Landscape Citizenships Symposium
Landscape Citizenships: Grounded in the discourses of ecological, watershed, and bioregional citizenships, this symposium seeks to evaluate belonging through the idea of landscape as landship. This describes substantive, mutually constitutive relations between people and place. The emerging fields of landscape justice and landscape democracy form a background against which to examine issues from folkways to the […]
Inklings: the Stories of the Storytellers
Come and hear of the friendship between 2 of our era’s greatest writers, CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien, as our self-penned play returns after gaining glowing reviews at last year’s Glastonbury Fringe! Following the performance, Sandra will be signing copies of her novel, Wideawake, a paranormal crime thriller, and her short story collection Tales from […]
ModMag London
magCulture’s ModMag returns to Conway Hall on Thursday 1 November for its annual celebration of editorial creativity. Now an established feature of the publishing/design event calendar, this will be our sixth ModMag in London and follows our first New York edition earlier this year. We’ll be following the familiar format: a day of talks from […]
Marxism, Political Practice and CSE
Conference of Socialist Economists (CSE) presents a day in celebration of Marx’s 200th birthday. Join speakers, commentary and lively discussion with: Simon Clarke, University of Warwick: ‘Marxism, political practice and the CSE’ John Grahl, Middlesex University: ‘Marxism as critique: the employment relation and socio-economic functioning of capitalist economies’ Ruth Pearson, University of Leeds: ‘The informal economy, unpaid work […]
Meetup Session – Dealing With Difficult People
At this meetup Professor Windy Dryden will discuss what is it about other people that we find difficult. He will argue that that the best way to deal with others is first, to deal with our own problematic reactions to them before deciding how to respond behaviourally to them. He will also discuss what it […]
Being the Story
Being the Story puts a spotlight on challenging social issues. Being the Story is an immersive storytelling day for people and organisations who are committed to social justice and who want to hear from people who have first-hand experience of issues that need to be addressed. Being the Story gives a platform to people who […]
Happiness Secrets From Around the World – With Helen Russell
Join us for an entertaining and insightful evening as bestselling author Helen Russell takes us on trip around the world to discover the secrets of happiness from 30 countries. From Australia to Wales, via Bhutan, Ireland, Finland, Turkey, Syria, Japan and many more, Helen will share the insights from her new book The Atlas of […]
When women gather… an exhibition of photographs by Grace Gelder
The exhibition is on the ground floor and runs until 10 March – it’s completely free and you don’t need to book to see it. Curated with Marianne Mulvey. Completing the sentence “When women gather…”, this exhibition of work by photographer Grace Gelder draws upon different definitions of gathering – from assembling for a specific […]
Out-of-the-Box Thinking: Debate – This House Believes That Exams have had Their Day
The seventh event of our Out-of-the-Box Thinking series will explore through debate whether “Exams have had their Day” in our education system. Madeleine Holt will speak for the motion, and Richard Sheriff will speak against it. Are standardised examinations (eg GCSEs, A Levels) the best way to test and define the abilities of a student? With techniques being developed that allow […]