Lates: Synaptic Symphonies
Sunday Assembly Lates is back! We’ve talked about sex (baby), we’ve talked about drugs (and got a lust for life), and now we’re going to round out the unholy trinity of pop culture by talking about rock n’ roll. Zoe Cormier (who happens to be an expert on all three, having written the book Sex, […]
Paying it Forward
Our main speaker, Gulwali Passarlay, is the esteemed author of the best-selling autobiography, “The Lightless Sky: A Twelve-Year-Old Refugee’s Harrowing Escape from Afghanistan and His Extraordinary Journey Across Half The World”. Since arriving in the UK in 2007 after being forced to leave Afghanistan as a boy, Gulwali has achieved beyond all odds to become […]
*ONLINE* Thinking on Sunday: Display It Like You Stole It – Museums and Ethics
** This event will be held ONLINE. Please register using the “Book Now” link. ** ** Conway Hall is a charity and we politely ask you to add a donation of at least £5 when registering. ** — In a country that’s repeatedly failed to come to terms with its colonial past, led by politicians who […]
*ONLINE* Thinking on Sunday: Feminism, Interrupted – Disrupting Power
** This event will now be held ONLINE. Please register for a ticket using the “Book Now” link ** ** Conway Hall is a charity and we politely ask you to add a donation of at least £3 when registering for a ticket ** — More than just a slogan on a t-shirt, feminism is […]
A Concert of Great Schubert Fantasies
A co-production between the Schubert Institute UK and Conway Hall Schubert | Fantasy in F minor for piano duet D940 Schubert | Fantasy in C for violin & piano D934 Schubert | Fantasy in C for piano D760 ‘Wanderer’ Michał Cwiżewicz (violin) Simon Callaghan (piano) Clíodna Shanahan (piano) The 2.30 performance will be preceded by an introduction from […]
*ONLINE* World Press Freedom Wikithon
** This event will now be held ONLINE. Please register using the “Book Now” link ** The freedom of the press has been centrally important in the history of humanism, and its defence a thread running throughout. Many of humanist heritage’s key individuals, both well and lesser known, have fought for press freedom as writers, […]
The Ethics of Debt and Finance
In this special event, philosopher Alexander Douglas (author of The Philosophy of Debt)) aims to clarify the concept of debt so we can find better answers to important moral and political questions. Economists and philosophers tend to work with a relatively benign concept of debt: it is an instrument allowing a borrower to effectively spend […]
The Medicalization of Love
Is there a pill for love? What about an “anti-love drug”, to help us get over an ex? In this talk, Yale bioethicist and co-author of Love Drugs: The Chemical Future of Relationships will argue that certain psychoactive substances, including MDMA – the active ingredient in Ecstasy – may help ordinary couples work through relationship […]
City of London Soloists: Conway Hall Debut Concert
Repertoire Mendelssohn: String Symphony no.7 in D minor Haydn: Cello Concerto in D Major Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings Excitement, innovation and talent: this is what the City of London Soloists will be featuring in their official debut at Conway Hall. The City of London Soloists are a string chamber orchestra based on the principles […]