Thinking on Sunday: Digital Control – Surveillance and Power in the Age of Big Data
The corporate world is watching us, but why does no one watch them? Our contemporary age is confronted by a profound contradiction: on the one hand, our lives as workers, consumers and citizens have become ever more monitored by new technologies. On the other, big business and finance become increasingly less regulated and controllable. What […]
Thinking on Monday: The Perils of Perception – Why We’re Wrong About Nearly Everything
Do you eat too much sugar? Is violence in the world increasing or decreasing? What proportion of your country are Muslim? What does it cost to raise a child? How much do we need to save for retirement? How much tax do the rich pay? When we estimate the answers to these fundamental questions that […]
Thinking on Sunday: Darkness – A Cultural History
Some are afraid of the dark, others are drawn to its strange domain, delighting in its uncertainties, lured by the call of the mysterious and of the unknown. The history of attitudes to what we cannot quite make out, in all its physical and metaphorical manifestations, challenges the notion that the world is possible to […]
Women of Westminster – The MPs Who Changed Politics
In 1919 Nancy Astor was elected as the Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton, becoming the first woman MP to take her seat in the House of Commons. Her achievement was all the more remarkable given that women (and even then, only some women) had only been entitled to vote for just over a year. In […]
Beyond Busy: Worry less, achieve more, love what you do – with Graham Allcott
Start 2019 with practical ideas to help you get “beyond busy” and discover how to worry less, achieve more and love what you do. Ever feel like there’s just not enough time in the day? Often worried or anxious? Wish you could get more of the important stuff done? We all struggle at times, especially […]
Giving Joy at Christmas
It’s our last Sunday Assembly London gathering of 2018 and we’re going out in style! We are so excited to have Tamsin Blanchard speaking with us this weekend! Tamsin is a fashion journalist, author and lecturer – particularly known for her work on ecological issues in fashion and with her work on the wonderful Fashion […]
Alluna Ensemble
A weird and wonderful journey through the beautiful and bizarre world of Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire. This programme interweaves the original movements of Pierrot with works by composers who influenced Schoenberg, illuminating the musical inspirations that gave rise to this unforgettable masterpiece. Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire Ravel Oiseaux Tristes Webern Vier Stücke J.S. Bach Prelude from […]
Minerva Piano Trio
Composer and Royal Academy of Music professor David Knotts’ arrangement of Ravel provides the centrepiece for the Minerva Trio’s appearance at Conway Hall. Clara Schumann’s G minor trio also gets a rare outing, before Schubert’s evergreen B flat trio concludes the evening’s programme. Clara Schumann Trio in G minor Op.17 Ravel arr. David Knotts Scenes […]
Quatuor Voce
The Strad magazine described Quatuor Voce as ‘One of the best French quartets I have heard for some years’. We are delighted to welcome them to Conway Hall as part of a short UK tour. They will offer Debussy’s early quartet (his only work with an opus number), one of Mozart’s finest works for string […]