The Testing Ground 4
Reading Room An experimental collaboration using words, movement and the library at Conway Hall. Created and performed by Zoe Tsavdarides, Rebecca May Johnson, Mark Carberry, Ed Attlee, Alexandra Baybutt and Samuel Schlee James Cross and Des Truscott – Nothing is Certain but Expense (Scenes From An Urban Gothic) Have you ever found yourself in a […]
Theodore Zeldin on Life’s Hidden Pleasures
Are we fully alive? Or do we merely survive, repeating the same gestures, following the same itinerary that others have fixed for us, commuting to the same office every day? Acclaimed philosopher Theodore Zeldin thinks you have the answers, if only you will let him ask you the right questions. Bringing insight from the great […]
Roger Scruton on Love and Sex
In this sermon by Roger Scruton, one of our best known and most loved public philosophers, we’ll consider the strangeness and wonder of sexuality. What do innocence, passion, perversion and desire mean to us today? In this thought provoking intellectual adventure, Roger Scruton will consider what the great philosophers have had to say about sex […]
Labour, Trident and Foreign Policy: Labour CND Conference 2016
Labour CND is delighted to announce a conference in London on January 30th 2016 to discuss the Labour Party’s approach to Trident and foreign policy in the light of the election of Jeremy Corbyn. The conference will include sessions on trade unions and Trident, foreign policy and parliamentary campaigning on nuclear weapons. This is a […]
Challenging Self-Knowledge
What’s so great about self-knowledge? What does it matter whether you know who you really are? Is self-knowledge the key to happiness or to being true to yourself? We live in a culture in which the importance of self-knowledge is taken for granted but rarely explained. In this intriguing talk, Professor Quassim Cassam will explore the […]
How to be the Best Person in the World AND Save the Planet
It is sometimes said that a person has the world in the palm of the hands, well now is your big chance to make that dream become reality. With the release by Tony of not one, but two new books: How to be the Best Person in the World and Open Up Your Heart and […]
Beat the ‘Blue Monday Blues’: Lessons From Mindfulness and Positive Psychology
January 25th, ‘Blue Monday’, is meant to be the most depressing day of the year. It’s a concept based on terrible research. On the eve of Blue Monday, Elvis Langley will look at some findings (from good research) into what makes us truly happy. What does positive psychology and mindfulness have to teach us about […]
AHS Convention & AGM 2016
The Main Convention will be held from 09:00-17:00 on Saturday 12th March at Conway Hall in London. The AHS Annual General Meeting will take place at UCL on Sunday 13th March. For members of AHS societies tickets to the entire convention and AGM (excluding accommodation) are £10, rates differ for non-students (£12 for BHA members) and […]
A Day of REST
The WordPress REST API is the next generation of WordPress, opening the platform up in brand new ways. It will get officially merged into core in WordPress 4.4 on December 8th. Companies like WIRED, The New York Times, Fusion, Bocoup, Human Made, Modern Tribe and many others already use the WordPress REST API to build applications […]