How to Solve a Problem Like the Rich?
With inequality hitting the headlines, the lifestyles of the rich and super-rich have become a subject of national debate. Commentators are quick to disapprove of perceived excesses and to presume every high-earner has suspicious tax arrangements. But would we really be better off without the rich? In the UK, 1% of top-rate tax payers contribute […]
What are Professional Ethics?
What are Professional Ethics? At a time when British senior politicians have recently had to step down after being exposed by undercover journalists, and a group of former teachers and school administrators in Atlanta, Georgia have been jailed for up to seven years for their involvement in a test cheating scandal, is this not a […]
Christopher McDougall presents his Natural Born Heroes: UK Book Launch
Internationally bestselling author Christopher McDougall hosts the London launch for his new book Natural Born Heroes. Join the internationally bestselling author of the phenomenon which is Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen to celebrate the UK launch of his new book Natural Born Heroes: The […]
Vanessa King – Making the Most of Your Strengths
What are your greatest strengths and how are you using them in your life? What are the best things about you and how could you bring them out more? Often our focus is on what isn’t right with us. Scientific research shows that becoming more aware of our strengths and using them has lots of […]
5×15, 5 speakers, 15 minutes each
5×15 is back at Conway Hall for this special event featuring 5 speakers with 15 minutes each to speak about their work and lives. Joining us will be the Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh on A Decent Ride; the Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk, David Spiegelhalter on the intriguing Sex By Numbers; the […]
Alex City Quiz
In the seven years since its inception the Alex City Quiz has rapidly risen to become the Square Mile’s most popular charitable quiz evening hosted by a cartoon character with an outsize nose. Alex will invite you to test your expertise across the whole gamut of the standard quizzing repertoire (which, let’s face it, is […]
Can the Welfare State Survive?
Andrew Gamble discusses the future of the welfare state and its sustainability. This event will provide you with the unique opportunity to listen, discuss and debate issues of social justice with one of the most prominent thinkers in the field. Andrew Gamble is Professor of Politics at Cambridge University. He is a joint editor of New […]
The Women’s Equality Party
Equality for women isn’t a women’s issue. When women fulfill their potential, everyone benefits. Equality means better politics, a more vibrant economy, a workforce that draws on the talents of the whole population and a society at ease with itself. The Women’s Equality Party will be a new non-partisan force in British politics bringing together […]
CFI UK Conference: Searching for Satan: Miscarriages of memory, fractured families and Satanic panics
Please note: This event has been moved to a new location. Presented by Centre for Inquiry UK, the British Humanist Association Discover how the unreliability of memory has led to grave miscarriages of justice, including panics about Satanic abuse. Can memories really be ‘recovered’ by therapists? To what extent can we rely on the memories […]