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title: "More in common: towards a humanist politics | Kim Leadbeater MBE MP | Holyoake Lecture 2026"
date: "2026-10-21T00:46:22+01:00"
modified: "2026-10-28T14:12:46+00:00"
url: "https://humanists.uk/events/holyoake2026/"
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# More in common: towards a humanist politics | Kim Leadbeater MBE MP | Holyoake Lecture 2026

[![Event image: Five-Year Terms, Fifty-Year Problems: climate, carbon, and how a democracy can think in decades | Corinne Le Quéré CBE, chaired by Janet Ellis MBE | The Rationalist Press Lecture 2026](https://cdn.humanists.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026-09-27-Rationalist-Press-Lecture-Puzzle-1920x1080-1.jpg?width=800)](https://humanists.uk/events/rationalistpress2026/)##### [Five-Year Terms, Fifty-Year Problems: climate, carbon, and how a democracy can think in decades | Corinne Le Quéré CBE, chaired by Janet Ellis MBE | The Rationalist Press Lecture 2026](https://humanists.uk/events/rationalistpress2026/) Hybrid

**1 December 2026, 19:30**  
*Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL*

Can a democracy think in decades? Climate scientist Professor Corinne Le Quéré CBE FRS will deliver the Rationalist Press Lecture 2026

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[![Event image: Competing with sleep: how your attention became the product | Blackham Lecture 2026, with Professor Sonia Livingstone OBE, chaired by Ginny Smith](https://cdn.humanists.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026-10-16-Competing-with-sleep-1920x1080-1.jpg?width=800)](https://humanists.uk/events/blackham2026/)##### [Competing with sleep: how your attention became the product | Blackham Lecture 2026, with Professor Sonia Livingstone OBE, chaired by Ginny Smith](https://humanists.uk/events/blackham2026/) Online

**3 December 2026, 19:30**  
*Online*

Netflix’s chief executive once said the company was competing with sleep. In the Blackham Lecture 2026, Professor Sonia Livingstone OBE will examine the business of our attention, who’s paying, and what a lifetime of it is worth.

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