Schedule
Here are all the up and coming enquiry topics and events.
| Topic | Venue | Presenter | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What is Culture? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Robert | 16/02/2026 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms: Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||
| Skills for modern living? | The Cross Keys (Leeds) | Natasha | 16/02/2026 | 14:00 |
| The next meeting of Talking Allowed in Leeds is on Monday the 16th of February at 2pm. The venue is The Cross Keys, Water Lane, Holbeck, Leeds. LS11 5WD. https://thecrosskeysleeds.co.uk/ | ||||
| Drive your plow over the bones of the dead | The Vernon (LIPs) | LIPS | 16/02/2026 | 18:30 |
| Drive your plow over the bones of the dead - Olga Tokarczuk. Literature in Pubs every 3rd Monday of the month - 69 Dale St, Liverpool City Centre, L2 2HJ | ||||
| Rhetoric & War | Flanagan's Irish Pub | Tom L | 17/02/2026 | 18:30 |
| Flanagan's Irish Pub is in Church Road, Waterloo. Turn left out of Waterloo railway station and walk down until you come to the Church Road on your left. Walk down Church Road and the pub is on your right about half way down. All welcome! | ||||
| Things, Relations + Category mistakes? | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Open forum | 17/02/2026 | 19:00 |
| Keith's Wine Bar: 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR | ||||
| Race: a social construct? | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Open forum | 18/02/2026 | 13:00 |
| Modern scholarship views race as socially constructed, that it is not intrinsic to human beings but rather an identity created, often by socially dominant groups (Wikipedia) - What do you think? Join us at The Rose & Crown, Bebington Village (1pm) this Wednesday, 18th Feb. | ||||
| Dance of the Dialectic | Marx Study Group (Online) | Study group | 18/02/2026 | 18:00 |
| At the meeting, we’ll start a new programme of study on Dialectics. The programme will be in two parts. The first part will provide an introductory foundation and will be based on Bertell Ollman’s Dance of the Dialectic (available online). The second part will look at the evolution of dialectics and its application by Marxist theorists (details to follow)....... 6 to 8pm on jitsi: (copy + paste) - https://meet.guifi.net/NewJitsiLpoolSocialistStudyGroup .... February reading list: Bertell Ollman, Dance of the Dialectic: Introduction and Ch. 1 The Meaning of Dialectics. Hope to see you at the meeting. | ||||
| Manners | The Greyhound (Ormskirk) | Steve | 19/02/2026 | 19:30 |
| Manners, how do they affect our humanity? The Greyhound, 100 Aughton Street, Ormskirk, L39 3BS. Meets every 3rd Thur of month (7.30pm) All welcome! | ||||
| Beer Festival (Cathedral Crypt) | Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral | Joanne (Social Sec) | 21/02/2026 | 12:00 |
| Beer Festival at Catholic Cathedral Crypt at 12 noon - get tickets on CAMHRA website. | ||||
| Socratic Enquiry | Saturday at Seven (international) | Paul | 21/02/2026 | 19:00 |
| Tonight all are welcome , especially those who haven't been before and want to partake in a Socratic Enquiry. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| The Power of Refusal | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Geraldine | 23/02/2026 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms: Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||
| The Future of Marriage? | Lock & Quay (Bootle) | Everyone's Contribution | 23/02/2026 | 19:00 |
| The Lock & Quay: 2 Irlam Road, Bootle, L20 4AH …. Bootle’s first community pub, owned and managed by the community – All welcome! | ||||
| Influence and influencers ? | New Brighton PIPs (Online) | Rob J | 23/02/2026 | 19:00 |
| Influencers in contemporary society act as powerful trendsetters, marketers, and opinion leaders, leveraging their large online followings to shape consumer behaviour, promote products, raise awareness for causes, and even influence […] – PIPS New Brighton Online – For link to meeting, please email: pipsnewbrighton@gmail.com (7pm start!) | ||||
| Buddha's Missing Self | Flanagan's Irish Pub | Sonia | 24/02/2026 | 18:30 |
| Flanagan's Irish Pub is in Church Road, Waterloo. Turn left out of Waterloo railway station and walk down until you come to the Church Road on your left. Walk down Church Road and the pub is on your right about half way down. All welcome! | ||||
| Is Crime a societal neccessity? | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Martin | 24/02/2026 | 19:00 |
| Keith's Wine Bar: 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR | ||||
| What is Imagination? | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | Vashic | 26/02/2026 | 13:30 |
| The Black Toad, Micro-pub and bottle-shop in Hoylake specialising in craft beer and cask ale: 32 Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 2AF. Every 2nd + 4th Thursday of month (2pm start!) - All welcome! | ||||
| Prejudice and Diascrimination? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Alan | 02/03/2026 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms: Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||
| How important is safety? | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Joey | 03/03/2026 | 19:00 |
| 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR | ||||
| Is gender a social construct? | The Dee View Inn (Heswall) | Open forum | 03/03/2026 | 19:00 |
| The Dee View Inn, 2 Dee View Road, Heswell, Wirral, CH60 0DH - Every 1st Tuesday of the month (7pm) all welcome! | ||||
| Epicurean or Stoic ? | Saturday at Seven (international) | Gordon | 07/03/2026 | 19:00 |
| This evening Gordon invites us all to enquire into Epicureanism and Stoicism Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| Death, what's all the fuss about? | New Brighton PIPs (Online) | Open forum | 09/03/2026 | 19:00 |
| Can we finf meaning in life by considering death? Is Nihilism the way forward? PIPS New Brighton Online – For link to meeting, please email: pipsnewbrighton@gmail.com (7pm start!) | ||||
| Democracy and Populism? | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Paul D | 10/03/2026 | 19:00 |
| Keith's Wine Bar: 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR | ||||
| Nihilism and Existentialism | The Cock Hotel (Wellington) | Jamie | 11/03/2026 | 19:00 |
| The Cock Hotel PIP group will now be meeting on the second Wednesday of the month, with just the odd change of date when we can't book the room | ||||
| Knowledge and Belief | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | Open forum | 12/03/2026 | 13:30 |
| The Black Toad, Micro-pub and bottle-shop in Hoylake specialising in craft beer and cask ale: 32 Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 2AF. Every 2nd + 4th Thursday of month (2pm start!) - All welcome! | ||||
| Memoirs of Hadrian. (Marguerite Yourcenar) | The Vernon (LIPs) | LIPS | 16/03/2026 | 18:30 |
| Literature in Pubs every 3rd Monday of the month - 69 Dale St, Liverpool City Centre, L2 2HJ | ||||
| Truth and Belief | Saturday at Seven (international) | Mike | 21/03/2026 | 19:00 |
| This evening Mike invites us to enquire into Truth and also into Belief . There's no difference is there ? What do you think or know ? Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| What is Ideology? | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | The group | 26/03/2026 | 13:30 |
| The Black Toad, Micro-pub and bottle-shop in Hoylake specialising in craft beer and cask ale: 32 Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 2AF. Every 2nd + 4th Thursday of month (2pm start!) - All welcome! | ||||
| Author | Saturday at Seven (international) | Howard | 04/04/2026 | 19:00 |
| This very intriguing topic title is kindly offered to the group and any very welcome new comers by Howard. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| Moral Relativism | The Dee View Inn (Heswall) | Open forum | 07/04/2026 | 19:00 |
| The Dee View Inn, 2 Dee View Road, Heswell, Wirral, CH60 0DH - Every 1st Tuesday of the month (7pm) all welcome! | ||||
| Potted philosophical theories! | The Cock Hotel (Wellington) | Bryony | 08/04/2026 | 19:00 |
| The Cock Hotel PIP group will now be meeting on the second Wednesday of the month, with just the odd change of date when we can't book the room | ||||
| What is Truth? | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | Mark | 09/04/2026 | 13:30 |
| The Black Toad, Micro-pub and bottle-shop in Hoylake specialising in craft beer and cask ale: 32 Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 2AF. Every 2nd + 4th Thursday of month (2pm start!) - All welcome! | ||||
| We're all fascists at heart! | New Brighton PIPs (Online) | Open forum | 13/04/2026 | 19:00 |
| We're all fascists at heart! – Guattari argues that fascism is linked to the dynamics of desire. It is not just imposed; it is something people actively invest in because it offers a sense of power, order, and belonging. PIPS New Brighton Online – For link to meeting, please email: pipsnewbrighton@gmail.com (7pm start!) | ||||
| Hume's moral philosophy. | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | Mark | 28/04/2026 | 13:30 |
| The Black Toad, Micro-pub and bottle-shop in Hoylake specialising in craft beer and cask ale: 32 Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 2AF. Every 2nd + 4th Thursday of month (2pm start!) - All welcome! | ||||
| Evolutionary mismatch ... | New Brighton PIPs (Online) | Open forum | 11/05/2026 | 19:00 |
| Evolutionary mismatch occurs when organisms possess traits, behaviors, or physiological mechanisms adapted to a past environment that are no longer suitable for their current, rapidly changed surroundings. This phenomenon, often termed "evolutionary trap," results in reduced fitness in modern environments – PIPS New Brighton Online – For link to meeting, please email: pipsnewbrighton@gmail.com (7pm start!) | ||||
| Philosophy Quiz | The Cock Hotel (Wellington) | Bryony | 13/05/2026 | 19:00 |
| The Cock Hotel PIP group will now be meeting on the second Wednesday of the month, with just the odd change of date when we can't book the room | ||||
| What's wrong with incest? | The Cock Hotel (Wellington) | Jamie | 10/06/2026 | 19:00 |
| The Cock Hotel PIP group will now be meeting on the second Wednesday of the month, with just the odd change of date when we can't book the room | ||||
| What is Justice? | The Cock Hotel (Wellington) | The group | 08/07/2026 | 19:00 |
| The Cock Hotel PIP group will now be meeting on the second Wednesday of the month, with just the odd change of date when we can't book the room | ||||
| Why do we punish people? | The Cock Hotel (Wellington) | Open forum | 12/08/2026 | 19:00 |
| The Cock Hotel PIP group will now be meeting on the second Wednesday of the month, with just the odd change of date when we can't book the room | ||||