8 Lessons and Carols for the Godless

- yes, 8- there are going to be a few more big names at the ones tonight and Sunday. Robin said "This was supposed to be a sort of fractured Royal Institution Christmas lecture, but it seems to have gone a bit Royal Variety". Whatever it was, it was really fun. (And long- as a rule of thumb, if Robin Ince is compering, expect a gig to run over by at least an hour... this is not a complaint.)
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I think it was being filmed; something will probably go up at New Humanist magazine at some point. (Incidentally, there are some excellent advent podcasts there at the moment- Marcus Brigstocke, Stephen Fry, Robin Ince, Natalie Haynes, Eddie Izzard...)
(Herring's blog about the night, review in the Indy, review in the Times.)