A Rogue Reporter vs The American Empire
Investigative journalist Matt Kennard had unbridled access to the crème de la crème of the global elite. From slanging matches with Henry Kissinger to afternoon coffees with the man who captured Che Guevara, Kennard spent four years gathering extraordinarily honest testimony from the horse’s mouth on how the global economic system works away from the […]
Battle for the Museums: Fighting Back Against Cultural Colonialism
Museums can be both a valuable educational and cultural resource, and perpetrators of cultural colonialism, gatekeeping, and theft. In this Ethical Matters talk, we explore the underlying dark nexus of capital, art and power―and radical resistance movements fighting fiercely for exhibition spaces that serve today’s public. One digital entrepreneur has taken matters into their own […]
Why is Tomorrow’s Technology Still Not Here?
For decades we’ve delighted in dreaming about a sci-fi utopia, with flying cars and bionic humans. Why are we living in a future that is more flat-pack than jet-pack? Building a better world – be it a free-flying commute or an automated urban lifestyle – is a worthy dream. Given the pace of technological change, […]
September Songs: Celebrating Eliza Flower
Join Electric Voice Theatre and music historian Oskar Jensen in Conway Hall’s historic Library, as we celebrate the launch of their new website dedicated to Eliza Flower. This entertaining, informal event features a fascinating talk and open discussion exploring the research into Conway Hall’s most important radical feminist composer. The talk will be accompanied by […]
Into the Uncanny
*Please note that everyone wishing to join this event must register for a ticket in advance. Tickets will not be available to purchase on the door.* ‘The ghosts of today don’t live in castles or stately homes, they’re in normal houses and workplaces, witnessed by people just like you and me. But are they the […]
Cannibal Error: A Social History of the ‘Video Nasty’.
Moral panic, myth, and the macabre: Video nasties in the 1980s and beyond. When the widespread introduction of the VHS cassette changed the face of home entertainment in the early 1980s, it wasn’t long before video rental store shelves were filled with lurid tapes promising orgies of sex, violence, and terror. In this talk, authors […]
Divination Day: Astrology, Tarot, Tomorrow and Us
When the future is uncertain, people often turn to occult and cosmic guidance through methods such as astrology, Tarot cards, phrenology, and other forms of truth-seeking. Join the London Fortean Society for an in-depth exploration of predicting the future through magic and not-quite-science. Confirmed Talks: Kelly-Ann Maddox – Tarot for the Real-World Mystic Tarot is […]
Life, Death and the Human Art of Undertaking
Ru Callender writes in his acclaimed book What Remains? Life, Death and the Human Art of Undertaking that he wanted to become an undertaker in order to offer people a more honest experience than the stilted formality of traditional ‘Victorian’ funerals. Driven by raw emotion and the unresolved grief, Ru brought an outsider, ‘DIY’ ethos […]
Doers, Dreamers, Place Makers: A Virtual Visit to Conway Hall
For nearly a century, Conway Hall’s doors have been thrown open to freethinkers and creatives of all kinds—hosting debates, discussions, performances and meetings for a dizzying array of doers and dreamers. This is a living history of challenging the status quo, and of creating space—physical and metaphorical—to foster community and fight for change. Join Conway […]