London Thinks – Shouting Back
Two of the UK’s finest feminist firebrands will discuss the evolution of 21st Century feminist campaigning and how to solve the problem of institutionalised sexism in society. Caroline Criado-Perez is a freelance journalist and feminist campaigner. She is co-founder of The Women’s Room, an organisation and database that campaigns for more women experts in the media, […]
Martin Rowson’s “The Coalition” Christmas Talk
“When you’ve got a vicious bunch of cut throats in power you need a cartoonist who is up for the evisceration. Rowson’s your man.” – Mark Thomas After the historic General Election of 2010, Britain ended up with a Tory-Lib Dem coalition government. While the media has reported on its highs and lows, no one […]
Cryptic Crosswords – How to solve them!
Crossword Tutors presents ‘Cryptic Crosswords – How to solve them!’ Multiple sessions are available in October and November 2014 – each is a single one-off workshop, lasting 3 hours. Sessions are Saturdays or Sundays, morning or afternoon. Specific dates are 4th Oct, 5th Oct, 11th Oct, 12th, 8th Nov, 9th Nov, 15th Nov, 16th Nov, […]
City Academy Voices: A Winter’s Song
A Winter’s Song Join us on the 18th December to enjoy a Thursday evening with our spectacular choir, the City Academy Voices (Central), as they perform a varied programme of songs. Showcasing a selection of new material covering Pop, Jazz, Choral works, Musical Theatre and Christmas carol sing-a-longs for good measure to get you in the […]
The School of Life Christmas Sing-along
Deck the halls. Rock around the Christmas tree. Come all ye faithful – and not so faithful. Join us for the very first School of Life Christmas Sing-along. Singing some of the most beautiful and rousing (secular) Christmas songs, we’ll come together for a cosy evening of music, mulled wine, mince pies and good company. […]
City Academy Songbirds: When You Wish Upon A Star
When You Wish Upon A Star After their sell out summer concert, the City Academy Songbirds return to bring you an evening of songs to get you in the festive mood. Join us on the 16th December when The Songbirds will be joined by a live band to send you smiling into the New Year. This year The […]
NOW Live Events: Dr Nina Burrowes – Be The Person You Want To Be
Dr Nina Burrowes – Be The Person You Want To Be A self-development workshop in partnership with Psychologies Magazine. Do you know who you really are? Are you living your life as the person you want to be or as the person you are expected to be? Join psychologist, author, illustrator and speaker Dr. Nina […]
City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society Monthly Meet-up
Monthly Meet-up We meet every third Tuesday of the month, usually in the Bertrand Russell room. We welcome guests to our monthly meetings and we usually play a few records during the evening or have a guest speaker who will entertain us with a topic relating to recorded music or the machines used to play […]
Thinking on Sunday – How humanity might avoid devastation
Dr. Nicholas Maxwell Population growth, destruction of natural habitats and rapid extinction of species, vast inequalities of wealth and power around the globe, the lethal character of modern war, pollution of earth, sea and air, and above all the impending disasters of climate change; all these looming global problems indicate we face a grim future. […]