Schedule
Here are all the up and coming enquiry topics and events.
| Topic | Venue | Presenter | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Is God the route of all evil? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Open forum | 15/09/2025 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms, 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ - A Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. | ||||
| Modernity and it's discontents. | The Cross Keys (Leeds) | TAiL | 15/09/2025 | 14:00 |
| The Cross Keys, Water Lane, Holbeck, Leeds. LS11 5WD. https://thecrosskeysleeds.co.uk/ .......... The Enlightenment and the agricultural and industrial revolutions of the 18th century gave rise to the new economic, political and social arrangements which we call modernity. New disciplines, sociology and economics, were required to understand and explain the rapid changes taking place. New ideologies arose. Modernism championed the revolution in society and predicted a future of peace and prosperity. Others mourned the loss of community and tradition. | ||||
| Ideology & Modernity | Lock & Quay (Bootle) | Paul T | 15/09/2025 | 19:00 |
| The Lock & Quay: 2 Irlam Road, Bootle, L20 4AH …. Bootle’s first community owned and managed pub – All welcome! | ||||
| Religion v Morality | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Paul | 16/09/2025 | 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! | ||||
| Existentialism | Flanagan's Irish Pub | Sonia | 16/09/2025 | 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! | ||||
| Chosen on the evening! | Paris Philo Cafe (Online English) | Michael M | 17/09/2025 | 18:00 |
| To join tonight's session (6pm) Copy + Paste join zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6928143463?pwd=L2JsWlJnbmNEc2EraTdjQnJXVkx6Zz09 … Every Wednesday of the month – all welcome! …... Also every first Wednesday of the month."Which is our LIVE day in the Cafe de Flore. If you are in Paris, you are welcome!" | ||||
| Is Racism political ignorance or something deeper? | The Park (Eccles) | Open forum | 17/09/2025 | 19:30 |
| The Park, Monton Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9QD. We meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month (&.30pm) All welcome! | ||||
| Morality vs Religion | Pocket Cafe/Bar (City centre) | Paul D | 18/09/2025 | 18:00 |
| The Pocket Cafe/Bar. A swanky cafe bar in town. Come along to PIP's newest early evening group ... 98 Paradise Street (by Bus terminus) City Centre, Liverpool, L1 4AA. | ||||
| Reasonable emotions? | The Greyhound (Ormskirk) | Steve | 18/09/2025 | 19:30 |
| How can emotion combine with reason for reliable judgement? All welcome! Further details available at https://philosophyinpublic.co.uk/event/reasonable-emotions/ | ||||
| PIP's Philosophy Festival | Adelphi Hotel (Liverpool City Centre) | Merseyside committee | 20/09/2025 | 09:30 |
| PIP's All Day Philosophy Festival, in The Crosby Room, Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool City Centre. 9.30am to 5.30pm | ||||
| The History of Logic Session 8 of 8 | PIPS ZOOM EVENT - ALL WELCOME | Rob Lewis | 21/09/2025 | 18:30 |
| History of Logic Session 8 of 8 ALL wELCOME Join Zoom Meeting - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| Civil Disobedience | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Robert | 22/09/2025 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms, 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ - A Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. | ||||
| Existentialism & Phenomology | Lock & Quay (Bootle) | Mike Naidoo | 22/09/2025 | 19:00 |
| The Lock & Quay: 2 Irlam Road, Bootle, L20 4AH …. Bootle’s first community owned and managed pub – All welcome! | ||||
| The Anglosphere | Flanagan's Irish Pub | Tom L | 23/09/2025 | 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! | ||||
| Chosen on the evening! | Paris Philo Cafe (Online English) | Michael M | 24/09/2025 | 18:00 |
| To join tonight's session (6pm) Copy + Paste join zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6928143463?pwd=L2JsWlJnbmNEc2EraTdjQnJXVkx6Zz09 … Every Wednesday of the month – all welcome! …... Also every first Wednesday of the month."Which is our LIVE day in the Cafe de Flore. If you are in Paris, you are welcome!" | ||||
| Is it always good to be open-minded? | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | Open forum | 25/09/2025 | 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! | ||||
| Does Quantum mechanics destroy reason? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Martin W | 29/09/2025 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms, 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ - A Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. | ||||
| OPEN FORUM | Lock & Quay (Bootle) | ALL | 29/09/2025 | 19:00 |
| The Lock & Quay: 2 Irlam Road, Bootle, L20 4AH …. Bootle’s first community owned and managed pub – All welcome! | ||||
| OPEN FORUM | Flanagan's Irish Pub | ALL | 30/09/2025 | 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! | ||||
| What is Terrorism? | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Open forum | 01/10/2025 | 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! | ||||
| Chosen on the evening! | Paris Philo Cafe (Online English) | Michael M | 01/10/2025 | 18:00 |
