The School of Life: Michael Pollan – What makes us full?
What makes us full?; What did you eat for lunch today? Chances are many of us ate some kind of mass product from a packet at our desks. We might feel full up for a while. But with every factory-processed mouthful we pop are we denying ourselves something more existentially fulfilling?; Tonight the food writer […]
Sunday Lecture: The Economics of Killing
Conway Hall Ethical Society presents; Globalisation has created an interconnected world but has not diminished violence militarism and inequality. The Economics of Killing describes how the power of global elites entrenched under globalisation has created a deadly cycle of violence. In this ground-breaking work Vijay Mehta shows how attempts at peaceful national development are routinely […]
Expanding Men’s Sexuality
Andrew Barnes presents; Andrew is back in London in August for 3 events. Last time his events ran to full capacity. His seminar was not only full of groundbreaking and mind-expanding information but the room was buzzing with energy from people recognizing a deeper truth about their sexuality ready to reclaim their power and open […]
The Rational Parliament – Should we extract shale gas by fracking?
The Rational Parliament The Rationalist Association & Conway Hall Ethical Society presents; Do you think we should extract shale gas from underground using hydraulic fracturing (fracking)? Or do you not know what to think?; You’re welcome to this Rational Parliament debate about fracking – the balanced place to work out how you feel about fracking […]
Greg Claeys on John Stuart Mill
Conway Hall Ethical Society presents; The philosopher economist and sometime Liberal M.P. John Stuart Mill was the most famous liberal thinker of the 19th and a pioneering feminist thinker. In this talk Greg Claeys re-examines Mill’s idea of secular progress focussing on his most famous work “On Liberty” and Mill’s reasons for adhering both to […]
Expanding Women’s Sexuality
Andrew Barnes presents; Andrew is back in London in August for 3 events. Last time his events ran to full capacity. The seminar was not only full of groundbreaking and mind-expanding information but the room was buzzing with energy from people recognizing a deeper truth about their sexuality ready to reclaim their power and open […]
Sunday Lecture: Do you really know how you feel?
Conway Hall Ethical Society presents; Main Hall; Everybody understands what emotions are don’t they? They are feelings inside sort of. They are what we feel when we are happy and sad and stuff. There’s nothing to them. With a little more thought it seems obvious they are something that evolved for some reason to draw […]
Controversial Issues
In the Controversial Issues Discussion Series a member of Conway Hall Ethical Society presents a topic or viewpoint that has caused or is likely to cause disagreement in the public. This is followed by a brief Q&A leading to open discussion.; The views expressed will not necessarily be those of the Society.; Meetings will be […]
Slaves of Duty and Tricks of the Governing Class
The Shaw Society Presents..; Slaves of Duty and Tricks of the Governing Class; Bernie Dukore talks about his book Bernard Shaw: Slaves of Duty and Tricks of the Governing Class and how it relates to the works of George Bernard Shaw.; About the Author Bernard F. Dukore is University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts […]