Schedule
Here are all the up and coming enquiry topics and events.
| Topic | Venue | Presenter | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 women bring philosophy back to life! | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Evan | 17/11/2025 | 13:00 |
| Iris Murdoch, Mary Midgley, Philippa Foot, and Elizabeth Anscombe—challenged the dominant philosophical trend of logical positivism to revive the field of moral philosophy. The Vernon Arms: 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||
| D Vance, Hillbilly Elegy! | The Cross Keys (Leeds) | TAiL | 17/11/2025 | 14:00 |
| Brought up poor, Vance moved like many rural "hillbillies" to seek out good jobs in Middletown, a steel-making company town in Mid West Ohio. He witnessed economic security for many of his friends and neighbours turn to poverty as de-industrialisation wiped out whole communities. Saved by luck, a sharp brain and grandparents who cared, Vance's trajectory through college, law school to Senator (with enormous funding by Peter Teil), and marriage to an Indian wife is an extraordinary rags to riches story, but also one of rank hypocrisy and opportunism. The venue is The Cross Keys, Water Lane, Holbeck, Leeds. LS11 5WD. (2pm start) | ||||
| The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass) | The Vernon (LIPs) | LIPS | 17/11/2025 | 18:30 |
| Literature in Pubs at The Vernon Arms: Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||
| Believe it or Not UFOs | Lock & Quay (Bootle) | Peter | 17/11/2025 | 19:00 |
| The Lock & Quay: 2 Irlam Road, Bootle, L20 4AH …. Bootle’s first community pub, owned and managed by the community – All welcome! | ||||
| Hegel the Inconsistent | Flanagan's Irish Pub | Tom L | 18/11/2025 | 18:30 |
| Flanagan's Irish Pub is in Church Road, Waterloo. Turn left out of Waterloo railway station and walk down in the direction of river 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! | ||||
| Individual Identity and Flags | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Paul J | 18/11/2025 | 19:00 |
| 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR | ||||
| Chosen on the day | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | The group | 19/11/2025 | 13:00 |
| The Rose & Crown, a popular community pub: 57 The Village, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 7PL ..... Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month ... All welcome! | ||||
| Alienation + Hyper Consumerism | Marx Study Group (Online) | Peter | 19/11/2025 | 18:00 |
| At the meeting, we will continue with Part 3 of our programme of study on alienation and look at Manifestations of Alienation. The session will deal with Alienation manifest in hyper-consumerism... Marx study group: 6 to 8pm on jitsi (Copy + Paste) https://meet.guifi.net/NewJitsiLpoolSocialistStudyGroup | ||||
| Do we need a reason to be in life? | The Park (Eccles) | Open forum | 19/11/2025 | 19:30 |
| The Park, Monton Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9QD. We meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month (&.30pm) All welcome! | ||||
| Identity Vs flag | Pocket Cafe/Bar (City centre) | Paul J | 20/11/2025 | 18:00 |
| Cool chilled bar right near L1 bus station and only a stone's throw from the train station. Come along. | ||||
| Intersectionality | The Greyhound (Ormskirk) | Geraldine | 20/11/2025 | 19:30 |
| To what extent is one group’s fight everyone’s fight? The Greyhound, 100 Aughton Street, Ormskirk, L39 3BS. Meets every 3rd Thur of month (7.30pm) All welcome! | ||||
| Dignity | Saturday at Seven (international) | Dorothy / The Group | 22/11/2025 | 19:00 |
| ALL WELCOME “Is dignity an essential part of living a good human life, and can our attempts to ‘help’ others sometimes undermine it?” Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| Mindfullness? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | John Harris | 24/11/2025 | 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 | ||||
| Ulysses (Telemachus + Nestor) | The Ship & Mitre (upstairs) | Jim | 24/11/2025 | 18:30 |
| Tonight we're doing the first 2 episodes. Just to be clear, Telemachus begins, 'Stately. plump Buck Mulligan...' and ends.'Usurper' - Nestor begins, 'You, Cochrane' and ends '...the sun flung spangles, dancing coins'. It should only be 45 pages or so of reading....... Meeting upstairs in The Ship and Mitre (Dale Street) on Monday, 24th November at 6.30 p.m. Hope to see you all there Best, Jim | ||||
| Idenity | Lock & Quay (Bootle) | Bernadette | 24/11/2025 | 19:00 |
| The Lock & Quay: 2 Irlam Road, Bootle, L20 4AH …. Bootle’s first community pub, owned and managed by the community – All welcome! | ||||
| OPEN FORUM | Flanagan's Irish Pub | Everyone | 25/11/2025 | 18:30 |
| Flanagan's Irish Pub is in Church Road, Waterloo. Turn left out of Waterloo railway station and walk down in the direction of river 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 Imagination Unbounded? | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Open forum | 25/11/2025 | 19:00 |
| Can we imagine anything we want to? Or is our imagination limited? 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR | ||||
| War: what is it Good for? | The Fat Pug (Leamington Spa) | Chris B | 25/11/2025 | 19:30 |
| The Fat Pug: 23 Guy's Cliffe Rd, Leamington Spa CV32 5BZ. All welcome. | ||||
| Justice as Fairness | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | Mark | 27/11/2025 | 14:00 |
