Thinking on Sunday: Save Democracy – Abolish Voting
Referendums have a popular appeal. They promise to put ordinary voters in control, and sideline the self-serving elites. Save Democracy – Abolish Voting sets out to offer an alternative way of managing a democracy that will achieve both of these aims in much more effective, and incorruptible way. It is a proposal that takes the best […]
Angela Brownridge (piano)
Commemorating Debussy’s Centenary year, renowned Debussy interpreter Angela Brownridge will open the programme with ‘Pour le Piano’ after which she will enter the world of Romantic reflection with Mendelssohn’s Variations Sérieuses, concluding the first half with Chopin’s masterpiece, his Polonaise in A flat. The second half will set us alight with works by Samuel Barber, […]
“A man of sweeping vision” – Mika Orava (London debut)
Mika Orava was born 1972 in Imatra, Finland. He started to play the piano at the age of 8, completed his studies at the Sibelius Academy, and received his Master’s of Music degree in 2002. He also holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree (2007). In addition to teaching, coaching and creating original works in […]
Latvia: Image Music Text
An evening of Latvian music, words, art and wine. Refreshments served. All welcome. Latvia is celebrating its centenary of independence this year by taking part as one of the market focus countries at the London Book Fair in 2018. Listen to award winning writer Kristine Ulberga discussing her novel, The Green Crow: A feminist One […]
Out-of-the-Box Thinking: What is secondary education for?
For the third of our Out-of-the-Box Thinking series, co-hosted by GlobalNet21 and Conway Hall, join us for a discussion with Sir Anthony Seldon and Melissa Benn about the purpose, values and philosophical basis of secondary education and how it needs to be radically rethought for the 21st century. Both speakers will challenge the outdated ideological consensus […]
The Global Goals – intergenerational and cross-sector partnerships
The United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs) are the blueprint for a better world. If we have any hope of meeting these goals, we are going to need to be better collaborators. Partnerships need to be created across generations and sectors. This afternoon will be the first in an exciting series of events […]
Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life
What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself – a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared. Tracking the mind’s fitful […]
Shore 2 Shore with Carol Ann Duffy
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and three of the fellow poets she most admires – Gillian Clarke (National Poet of Wales, 2008-2016), Imtiaz Dharker & Jackie Kay (Scots Makar, or National Poet for Scotland), along with musical MC John Sampson – are crossing the country this June in celebration and support of Independent Bookshop Week, […]
Conway Hall Book Club – March 2018 – Petite Fleur by Iosi Havilio
With two independent publishers – Istros Books and Peter Owen – and a wonderful library on our premises, we thought it a good time for a new literary initiative: a monthly book club for members and friends, where we discuss some of the titles produced by our resident publishers, as well as the occasional guest sessions hosted by […]