On Demand
Watch recordings of our previous events and talks on the Conway Hall Player.
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![Sexpectations: Messy Modern Love]()
Sexpectations: Messy Modern Love
Artist Philippa Found’s Lockdown Love Stories project emerged during the early days of the pandemic. Through anonymous submissions, people shared their unfiltered stories. From exes to being single, hookups to breakups, dating, situationships, friendships, and relationships, these aren’t love stories; they’re stories about love.
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![Adventures in the Electroverse: The Story]()
Adventures in the Electroverse: The Story
Martyn Ware, founding member of The Human League and Heaven 17, is in conversation with Glenys Adelusi, Programmes Manager at Conway Hall, to discuss the story behind his Adventures in the Electroverse exhibition.
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![Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age]()
Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age
The interwar period was a golden age of the uncanny. Tahra Bey took 1920s Paris by storm as an ‘Oriental’ missionary. Dr Dahesh harnessed Western science to create a pan-religious faith in Lebanon. Author Raphael Cormack explores how these forgotten two mystics reflected the desires and anxieties of the troubled age.
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![Inequality and Britain’s Next Generation]()
Inequality and Britain’s Next Generation
Danny Dorling gets to the heart of post-pandemic Britain’s most pressing issues. What do we miss when we focus on the superrich and the most deprived? Why are most British parents on below-average income? How can we reverse the trends leaving all children worse off than their parents?
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![Women and the Far Right]()
Women and the Far Right
We are in a new age of terror, with self-radicalising, hard-to-categorise individuals planning violence. Each one caught by the British state tells us something about British society. Understanding how and why women join movements that explicitly aim to restrict their autonomy is essential if we want to fight back.
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![The Power of Sound: Creating a Better Future]()
The Power of Sound: Creating a Better Future
Martyn Ware, electronic music pioneer, is in conversation with Cherub Sanson, a leading sound healer and sound artist, to explore how music and sound can drive positive change.
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![Sexpectations: Redefining Consent, Work and Rights]()
Sexpectations: Redefining Consent, Work and Rights
As part of our Sexpectations season, former sex worker and campaigner Elizabeth G, alongside East London Stripper Collective representative Stacey Clare discuss sex work in the UK and the fight for the rights of those involved.
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![Mavericks: Lessons from History’s Most Extraordinary Misfits]()
Mavericks: Lessons from History’s Most Extraordinary Misfits
Witty and engaging TikTok historian J Draper digs out unusual stories of individuals who have shaped the world, uncovering the lessons their unique experiences can teach us. These poignant and often hilarious true stories show us that the world as we know it was built by a far wider array of historical figures than those we encountered in our schoolbooks.
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![Why Optimism Wins]()
Why Optimism Wins
What does Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition have in common with the chicken that crossed the road? Or James Baldwin’s campaign for civil rights with the development of AI? Or even Crossrail with George Bush’s ‘mission accomplished’?
