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We have today opened our gallery and shop in Whitley Bay. We stock prints, books, cards, t-shirts and more.

The Pure Gallery
151 Park View
Whitley Bay
Tyne & Wear
NE26 3RF

Open:
Mon, Wed, Thu & Sat 10am to 4.30pm

Closed:
Tue, Fri and Sun

thepuregallery.co.uk

From the AtheistCampaign.org website…

The Atheist Bus Campaign launches today, Tuesday October 21 2008. With your support, we hope to raise £5,500 to run 30 buses across the capital for four weeks with the slogan: “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.”

Professor Richard Dawkins, bestselling author of The God Delusion, is officially supporting the Atheist Bus Campaign, and has generously agreed to match all donations up to a maximum of £5,500, giving us a total of £11,000 if we reach the full amount – enough for a much bigger campaign. The British Humanist Association have kindly agreed to administer all donations.

With your help, we can brighten people’s days on the way to work, help raise awareness of atheism in the UK, and hopefully encourage more people to come out as atheists. We can also counter the religious adverts which are currently running on London buses, and help people think for themselves.

As Richard Dawkins says: “This campaign to put alternative slogans on London buses will make people think – and thinking is anathema to religion.”

Almost perfect, but maybe they should drop the “probably”…

We have asked 30 artists from around the UK to produce a piece of artwork on an A4-sized piece of cardboard for a gallery exhibition in Newcastle upon Tyne. Each piece will be sold for £40 and the proceeds will be contributed to The Big Issue Foundation. The idea of the cardboard canvas is a nod towards the shelter used by many homeless people.

Check the website CardboardShelter.org for more information.