A Taste of ACE: experience learning in the style of the School of Tomorrow – David Waldock
A Taste of ACE (Accelerated Christian Education) will give you the experience of learning in the style of the School of Tomorrow. You’ll participate in the morning rituals, complete a Taster PACE and gain an insight into how children are viewed in this fundamentalist Christian school system. You’ll also hear about the experiences of ACE […]
No Frills
Dotdotdot Dance Company in No Frills Three dancers, one voice, one guitar and one percussion box. No Frills is flamenco stripped down to its bare essence. Through an exploration of a number of its traditional styles in their most evocative form, this show is a celebration of the raw and nuanced energy that flamenco awakens, […]
Rhinegold Live: The Allegri Quartet
18.15 drinks reception 19.00 recital The Allegri Quartet celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2014, making it Britain’s oldest chamber group and cementing its key role in the British music scene. It has worked with composers such as Benjamin Britten, Michael Tippett, Elizabeth Maconchy, John Woolrich, Anthony Payne, Matthew Taylor and Alec Roth, collaborating with new […]
London Thinks: The Rise of UKIP
The Rise of UKIP: Where did it come from, and how far can it go in the general election? With just weeks to go until arguably the most unpredictable General Election in a generation, London Thinks invites you to a discussion in which we try to understand the UK Independence Party. We will be discussing […]
The Story 2015
The Story is returning to Conway Hall for its sixth (!) year of inspiring talks and interesting stuff. Last year we had Alan Rusbridger on Snowden and the NSA leaks, Bryony Kimmings on creating awesome role models for kids, Gruff Rhys on American Interior, Iain & Jane on making the brilliant Nick Cave film 20,000 days […]
Puzzling Body Phenomena
Filiz Peach As the title suggests, this talk is concerned with the living body experience in connection with the philosophical problem of Mind and Body within the existential and phenomenological framework. The focus will be on three different perspectives: how I perceive my body, my relationship to the body of the other and the perception […]
The drugs don’t work: London Without Antibiotics
As part of British Science Week, join a panel of experts and opinion-formers to discuss one of the biggest threats to society – antibiotic resistance. Modern medicine relies on antibiotics, which have saved countless lives and helped to extend the average lifespan by 20 years, but the infectious organisms they are designed to treat are […]
Golem
Before Frankenstein and Prometheus, witness the original Jewish story of the man made from clay. This play tells the story of horror, compassion and tragedy based on an old Jewish medieval folk tale. The Jews of Prague are threatened with a pogrom and the great rabbi of Prague is sent a message from god to create […]
Should People have a Right to know their own Genome?
Dr Barbara Prainsack, FRSA Our society produces unprecedented amounts of data today. Some of these data will be used in the health domain. Also the creation of genetic data has become much faster, and much less expensive; the result is that people can get their genome (all their DNA) analysed by private companies, and sometimes […]