| 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! | ||||
| Moral Relativism + Authoritarianism | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Alan | 01/12/2025 | 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 | ||||
| Philosophy of Drugs | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Open forum | 02/12/2025 | 18:00 |
| 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR | ||||
| What harsh truths do we ignore as individuals? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Open forum | 03/12/2025 | 19:30 |
| Oats & Honey, 205 Monton Road, Monton, Eccles, Salford, Manchester, M30 9PN. We meet every 1st Wednesday of the month. All welcome! | ||||
| Cowardice? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Dom | 08/12/2025 | 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 | ||||
| Does PIP's have Limits? | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Lawrence | 09/12/2025 | 19:00 |
| Can PIP's talk about any subject, or are some topics forbidden? Or should be forbidden? 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR | ||||
| To be arranged | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | The group | 11/12/2025 | 14:00 |
| 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! | ||||
| Paradoxes: Part 2 | The Victoria (Birmingham) | Chris B | 12/12/2025 | 19:30 |
| Paradoxes Part 2 – When Logic Still Hasn’t Learned Its Lesson . . . Birmingham Philosophy in Pubs at The Victoria, 48 John Bright Street (7.30pm) . . . Back by popular demand — we’re returning to the wonderfully twisted world of paradoxes. This time we’ll be exploring a fresh batch of reality-defying riddles and philosophical conundrums | ||||
| Does Utopianism always lead to Distopianism? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Martin S | 15/12/2025 | 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 Archtect's Apprentice. (Elif Shafak) | The Vernon (LIPs) | LIPS | 15/12/2025 | 18:30 |
| Literature in Pubs at The Vernon Arms: Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||
| Does the law make people unjust? | The Park (Eccles) | Open forum | 17/12/2025 | 19:30 |
| The Park, Monton Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9QD. We meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month (&.30pm) All welcome! | ||||
| Economics of Christmas? | Pocket Cafe/Bar (City centre) | Mike G | 18/12/2025 | 18:00 |
| Cool, nice bar around the corner from L1 bus station and just a stone's throw from the train station come along!! | ||||
| PIP's Betwixt Walk! | Old Roan Train Station (Aintree) | Social Sec (Joanne) | 28/12/2025 | 11:15 |
| PIP's Betwixt Xmas/New Year Walk. Meeting point: Old Roan Station at 11.15am (Northern Line to Ormskirk) Total approximate walking time: 2 hours. This walk is mainly on flat, sealed ground but some muddy and wet areas on the canalside. There is a slight incline in the Reserve. Sturdy footwear is recommended plus warm, waterproof clothing. Route: We'll walk alongside the scenic Leeds to Liverpool canal for about an hour before a lunch at the Cookson Bridge Pub. After lunch, we'll walk further along the towpath before entering Rimrose Valley Nature Reserve for approximately 30 minutes. We'll branch off to Waterloo towards the train station, or further refreshments. Contact Joanne, 07760 313691 for further details. | ||||
| TV Traitors? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Rob | 05/01/2026 | 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 | ||||
| Can we ever truly know ourselves? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Open forum | 07/01/2026 | 18:30 |
| How can we ever be truly certain of who we are, as individuals? Oats & Honey, 205 Monton Road, Monton, Eccles, Salford, Manchester, M30 9PN. We meet every 1st Wednesday of the month. All welcome! | ||||
| Democracy and Populism? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Robert | 12/01/2026 | 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 | ||||
| Materialism v Idealism | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Evan | 19/01/2026 | 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 | ||||
| When is a crime not a crime? | The Park (Eccles) | Open forum | 21/01/2026 | 19:30 |
| The Park, Monton Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9QD. We meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month (&.30pm) All welcome! | ||||
| Political protest Vs the media | Pocket Cafe/Bar (City centre) | Mike | 22/01/2026 | 18:00 |
| Cool cafe bar just around the corner from L1 bus station & not a stone's throw from the train station. Come along !! | ||||
| The Ethics of Surrogacy ... | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Martin | 26/01/2026 | 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 | ||||
| World War 3 | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Sean | 02/02/2026 | 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 | ||||
| Can you trust the word of a drunk person? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Open forum | 04/02/2026 | 19:30 |
| Oats & Honey, 205 Monton Road, Monton, Eccles, Salford, Manchester, M30 9PN. We meet every 1st Wednesday of the month. All welcome! | ||||
| The Rise of Collective stupidity V Critical Thinking | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Alan | 09/02/2026 | 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||