Welcome to our site!
Please keep checking back to see what speakers we have lined up over the coming months.

Established in 1870 for Warringtonians to learn about and discuss new ideas and trends across society
Welcome to our site!
Please keep checking back to see what speakers we have lined up over the coming months.
Speakers: Andy Watson was born in Birkenhead. After leaving school, he attended KGV College in Southport, then the Liverpool John Moores University, and later the University of Central Lancashire. Andy came to live in Warrington in 1997. For over twenty seven years Andy has worked for a major UK Bank. He has been married to …
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Biography: Tom Salvini worked in IT for many years before becoming a consultant on bringing organisations with diverse viewpoints to work effectively as a team. Synopsis: In a critical observation of the problems bedevilling society, Tom will argue that only collective pursuit of excellence will avoid blundering into more division and discord.
Speaker: Dr Daniel Hurt is a GP registrar at Stockton Heath Medical Centre and will shortly qualify as a General Practitioner. He first became involved in philosophy while studying at the University of Cambridge, where he ran the main student philosophy society for several years. After moving from Saddleworth and founding another group, he now …
Continue reading “2 February 2026 Daniel Hurt: Why philosophy matters in medicine”