| To join tonight's session (6pm) Copy + Paste join zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6928143463?pwd=L2JsWlJnbmNEc2EraTdjQnJXVkx6Zz09 … Every Wednesday of the month – all welcome! …... Also every first Wednesday of the month."Which is our LIVE day in the Cafe de Flore. If you are in Paris, you are welcome!" | ||||
| How does family shape us? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Open forum | 01/10/2025 | 19:30 |
| Oats & Honey, 205 Monton Road, Monton, Eccles, Salford, Manchester, M30 9PN. We meet every 1st Wednesday of the month. All welcome! | ||||
| Topic to be Shared on the Evening | Saturday at Seven (international) | The Group | 04/10/2025 | 19:00 |
| EVERYONE WELCOME TO SATURDAY AT SEVEN. BRING A FRIEND. Topics to be announced on the evening. Come and Examine your own thoughts and the thoughts of others. No previous knowledge needed. Listening helps , as does realising no one knows everything. We are NOT a debating group. We aim to think and challenge with a view to development of our own understanding. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| Is the music we like the music of our teens? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Mary | 06/10/2025 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms, 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ - A Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. | ||||
| The Experience of Time | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | Mark | 09/10/2025 | 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! | ||||
| Merseyside Annual A.G.M | Ship & Mitre (upstairs) | The Committee | 10/10/2025 | 06:30 |
| The Annual AGM will take place upstairs at the Ship and Mitre pub in Liverpool. We are hoping that very many of you will attend as the AGM provides enables members of Pips Community to meet with those outside of their own groups and to discover more about the activities of the committee. More information will be sent out as it is available Many thanks Dulcie | ||||
| What if the human race is just an experiment... | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Andrea | 13/10/2025 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms, 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ - A Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. | ||||
| Religions and Utopias ... | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | Howard | 13/10/2025 | 19:00 |
| THINK Huddersfield, meets (7pm) every 2nd Monday of month at The Sportsman, the excellent pub at 1 St John's Road, Huddersfield, HD1 5AY ... Contact: huddersfieldpips1@gmail.com | ||||
| Flags & Medals | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Stephen | 15/10/2025 | 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! | ||||
| Survival of the fittest? | The Park (Eccles) | Open forum | 15/10/2025 | 19:30 |
| The Park, Monton Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9QD. We meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month (&.30pm) All welcome! | ||||
| Topic to be Shared on the Evening | Saturday at Seven (international) | The Group | 18/10/2025 | 19:00 |
| EVERYONE WELCOME TO SATURDAY AT SEVEN. BRING A FRIEND. Topics to be announced on the evening. Come and Examine your own thoughts and the thoughts of others. No previous knowledge needed. Listening helps , as does realising no one knows everything. We are NOT a debating group. We aim to think and challenge with a view to development of our own understanding. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| Nothing Matters | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Open forum | 20/10/2025 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms, 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ - A Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. | ||||
| Ethics of Genetic Engineering? | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | Paul | 23/10/2025 | 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! | ||||
| Choosing future topics party | Pocket Cafe/Bar (City centre) | The group | 23/10/2025 | 18:00 |
| The Pocket Cafe/Bar. A swanky cafe bar in town. Come along to PIP's newest early evening group ... 98 Paradise Street (by Bus terminus) City Centre, Liverpool, L1 4AA. | ||||
| Reality? | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Open forum | 05/11/2025 | 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! | ||||
| Is AI a blessing or a curse? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Open forum | 05/11/2025 | 19:30 |
| Oats & Honey, 205 Monton Road, Monton, Eccles, Salford, Manchester, M30 9PN. We meet every 1st Wednesday of the month. All welcome! | ||||
| Justice as Fairness | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | Mark | 13/11/2025 | 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! | ||||
| 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! | ||||
| The Imagination: what is it? | The Black Horse (Heswall) | Open forum | 27/11/2025 | 14:00 |
| Imagination: is it a faculty, or just the effects of something else? 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! | ||||
| 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! | ||||
| 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! | ||||
| 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! | ||||
| 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! | ||||
| 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! | ||||
| 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! | ||||