Antiuniversity Festival 2023
The Antiuniversity comes to Conway Hall for two days of workshops, talks and more. Free for all to access, the activities will inspire radical thinking, learning and collaboration. Inspired by the 1968 Antiuniversity of East London, Antiuniversity Now challenges academic and class hierarchies with an open invitation to teach and learn any subject, in any […]
Spirit of Place: Landscape and Self
When we look at the landscape, what do we see? Do we experience the view over a valley or dappled sunlight on a path in the same way as those who were there before us? How does our own vision of the landscape reflect – and be affected by – art and literature? Authors Will […]
Words from Elsewhere: Fanzine Workshop
Publish yourself. Fanzines, or zines, have long been a way of expressing thoughts and experiences from the margins and grassroots – a way of publishing what no one else will publish, and creating art and literature for voiceless communities. Be inspired by Conway Hall’s archive of DIY pamphlets, going back over 200 years of art […]
Words from Elsewhere: Small Press Publishing
Books can change the world. Conway Hall welcomes three radical and innovative small press publishers to discuss what inspired them to start, how they found their audience and how they keep going. This event is for anyone fascinated by books, publishing and interested in how to start their own small press. Strange Attractor Press is […]
Great and Good?
Whose lives do we remember as ‘great’ and why? Are heroes celebrated for their creativity, empathy, or reasoning? Were their achievements down to hard work or chance? How do we commemorate those we decide are worthy, and who gets left out? In an 1881 article for children in her freethought journal Our Corner, Annie Besant […]
London Performing Academy of Music: Festive Season Concert
Conway Hall hosts a special festive concert with the London Performing Academy of Music (LPMAM), celebrating the talent of young musicians. Since 2022, LPMAM has been working to help young Ukrainian musicians by bringing them to safety in the UK, providing scholarships to continue their studies, and working in partnership with Conway Hall to provide […]
Kathryn Williams & Dominie Hooper
Conway Hall presents highly-acclaimed folk star Kathryn Williams for an evening of music, supported by exhilarating new artist Dominie Hooper. From dusty Americana to playful jazz re-workings, and so much more besides, every record Kathryn Williams puts her name to burns with a meticulousness and an honesty that casts a spell all of her own […]
Alistair Anderson & Grace Smith
Master of the English Concertina, Alistair Anderson features in a unique concert with outstanding young fiddle player, Grace Smith. As a touring soloist, with no less than 37 tours of the USA, 5 trips to Australia and countless European tours to his credit, Alistair Anderson is internationally acknowledged as the master of the English Concertina […]
Billy No Mates – Men, Loneliness and Friendship
Max Dickins quickly learned that he wasn’t the only man struggling with friendships. Countless studies have confirmed that men have fewer close friends than women and the problem gets worse the older men get. But what goes wrong? And what can men do about it? In this Ethical Matters talk, Max shares his journey as […]