On Demand
Watch recordings of our previous events and talks on the Conway Hall Player.
-
![Loving Differently]()
Loving Differently
What does it mean to love outside of the conventions of heterosexuality and monogamy? As discussions around the many shapes and forms of relationships become less taboo, what lessons can we learn from loving differently?
-
![How Housing Broke London]()
How Housing Broke London
In London, only those with vast cash deposits can get on the property ladder, private rents have spiralled out of control and the wait for social housing is measured in decades. Author and journalist Peter Apps examines London's housing journey over the past forty years, and explores the ways London can transform again in the future.
-
![Green Crime]()
Green Crime
Enter a world where people are murdered, ecosystems are destroyed, and corruption is rampant. Criminal psychologist Dr Julia Shaw takes us deep into some of the worst environmental crimes of our time, and asks: how do the Earth's killers think? And how can we stop them from stealing our future?
-
![The Age of Fakes]()
The Age of Fakes
Fake is the word. Fake autobiographies, deep fake faces, fake news. Our technology and communications have further distanced us from what is real in the world. In this Ethical Matters talk, learn how, why and discover ways we can re-find the truth.
-
![Reading Between the Lines of the Regency Novel]()
Reading Between the Lines of the Regency Novel
What do #MeToo and Jane Austen have in common? More than you might think. Dr Zoë McGee reveals how Jane Austen, Frances Burney and their now-overlooked contemporaries used their stories to try to change society's mind about sexual coercion - and to reassure survivors they were not alone.
-
![The Extraordinary Lives of Ancient & Medieval Women]()
The Extraordinary Lives of Ancient & Medieval Women
What was life really like for women in the ancient and medieval periods? How did they think about sex, death and God? Could they live independent lives? And how can we hear their stories? Join historians Hetta Howes and Daisy Dunn as they reveal some extraordinary women of the past.
-
![The Haunted Landscape: Ghosts, Magic and Lore]()
The Haunted Landscape: Ghosts, Magic and Lore
Whose claws are scratching at the church door? What’s that ghost tumbling over the moor? Who’s that figure cut into the earth? What can I do to lift this curse? Take a lengendary trip through the Haunted Landscape at London Fortean Society’s day of expert talks on British ghosts, magic and folklore.Watch the 2023 annual Haunted Landscape event from London Fortean Society on demand.
-
![Changing Power Imbalances at Home]()
Changing Power Imbalances at Home
Why do women who outearn their male partners still do more housework and childcare? Science journalist Melissa Hogenboom interviewed dozens of female breadwinners, stay-at-home dads and same-sex couples, to show how the closer we look, the easier it is to see the influence of power structures all around us.
-
![Chasing the Dark: Encounters with the Supernatural]()
Chasing the Dark: Encounters with the Supernatural
Ben Machell uncovers the archives of psychic researcher Tony Cornell and his investigations into ghosts, poltergeists and psychic powers. Between 1950 and 2010 he became perhaps the world's most prolific investigator of psychic phenomena and paranormal events. Ben is in conversation with artist and researcher Sarah Sparkes.
