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Reweirding:
The Road: A Story of RomansReweirding:
The Road: A Story of RomansFor two thousand years, the roads the Romans built have determined the flow of ideas and folktales, where battles were fought and where pilgrims trod. Christopher Hadley, the acclaimed author of Hollow Places, takes us on a lyrical journey into this past.
Brockway Room | In person
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Sorry For The Inconvenience, But This Is A Climate Emergency
Sorry For The Inconvenience, But This Is A Climate Emergency
'The end of our world is arriving so gently that it has become a tragic sideshow in our lives. What most don’t yet realise is that we are already fighting for our lives, and we must win.’ - Chris Packham. Join conservationist Chris Packham, journalist Lucy Siegle, and researcher Dr Lynne Jones as they discuss the vital issues of protest and the climate crisis, coinciding with the publication of Lynne's groundbreaking book, "Sorry for the Inconvenience But This Is an Emergency."
In person | No Option
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7th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation with Isaac Julien
7th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation with Isaac Julien
For the 7th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation, the Stuart Hall Foundation invites acclaimed filmmaker and installation artist Isaac Julien to respond to the theme of their 2024 programme, providing an outlook on questions of race and inequality in culture and society today.
In person | Virtual event
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Sunday Concerts:
Brahms & the SchumannsSunday Concerts:
Brahms & the SchumannsIn a programme specially devised to celebrate our song programme which has been a highlight of the 2023/24 season, Roger Vignoles and our Artistic Director Simon Callaghan come together with leading singers from the Royal College of Music.
In person | No Option
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Ethical Matters:
The Secret History of Female SleuthsEthical Matters:
The Secret History of Female SleuthsFemale private eyes are a staple of popular culture – from plucky Victorian ladies to ‘busy body spinsters’ and fearless modern investigators. But what about the real women detectives? After more than a century of working undercover, it’s time to hear the real women’s stories. Caitlin Davies investigates.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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Songhaven:
Dementia-Friendly ConcertsSonghaven:
Dementia-Friendly ConcertsConway Hall is delighted to partner with Songhaven to present a new series of dementia-friendly concerts. Featuring performances from professional classically trained musicians, held in a relaxed and welcoming environment, these free drop in concerts are open to anyone living with dementia, as well as friends, family carers and loved ones.
In person | No Option
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Sunday Concerts:
Karolos + Pre-Concert talkSunday Concerts:
Karolos + Pre-Concert talkKarolos perform Mozart's masterpiece, the E flat Divertimento, alongside gems by J.S. Bach. The group also commemorates the centenary of Stephen Dodgson’s death with a performance of his Second String Trio, preceded by a pre-concert talk from Robert Matthew-Walker.
In person | No Option
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How Did We Talk Our Way Out of the Stone Age?
How Did We Talk Our Way Out of the Stone Age?
Steven Mithen reconstructs the steps by which language evolved; he explains how it transformed the nature of thought and culture, and how we talked our way out of the Stone Age into the world of farming and swiftly into today's Digital Age.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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London Fortean Society:
Haunted London: Ghosts of The British Museum and BloomsburyLondon Fortean Society:
Haunted London: Ghosts of The British Museum and BloomsburyLondon is an old and haunted City; join us for ghosts stories of central London. Noah Angell on ghostly sightings at the British Museum, Roger Luckhurst discusses a cursed object in the Egyptian rooms of the British Museum and Sarah Sparkes presents the hauntings and other unexplained happenings of Senate House.
In person | No Option
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Sunday Concerts:
Piatti QuartetSunday Concerts:
Piatti QuartetThe Piatti Quartet, praised for their profound music making and lyrical warmth, delve into Moeran’s Second String Quartet. Unveiling a rich blend of yearning melodies and lively reels, this unique work, influenced by Debussy, Brahms, and Mendelssohn, offers a fascinating glimpse into Moeran’s creative journey.
