Sunday Lecture: Oh! Scientology! Church Of Fear
John Sweeney recounts his personal experiences and discoveries while investigating the Church of Scientology.; Why can disconnecting grannies from grandsons be good? Who is Lord Xenu? Which MP says ‘Scientology is not a cult?’ What kind of Church hires private eyes?; Tom Cruise and John Travolta say the Church of Scientology is a force for […]
Vedanta: Public Lecture
Vednata World London Presents a public lecture on “Life is to Give” by Swami Parthasarathy.
Sunday Lecture: What happens when the Oil Runs Out?
Chris Rhodes will give an overall view of the peak oil problem and the lack of any technological fix to the consequent liquid fuels crisis. After discussing resource supply problems in general he will move onto the media hype over fracking etc. compared to true levels of gas and oil that might be exhumed and […]
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 […]