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Stephen Paul
- Jun 17, 2020
- 7 min
A Brief History Of Slavery In Reading
Discover Reading's historical connections to slavery.
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Stephen Paul
- Feb 20, 2020
- 3 min
The music that made me cry before I heard it.
and now we have a challenge beyond our imaginations - music that lasts too long
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Stephen Paul
- Feb 20, 2020
- 1 min
Sunday Assembly Reading is no more, but is that a phoenix I see?
Last year our parent organisation, Sunday Assembly London, set all the other assemblies free, and now we merely share a common belief in...
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Stephen Paul
- Feb 20, 2020
- 4 min
Sunday Assembly: Shelley's story
“I’ve always been interested in creating community spirit and combatting social isolation, so Sunday Assembly sounded really intriguing.”
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Stephen Paul
- Feb 20, 2020
- 4 min
The joy and pain of celebrating life
Sunday Assembly is a secular celebration of life. It's easy to imagine this involves lots of clapping, big smiles, howling whoops, matey...
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Stephen Paul
- Feb 20, 2020
- 4 min
Sunday Assembly: Keegan's story
Keegan, 36, was born in Lincolnshire, and has lived in Reading since arriving at the university in 2001. He’s been coming to Sunday...
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Stephen Paul
- Feb 20, 2020
- 4 min
"Do you mind if I spit on that?" - my first Improv lesson.
I've attended a few of the Free Radical events and much enjoyed chatting with its founder David Robertson. And it was he who convinced me...
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Stephen Paul
- Feb 20, 2020
- 1 min
Sunday Assembly, Sam's story
I grew up a catholic. Church every Sunday, singer and instrumentalist in the choir and band, choir practise every week. Events, rituals,...
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Stephen Paul
- Feb 20, 2020
- 4 min
We rate our politician like bananas
For our October Sunday Assembly we explored the concept of money. We spoke of how money was an environmental factor that caused us to...
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Stephen Paul
- Feb 20, 2020
- 3 min
When you move to a new place
I imagine I’m like a lot of people, in that I’m a wonderful, unique mess of a human! I’m currently a scientist with an artistic side...
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Stephen Paul
- Feb 20, 2020
- 3 min
Sunday Assembly: Wendy's story
Wendy, 74, lives in Woodley and has been a regular at Sunday Assembly since 2016. She first discovered it on the website Streetlife (now...
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Stephen Paul
- Feb 20, 2020
- 7 min
Sunday Assembly, Stephen's Story
"You may find yourself the lead of Sunday Assembly Reading. And you may ask yourself, Well, how did I get here?" Early Incomprehension ...
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Stephen Paul
- Feb 20, 2020
- 2 min
We paint rocks and then throw them away
This is an excerpt from the hosting speech made at Sunday Assembly Reading, Nov 2018 by Stephen who was talking about the place of art in...
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Stephen Paul
- Feb 20, 2020
- 1 min
Godless Church Doing Good
Reading's most popular secular 'church' Sunday Assembly Reading delivered a £200 cheque to Launchpad, a local charity striving to prevent...
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Stephen Paul
- Feb 20, 2020
- 4 min
Sunday Assembly: Cate's story
Cate, 40, moved to Reading in 2016 to work at the BBC Archives in Caversham. Before that, she studied at Leeds University and undertook...
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Stephen Paul
- Feb 20, 2020
- 1 min
Why did I start coming to Sunday Assembly?
I've lived in Reading for 13 years, and like many residents, I'm a London commuter. I travel into London, I work, I come home. I travel...
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