Wanderful: Find your path to Happiness – with David Pearl
Join us for an inspiring event to kick-start the new year and help you discover more happiness and meaning in 2020 and beyond. David Pearl will share ideas from his exciting new book Wanderful, an indispensable guide for anyone seeking inspiration and fresh direction in work and life. He’ll help us discover that the answers […]
Sunday Assembly: Ways We Connect
Margot de Broglie discovered the unique concept of Secret Sunrise while travelling through Cape Town, and fell completely in love with it. So much that, upon her return, she founded her own company in London, and has been on a crazy journey to launch the sessions around the UK. Secret Sunrise aims to create meaningful […]
In Response
Opening event 18:00-20:00, Thursday 30th January. Free but please register in advance. This exhibition is open to the public within Library opening hours, 10am-5pm Tue-Thu, until 31st March. This exhibition features 22 visual essays from students on the Graduate Diploma Graphic Design course at Chelsea College of Arts. Each essay is a personal critical response […]
The Science of Sleep and Rest
Sleep We spend an astonishing one-third of our lives sleeping. Yet we know remarkably little about it. What is sleep? Why do we sleep? Almost everyone feels like they don’t get enough, but how much is enough? And what are the consequences of not getting enough sleep? Join circadian neuroscientist, Russell Foster as he explains […]
Sunday Assembly: Misunderstood Mammals
Our speaker is Michelle Lindson, a zoologist who has worked in different areas of environmental science: animal field work, zoo keeping, zoo conservation education (informal and formal). Pursuing her interest in nature community work, she is currently the Community Outreach Coordinator at The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, where she manages their ‘Nature and Us’ […]
London School of Philosophy Courses – Spring Term 2020
LSP’s Spring programme starts, on January 20th and runs until 24th March. To find out the time and content of the course click on the course below. To enrol or enquire further, please email the tutor responsible. For a full timetable of the Spring Term, click here. Spring Term (January – March 2020) Ethics in […]
Pregnant Then Screwed Live
This February, we’re bringing together some of the funniest, most inspirational women we can find to help you rediscover what makes you tick, empower you in your life and inspire you out in the world. You’ll hear from Hollie McNish, Zelda Perkins, Jen Brister, The Crafty Fox, Dope Black Mums, Roshni Goyate, Kathryn Wallace, with […]
Free Verse: The Poetry Book and Magazine Fair
Free Verse celebrates the vitality of contemporary poetry in the UK – it’s a day full of sales and conversation, where publishers and promoters of every scale and stripe display and sell their work directly to the public. An all day programme of free poetry readings complements publishers’ sales and information stalls. LINKS FOR […]
Instrumental ensemble leadership workshop with Martyn Brabbins
Observer places are available for this workshop with Martyn Brabbins, Music Director of English National Opera, which will help musical directors to develop their ensemble leadership skills and conducting techniques. Watch and learn first hand from Martyn as he guides five conductors through rehearsal with a leisure-time orchestra for 30 minutes each. The workshop is […]