Both Dominique and I were amazed how emotional it was. Not just for ourselves, but also for our witnesses as well as our guests.
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Universal Humanism
Doctor Feelgood, The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, and how to prepare for death.
Oliver Sacks was on the radio last week, reading from his latest book, which is an autobiography. Correction – it wasn’t him reading, and it’s not his latest book: it’s going to be his last book, because he is dying. Sacks is a neurologist best known to most people as the author of the unforgettably … Continue Reading
Cara-Mae’s Naming Ceremony at home with Zoe and Gavin
A naming ceremony is very like a wedding but much more relaxed. There are always nerves on a wedding day, whereas the anxious times are pretty much over when a couple are ready to name their child. I find this tends to happen around their first birthday, when life has settled to its new rhythms, … Continue Reading
Sarah and Rob’s Humanist Wedding at Marlin’s Wynd
I told Rob and Sarah they’d never use this photo… As so often, I was wrong! Sarah and Rob are both busies, as they call the police in Liverpool, and they first met at the scene of a pipe-bomb incident. That and some Facebook stalking led to a first date at … Continue Reading
Hannah & Rory’s Humanist Wedding at Broxmouth Park
I knew that marrying a dashing young racing driver to a beautiful equestrienne would be fun. What I didn’t expect was that Hannah’s handsome horse Rowan would also be a part of the proceedings. Mind you, they did say in the ceremony, “love me, love my horse”, so I shouldn’t really have been surprised. Like … Continue Reading
Aziza & Peter’s Humanist Wedding at The Hub
Aziza and Peter spoke their vows to each other from cards
Humanism & Christianity: friends or foes?
I was delighted to join the reverend Richard Holloway and others as part of this conversation at St Andrew’s and St George’s church last month, and Liam Fraser who also spoke, pointed me towards this video of the event. It’s long, but if you want to know why I think people choose to have humanist … Continue Reading
10 years of legal Humanist marriage
It’s amazing what’s changed since June 18th 2005, when Karen Watts and Martin Reijns were married by Ivan Middleton at Edinburgh Zoo. Then there were only 12 celebrants authorised to conduct marriage. Now the HSS has ten times that number. Then the society could have counted its membership in the hundreds. Today there are more than 10,000 … Continue Reading
Ewan and Stewart’s Humanist Wedding at The Caves
Look at these photos, then tell me what’s missing… Gaydar didn’t exist 23 years ago when Ewan & Stewart got together. They met over the phone: this very one, in fact The Caves weren’t even a glint in Norrie Rowan’s eye then either… Yes, this will be a kind of detective … Continue Reading
Daisy & David’s Humanist Wedding at The Loch Fyne Restaurant, Newhaven Harbour
Daisy and David’s parents and grandparents delivered inspiring and moving speeches