef - Bad Science and the Truth About Healthy Eating, won the Hearst Big Book Awards Health and Lifestyle Category in 2018, and was double nominated by the Guild of Food Writers in the same year. His second book, The Truth About Fat, is published by Oneworld in January 2019, and will definitely upset a lot of people. He lives in Nottinghamshire, blogs at angry-chef.com and you can follow him @One_Angry_Chef.
When?
Wednesday, April 17 2019 at 7:30PM
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Where?
No. 84 Tea Room
84 Parrock Road
Gravesend
Kent
DA12 1QF
Who?
Jeremy Banx
What's the talk about?
Jeremy Banx, an award winning cartoonist, will talk about his work – and some of his original cartoons will be available for purchase at very reasonable prices.
He has contributed to newspapers, magazines and comics including Private Eye, Wall Street Journal, Punch, New Statesman, Vice.uk, Oink!, Toxic, etc. For the past twenty-five years he has been the pocket cartoonist for the Financial Times. He is the cartoon editor for The Reaper at www.thereaper.rip
His books include ‘Cubes’, ‘The Many Deaths of Norman Spittal’, ‘Big Fat Sleepy Cat’, ‘The Dewsburys’ and ‘Frankenthing’. More than 150 short animated films were based on his character Norman Spittal.
For ten years he contributed designs for floats to the Nice Carnival.
He lives and works in Greenwich, London, with his wife Elaine and has four children.