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Obituary – Valerie Mainstone, Great Humanist and Social Activist, 1941-2025
Valerie Mainstone By Maggie Hall Maggie is a former Chair of Brighton Humanists. There cannot be many funeral ceremonies that include people dancing in the aisles, but that is exactly what happened on 31 October last year at the funeral of my dear friend and humanist mentor, Valerie Mainstone. I first met Valerie in 2008, when I joined Brighton Humanists – or the Brighton and Hove Humanist Society, as it was then. We served on the committee together for several years, and muc

Maggie Hall
Jan 312 min read
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