On Demand
Watch recordings of our previous events and talks on the Conway Hall Player.
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![UnMasked: An Undiagnosed Autistic Adolescence]()
UnMasked: An Undiagnosed Autistic Adolescence
Eliza Fricker spent her adolescence being told, “You should be able to manage. You could try harder.” - until her autism diagnosis as an adult revealed why she may not have met others' expectations so easily. In this UnMasked talk, Eliza encourages neurodivergent folks to take an empathetic look back at their experiences.
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![Wage Theft]()
Wage Theft
There are as many ways to steal wages as there are to pay them. Wage theft has been described as a silent epidemic blighting the global workforce. But what if wage theft, rather than being a modern bug, is a feature of capitalism itself? Political economist Matthew Cole uncovers the long history of wage theft and how to overcome it.
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![Women Walking]()
Women Walking
Walkers and writers Sonia Overall, founder of Women Who Walk, and Morag Rose, founder of the Loiterers Resistance Movement, discuss the benefits, beauties and barriers to women and walking.
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![Strange Central: Mysteries, Monsters, Ghosts and UFOs]()
Strange Central: Mysteries, Monsters, Ghosts and UFOs
Join the London Fortean Society for deep-dives into the paranormal world, with expert talks on ghost hunting, flying saucers, sea monsters and sasquatches and more. Speakers include Darren Naish, Mark Pilkington, David Clarke, Alice Vernon and Dominic Chorney.
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![A History of Protest and Public Space in England]()
A History of Protest and Public Space in England
Investigating both famous and less well-known demonstrations, from early democracy and the Suffragettes to Black rights and environmental campaigners in more recent times, Katrina Navickas offers positive as well as troubling lessons on how we protect the right to protest.
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![How to Think Like a Poet]()
How to Think Like a Poet
From Homer, Sappho and Rumi, to Shakespeare and Sylvia Plath, how did poets make the world anew? What can we learn from the magic, wisdom and humour of their poetry? Poet and writer Dai George asks how poetry can help us to understand justice, dreams or anger.
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![Policing the Police]()
Policing the Police
Join us at Conway Hall with Met Police whistle-blower Issy Vine and Senior Lecturer in Criminology Dr Lambros Fatsis. We will ask how policing can be for all people, including women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ folks, protestors and others who cannot depend on protection of the police.
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![In Search of Now]()
In Search of Now
According to physics there is no ‘now’, no difference between past and future. What of free will? Is choice an illusion? Or has physics left something out of the equation? Dr Jo Marchant tackles questions of time, self, consciousness and reality – exploring the secrets of how our lives really unfold.
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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?
