The Bodies Beneath: The Flipside of British Film & Television
Veteran film curators William Fowler and Vic Pratt crack open the caskets of forgotten or neglected British films and telly to serve up a feast of curiosities to tempt the palate of even the most jaded cinephile. Their unflinching, all-embracing investigative gaze is as likely to reassess an established classic as it is to focus […]
A History of Christian and Muslim Intolerance and Beyond
AC Grayling discusses with Selina O’Grady her ground-breaking new book In the Name of God: A History of Christian and Muslim Intolerance. Told through contemporary chronicles, stories and poems, Selina O’Grady explores the intertwined histories of the Muslim, Christian and Jewish persecutors and persecuted. From Umar, the seventh century Islamic caliph who laid down the […]
Are Art Workers Organising?
“Vis-à-vis the public, the actor is here as an artist, but vis-à-vis the entrepreneur, they are here as a productive worker” This meeting brings together activists from across the arts industries (theatre, design, arts, games) to discuss conditions, protest, and labour organising. Conditions: How does the promise of autonomy, prestige, and money relate with everyday […]
One Life 2019
The London Humanist Choir and special guests present ‘One Life‘, our annual evening of music and comedy in joyful celebration of the one life we have. It’s the most anticipated concert of the year by the UK’s foremost atheist, humanist, and secular choir, directed by Laurel Neighbour. Our special guests this year are Ahir Shah, […]
The Old Stones
Andy Burnham presents a highly illustrated talk based around many of the themes, new discoveries and mysteries highlighted in the book The Old Stones, the most comprehensive and thought-provoking field guide ever published to the iconic standing stones and prehistoric places of Britain and Ireland. He will look at lesser known but interesting sites in […]
The Return of Race Science
Modern science is pivotal in our understanding of race – not because of the lines that thinkers through the centuries have chosen to trace around human groups, but because, once grouped, what they thought belonging to these groups signified. Join award-winning science writer Angela Saini as she explores the concepts of race and human variation, […]
Fabulosa! The Story of Polari, Britain’s Secret Gay Language
Polari is a language that was used chiefly by gay men in the first half of the twentieth century. At a time when being gay could result in criminal prosecution – or worse – Polari offered its speakers a degree of public camouflage, a way of expressing humour, and a means of identification and of […]
An Evening with Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold (b. 1930, Harlem, New York) is an artist, teacher, lecturer and author of numerous award-winning children’s books. Ringgold received her BS and MA degrees in visual art from City College of New York in 1955 and 1959. Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of California in San Diego, Ringgold has received 23 […]
Why Diets Don’t Work – and Other Myths About Food and Health
Despite a wealth of information at our fingertips there are still so many things we get wrong about our health, and with a new diet book out every other day it’s no wonder people are confused. What should we be eating? When? How often? Just how important is food when it comes to our overall […]