Business – The Search for an Ethical Compass
In this fascinating event Andrew Leigh will take a hard but informed look at the relationship between business and ethics. He will consider what ethics in business actually means, and ask the question what are the realistic prospects of changing the culture under which businesses operate? He will discuss why ethical behaviour is highly advantageous in the […]
The Future of Consciousness: An Evening with Graham Hancock and David Pearce
SOLD OUT The Psychedelic Society is very pleased to be hosting an evening with two great minds of our time to consider ‘The Future of Consciousness’, in the context of increasing use and understanding of psychedelics and developments in artificial intelligence. GRAHAM HANCOCK is a writer, journalist, and sociologist whose body of work ranges between […]
When was Once Upon a Time?
In this event our thought-provoking speaker, Peter Logan, will contradict the common sense view that there are thousands of myths and that they change continually over time. He sets out to demonstrate that not only is there just one myth, but also that there has always been only one myth, and it has been incredibly […]
Sex Advice – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Dr. Meg John Barker on ‘How to have a threesome without having a threesome: Sex Advice – the good, the bad and the ugly’ In this presentation, Meg John Barker describes her recent analysis of popular sex advice books, websites, and newspaper problem pages. Much sex advice is based on three common assumptions: 1. That […]
School of Thought: The Feminists
School of Thought: The Feminists – A bite-sized introduction to feminism at the Bloomsbury Festival. Everyone is a feminist now, celebrities and politicians even wear t-shirts proclaiming it, but what does feminism mean and why does it matter? The facts on the ground are confusing. On the one hand, girls are getting higher marks at […]
London is Changing: Regeneration, Gentrification and Redevelopment
Join Iain Sinclair, John Rogers, Tom Bolton and Helen Parton for a discussion about London, how it is changing, how that affects us and what can be done about it. Anger on the streets of Brixton, protests on the streets of Norton Folgate: the anger at changing neighbourhoods and the desire to preserve London’s historical […]
Ethics & Politics
Join us in this informal meeting where we will discuss the future events that we are planning with GlobalNet21 on “Ethics & Politics”. This will be an informal discussion where we can look at what we mean by ethics and politics. We can also use it as a planning session for our two events in […]
Humanist & Islamic Values: Back to the Enlightenment? – Jim Al-Khalili & Ziauddin Sardar in Conversation
A unique opportunity to hear and participate in an event which brings together two important figures with Islamic and Humanist perspectives on the modern world. There will be plenty of time for questions and for informal dialogue. Chair: Innes Bowen, author of Medina in Birmingham, Najaf in Brent: Inside British Islam Prof Jim Al-Khalili is President of […]
From Jesus & Mo to Charlie Hebdo – Chris Moos
Chris Moos from the London School of Economics, Student Union Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Student Society. Chris was at the centre of a row about free speech in 2013 and was ‘banned’ from wearing Jesus and Mo T-Shirts by LSE’s Student Union. He also writes for the Huffington Post, was nominated for the Irwin Prize for Secularist […]