The Vanished Self Returns: A Case Study
“The Vanished Self Returns: A Case Study” Presented by Annie McDonald Writer, producer, and psychodynamic psychotherapist, Annie MacDonald, presents an intriguing case study. Eight years ago, a young man in his mid-thirties began coming to see me for weekly therapy. Since adolescence he had been troubled by ‘severe and enduring’ mental health problems, having been […]
5×15 featuring Jay Rayner, Matt Haig, Laura Bates and more
5 speakers, 15 minutes each 5×15: 5 exceptional speakers have 15 minutes each to take to the stage to inform, inspire and entertain. It’s a little known fact that restaurant critic Jay Rayner would take a piano to his desert island. This evening he speaks about jazz piano and hungry jazz. Eminent international lawyer Philippe […]
Behind the Headlines: What’s all the fuss about feminism?
Why do some women hate feminism? What is the ‘fourth wave’ of feminism? Who decides what it means to be a feminist? Can men be feminists? And, with the pay gap still widening and sexism prominent across campus and offices, where has it really got anyone? With gender equality firmly on the news agenda, and comment and criticism from all sides, Guardian […]
CounterPointe Shorts
CounterPointe Shorts: new work by women for pointe CounterPointe is a performance series dedicated to presenting the latest experimental, innovative, risk-taking choreography that shows a depth of investment in ballet by women dance makers working with the pointe shoe. Investigating new and old territory the series highlights new work, opening up discussion, and creating a […]
Mary Fenwick – Are You Getting Your 5-a-day at Work?
A self-development workshop in partnership with Psychologies Magazine. It’s simple, isn’t it? Just get your work-life balance right, so work doesn’t eat too much into your otherwise happy life. But what if there are tools you can learn to do this more effectively, and what if they not only made you happier, but also more […]
London Thinks – A Scientist, an Atheist Biblical Scholar and a Vicar walk Into An Ethical Society…
Presented by Conway Hall Ethical Society And here are some photos too. Dr Adam Rutherford, Prof Francesca Stavrakopoulou and Rev Giles Fraser in conversation with Samira Ahmed about life, the universe, and everything. Chaired by Samira Ahmed. Religion, science and ethics have always had difficult relationship. From the time of Galileo’s house arrest for heliocentrism during […]
Bring Back Capital Punishment?
Barbara Smoker & Prof. Evan Parker This will be a lively but serious discussion event to kick-off 2015, exploring whether there is now a case to re-introduce the death sentence. Barbara Smoker, who is adamantly opposed to such a notion, will explain why this “barbaric” practice – outlawed across the European Union, was abandoned as […]
Film Screening: Out in the Dark
A drama centered on the love affair between two men on opposite sites of the Mid-East conflict: Palestinian student Nimer, and Roy – an Israeli lawyer. Nimer, an ambitious Palestinian student in the West Bank, dreams of a better life. One fateful night in Tel Aviv, he meets Roy, an Israeli lawyer, and the two […]
Get Productive
NOW Live Events presents Get Productive A self-development workshop with Magdalena Bak-Maier Learn the real secret of work-life balance and getting results you actually want with Magdalena Bak-Maier author of Get Productive! (Capstone£12.99) a neuroscientist and performance coach who works with everyone from individuals to global NGO leaders and CEOs. In this workshop you will […]