Che London Tango Milonga
Join the opening night of one of the most exciting London tango events of the year: the London Tango Festival. The evening starts with an exclusive workshop with tango world champions Daniel Nacucchio and Cristina Sosa, and there’ll be tango dancing at the Milonga until 2am.
Brexit Without the Bull
Will Brexit boost jobs? Or wreck the NHS? Or cause food shortages? From strawberries to passports, the broadcaster and journalist Gavin Esler sets out how the most momentous change in Britain for decades will change everyday life. From the food markets of Kent to NHS operating theatres to the boardrooms of big employers, Brexit throws […]
Legends Live: Frederick Forsyth in Conversation with Matthew Stadlen
RAF officer, MI6 spy, BBC war correspondent: the life and career of Frederick Forsyth is as thrilling as any bestseller. Join LBC Presenter Matthew Stadlen as he explores the real-life adventures that inspired The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File and dozens of other award-winning classic tales of geopolitical intrigue. Don’t miss this chance […]
The Dambusters Story 1943: with Max Hastings
The raid of the Dambusters is one of the most exhilarating episodes in British history. In his new book CHASTISE The Dambusters Story 1943, our most brilliant military historian, Sir Max Hastings, uncovers the truth behind the legend. Max Hastings grew up embracing the legend of the Dambusters, from the classic movie to the memory […]
Hitler: Only the World Was Enough
He is the most notorious tyrant in history. But the most important things we think we know about Adolf Hitler are wrong. Cambridge Professor Brendan Simms offers a revelatory new analysis. What drove the genocidal fanaticism of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis? Why did a mediocre postcard painter unleash the greatest cataclysm of racism and […]
Stop Being Reasonable: Stories of how we really change our minds
What if you aren’t who you think you are? What if you don’t really know the people closest to you? And what if your most deeply-held beliefs turn out to be … wrong? In her book Stop Being Reasonable, philosopher and journalist Eleanor Gordon-Smith tells six lucid, gripping stories that show the limits of human […]
The University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors concert
The University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors (UPSA) is an award-winning choral group from the Philippines. Founded almost 40 years ago by their now conductor, Ed Manguiat, UPSA has travelled with its music all over the world – to Italy, Spain, France, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Wales, Hungary and […]
Mind the Dogma: My journey from being an evangelical preacher to humanism
Dan Barker is the Co-President of Freedom From Religion Foundation, one of the largest humanist organization in the US campaigning for secularism and freethought, with more than 31000 individual members and hundreds of legal successes in favour of the separation of State and Church since its foundation year in 1976. Dan is also a pianist, […]
Conway Hall Open House Weekend
Conway Hall will be opening its doors as part of Open House weekend, Saturday 21 to Sunday 22 September. From 10:00 until 16:00 both days you’ll be able to join hourly tours and learn about the history of our Society and the building itself. The story of Conway Hall Ethical Society dates back to 1787 with a […]