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Volunteers Week 2021 – Our Stories
We’ve collected the stories of some of the people who volunteer for the Centre for Volunteers Week 2021. Read them now.
Watch | ‘Hope’ by Arthur Conan Doyle | Read by Lance Butler
Our Chairman, Professor Lance Butler Reads ‘Hope’ – a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Watch the video now.
It’s Our 9th Birthday: Here’s 9 of Our Favourite Memories From Last Year
Scott Canevy, 23rd October 2020Happy Birthday to Us: Our 9 Favourite Memories From the Last Year Today is the 9th birthday of the Sir Arthur Conan...
The Great NHS Bake Off
The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre is ever growing, but who is making that happen? Drawing in more and more people across cultures, across spiritual practices, across continents… the centre is an interconnected village of free spirits, artists, teachers, speakers and more.
Tuesday Talks
Being a Hero: Jung, Putin and Frodo Baggins | Professor Lance Butler
Being a Hero: Jung, Putin and Frodo Baggins Written by Professor Lance Butler.It may not be fashionable to say so but there is a difference between...
Is Progress Possible? | Lance Butler
Is Progress Possible? Written by Professor Lance Butler.What would ‘progress’ be in our spiritual thinking? We turn quite readily to the past, for...
How difficult can it be?
How difficult can it be? Written by Professor Lance Butler.Our culture makes things easy for us, except when it doesn’t. It’s easier to look things...
Buddhism, Detachment and Love | Lance Butler
Buddhism, Detachment and Love Written by Professor Lance Butler.If you are interested in the work of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre it’s almost...
Book Reviews
Iain McGilchrist| Lance Butler
Iain McGilchrist and The Matter with Things Written by Professor Lance Butler.After ten years of intense work Iain McGilchrist has now finished his...
Book Review | The Flip by Jeffrey Kripal
This quite small book is a very big book. Jeffrey Kripal has lived and worked along the cutting edge between Science and the Humanities and here he demonstrates that that edge is, indeed, cutting us in half.
Book review: “The man who would be Sherlock- the real life adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle”
“The Man who would be Sherlock- the real life adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle” by Christopher Sandford. Special Offer for cusomers of the Arthur...
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Spirituality
Being a Hero: Jung, Putin and Frodo Baggins | Professor Lance Butler
Being a Hero: Jung, Putin and Frodo Baggins Written by Professor Lance Butler.It may not be fashionable to say so but there is a difference between...
Iain McGilchrist| Lance Butler
Iain McGilchrist and The Matter with Things Written by Professor Lance Butler.After ten years of intense work Iain McGilchrist has now finished his...
Is Progress Possible? | Lance Butler
Is Progress Possible? Written by Professor Lance Butler.What would ‘progress’ be in our spiritual thinking? We turn quite readily to the past, for...
Detachment or Compassion? | By Lance Butler
Detachment or Compassion? Written by Professor Lance Butler.We have learnt of these heavenly twins from Buddhism. We know we should be detached and...