Dementia-Friendly Concerts
We are delighted to welcome back Songhaven for another dementia-friendly concert as part of our Summer Programme. Each 45-minute performance features much-loved songs from stage and screen, performed by a trio of professional, classically trained musicians. These free concerts are open to everyone and provide a warm welcome to people living with dementia, along with […]
The Future of Health
Health over the last 150 years in the UK and internationally has been transformed and this rapid rate of change will continue. Improvements in public health and the shifting demographic structure are altering the trajectory and frequency of disease. Advances in science including new drug classes, diagnostics and AI are changing what is possible in […]
Demystifying Meditation: A Keynote Lecture by Bhaskarji
Are you seeking clarity and calm in today’s hectic world? Join acclaimed philosopher Bhaskarji Ramachandran from the Vedanta Institute London for a thought provoking lecture. Discover the grandeur of meditation with Bhaskarji’s expert analysis. Come and learn the true meaning of meditation and its benefits as well as obtaining insights on achieving mental well-being and […]
Dementia-Friendly Concerts
We are delighted to welcome back Songhaven for another dementia-friendly concert as part of our Summer Programme. Each 45-minute performance features much-loved songs from stage and screen, performed by a trio of professional, classically trained musicians. These free concerts are open to everyone and provide a warm welcome to people living with dementia, along with […]
Summer Season Ticket 2025
Enjoy a 15% discount off admission to all Sunday Concerts in the Summer Season when you buy a Season Ticket. This Summer, Conway Hall’s programme draws special focus on the string quartet. The much-loved Maggini Quartet plays the first concert, in their much-awaited return to Conway Hall. We also present a number of exciting, up-and-coming […]
Uncovering the History of Women’s Bodies
Journey into the complex medical and religious history of women’s bodies from classical Greece to the modern day. Helen King examines all the ways in which medicine and religion have played a gatekeeping role over women’s organs. Was the clitoris ever truly lost? Throughout history, religious scholars, medical men and – occasionally – women themselves, […]
A Woman’s World
History is not the full story and half of it has never been told. Join us at Conway Hall for an afternoon of women’s history. Hear the news of murderous early modern women, traitorous wives, greedy mistresses and spiteful witches. Stories of the queens and warrior women who ruled vast swathes of the African continent. […]
Surviving the Manosphere
Presenter, campaigner and activist Jess Davies has questions. Are we still asking for it because of our outfits? Our routes home? Our profile picture? Our social media posts? Or can we finally admit that there might be something wrong with… men and masculinity? James Bloodworth delved into the array of bizarre and harmful underground subcultures, […]
No Such Thing as Normal
We are diagnosed and treated for mental disorders more than ever, despite increasing evidence that environmental factors play a far greater role than biological ones. Dr Marieke Bigg asks: how can we heal when psychiatry rests on the belief that mental distress is explained by brain structures, chemical imbalances and genetics? Treatments from lobotomies to […]