The annual Bradlaugh Lecture provides a space for a distinguished speaker to explore a secularist topic in depth.

The 2018 lecture was delivered by the esteemed human rights activist, author and NSS honorary associate Gita Sahgal.

Her talked focussed on the impact of Hindu nationalism on contemporary British, Indian and international politics, the history of secularism in India and comparing Hindu nationalism with more pluralistic elements of the broader nationalist and anti-imperialist movement.

The lecture took place at the Manchester Art Gallery, which displays a portrait of Bradlaugh by Walter Sickert. Sickert's piece – donated by the NSS's Manchester branch in 1911 – is an iconic image of Bradlaugh standing at the bar of the House of Commons, forbidden on account of his atheism from taking up the seat to which he had been elected multiple times.

Find out more: www.secularism.org.uk/bradlaugh-lecture

Filming by Stephen Knight [ Ссылка ]

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