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 […]
Piano recital ‘For Hope’ – Για την Ελπίδα – Pianist Stavros Dritsas, guest Soprano Katerina Mina.
“Elpida” means hope in Greek, so this recital could not have a more suitable title. Kiki Sonidou and Stavros Dritsas, coming from different professional backgrounds but both being very active in London and abroad, decided to organise this charity event to support children suffering from cancer back in their native, Greece. With a wide and […]
Celebrate Christmas with Beethoven and Others in Style – Claudio Bohorquez & Alberto Portugheis
Come and celebrate Beethoven in style with Claudio Bohorquez (cello) and Alberto Portugheis (piano). This is an exclusive and unique opportunity to experience the performance of two international, well-known and highly respected interpreters of Beethoven, who will join forces in telling the story of the composer’s life through his five Cello and Piano Sonatas, on the […]
Radicals, Rebels, and Revolutionaries of the 19th century
We have it in our power to begin the world over again. —Thomas Paine, Common Sense A six-week course examining the often hidden or forgotten contribution of radicals, rebels, and revolutionaries to the development of ground-breaking ideas and campaigns in the nineteenth century such as human rights, birth control, women’s rights, the right to vote, […]
Thinking on Sunday: 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: Drawbridge Britain – Where Did the Hostile Environment Against Immigrants Come From?
In 1948, the HMS Windrush docked in Essex, carrying hundreds of British citizens from the Caribbean who had answered the call to come and live and work in the UK. Thousands more men, women and children soon followed. Seventy years later, it emerged that our government had started denying healthcare and housing to some of […]
Voice, Visibility and Velocity: Muslim women, past and present
With Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, Arif Zaman and Baroness Uddin. Muslim South Asia is widely characterized as a culture that idealizes female anonymity: women’s bodies are veiled and voices silenced. Complicating these perceptions is Siobhan Lambert-Hurley’s new book, Elusive Lives: Gender, Autobiography, and the Self in Muslim South Asia (Stanford University Press, 2018). The re-publication after 74 years of Iqbalunnisa Hussain’s Purdah […]
Speak Up, Speak Out
Teresa Garfield and Sula Bruce will be leading two workshops for women on public speaking and effectively getting your message across. This is an encouraging and deliberately fun workshop to transform what can be an intimidating prospect into one that is exciting. You’ll learn to speak with charisma, presence and authenticity, essential qualities that impact […]