Interesting 2016
Interesting Conference speakers for 2016: Abbey Kos – wine tasting – with actual wine Ade Adewunmi – the importance of watching TV Alby Reid – polonium poisoning Alice Bartlett – tampons and (possibly) Tampon Club. Craig Smith – his Dad’s relatives, including the first person to get convicted for football hooliganism using video evidence and […]
Ruby Wax on Mindful Living
This is a special opportunity for Action for Happiness supporters to engage in a lively discussion with Ruby as she explores the power of mindfulness practice and how we can learn to apply it in the ups and downs of daily life. “This event is your passport to saner living. I might not be sane […]
Ground Control – the Privatisation of Cities and Destruction of Public Space
Anna Minton, author of Ground Control, will give a special talk for Antiuniversity Now about the privatisation of cities and public space, linking that with the ‘super prime’ crisis and the destruction and demolition of low cost housing. Anna Minton is a writer and journalist and Reader in Architecture at the University of East London (UEL). She […]
A Radical Feminist Examination of Evolutionary Psychology
SOLD OUT Ever since the publication of Darwin’s “Origin of Species”, people have found answers for complex social phenomena in the mechanisms of natural selection. Poverty, criminality, the inferior status of women and of people of colour were all subjected to elaborate stories that told of how some groups of people (though never wealthy, educated […]
**CANCELLED** London Thinks: Thinking the Unthinkable – Privatising the NHS
Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has had to be cancelled, but we are looking to hold it at a future date. In this provocative and timely talk Tim Knox – Director of the renowned right-wing Think Tank, the Centre for Policy Studies – will address the future of the NHS head-on. Is it possible to profoundly rethink our emotional support of the […]
The Alex City Quiz 2016
At a time when serious questions are being asked about the future of the European Union, Alex would like to invite you to answer some much sillier questions at the seventh annual Alex City Quiz. On Tuesday May 10th the usual assortment of City bankers, brokers, fund managers, PR people and financial journalists will gather […]
PrEP School
A panel of speakers on the facts about PrEP – the anti-HIV medicine that keeps HIV negative people from becoming infected. How does it work? What is the current situation? Why should we be fighting for it? Speaker details to be added shortly. Please note – this event will take place immediately after our 2016 […]
Fidelio Trio
The ‘virtuosic Fidelio Trio’ (Sunday Times) are Darragh Morgan, violin, Adi Tal, cello and Mary Dullea, piano. Shortlisted for the 2016 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards – one of the highest recognitions for live classical music-making in the UK – they perform diverse repertoire internationally, broadcast regularly on BBC Radio 3, RTÉ Lyric FM, WNYC, […]
Reclaim Our Spaces
Our lives are shaped by the spaces in which we live When we give away important community space for another transient pop-up cafe or block of luxury flats, we give away part of our lives. We give away London’s cultural and community history. The planning system is not currently equipped with the policies required to […]