In person | No Option
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London Fortean Society:
The Grand Illusion: Fighting the Nazis with the OccultLondon Fortean Society:
The Grand Illusion: Fighting the Nazis with the OccultSyd Moore covers her into WWII occultism including eclectic recruitment to the war effort, strange goings-on in Surrey and a ritual that allegedly took place in the New Forest in 1940 to repel Operation Sealion, Hitler’s plan to invade the British Isles.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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Ethical Matters:
Ethical Gaming: What we are in Digital Worlds ONLINE ONLYEthical Matters:
Ethical Gaming: What we are in Digital Worlds ONLINE ONLYWhen we make a video game we can enter any world and be anyone. So why do the issues of the real world follow us into gaming? Dr Steph Rennick and games & tool developer Rami Ismail discuss how we make gaming fairer and more equal for players and developers.
Virtual event | No Option
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Sunday Concerts:
Engegård Quartet + Pre-Concert TalkSunday Concerts:
Engegård Quartet + Pre-Concert TalkEngegård Quartet presents four quartets that build upon the four pillars of the Norwegian group’s creative life. Mozart’s K589 sets the stage, followed by Bartók's Third String Quartet. Norwegian singer and composer Maja Ratkje's ‘A Tale of Lead and Light’ follows, before finishing with Fanny Mendelssohn's gorgeous Quartet in E flat.
In person | No Option
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The Meaning of Geese
The Meaning of Geese
Join conservationist and award-winning author Nick Acheson as he shares stories from his award-winning book, The Meaning of Geese, and his thrilling encounters with the wild geese that fill Britain’s skies in the thousands each winter and spring. Through stories of the geese and the people who love them, Nick explores why we must protect their future in Britain.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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Intelligence Squared:
The World in 2024 with Niall Ferguson: Crisis, Conflict and ConsequencesIntelligence Squared:
The World in 2024 with Niall Ferguson: Crisis, Conflict and ConsequencesJoin Intelligence Squared at Conway Hall as Niall Ferguson explores pressing questions and shares his insights into the fast-changing global landscape.
In person | No Option
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London Performing Academy of Music:
La Bohème: 100 Years of PucciniLondon Performing Academy of Music:
La Bohème: 100 Years of PucciniThe London Performing Academy of Music present a unique performance of La Bohème, as we commemorate the centenary of the death of legendary opera composer, Giacomo Puccini.
In person | No Option
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Sunday Concerts:
Verona QuartetSunday Concerts:
Verona QuartetJoin the Verona Quartet for an evening of Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Bacecicz. At the tender age of sixteen, Mendelssohn’s First String Quartet in E flat can be seen as a personal letter from a number one fan to his greatest idol. With direct references to Beethoven’s quartets, the Op. 12 quartet reveals a humble but visionary composer poised not only to take on the mantle of his idols but to usher forward the next era of music making.
In person | No Option
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Ethical Matters:
The Evolution Of NostalgiaEthical Matters:
The Evolution Of NostalgiaNostalgia is a social and political emotion, vulnerable to misuse, and one that reflects the anxieties of the age. Agnes Arnold-Forster’s history of this complex, slippery emotion is a lens through which to consider our collective feelings of regret, dislocation and belonging.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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Humanists UK:
Show Me Your Pride: Banner Making with Alice GabbHumanists UK:
Show Me Your Pride: Banner Making with Alice GabbProduce a bespoke banner for Pride with banner making expert, Alice Gabb. She will introduce you to her construction techniques and invite you to draw inspiration from a range of symbols used over the 45-year history of LGBT Humanists.
Brockway Room | No Option
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Sunday Concerts:
Bartholomew LaFollette and Caroline PalmerSunday Concerts:
Bartholomew LaFollette and Caroline PalmerSolo cellist Bartholomew LaFollette joins pianist Caroline Palmer for a full programme of sonatas: Kabalevsky and Prokofiev, both written for the great Mstislav Rostropovich, and Chopin’s final opus. Join us for a feast of masterpieces, performed by two esteemed musicians.
In person | No Option
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Sunday Concerts:
Bloomsbury Players with Katherine SpencerSunday Concerts:
Bloomsbury Players with Katherine SpencerThe Bloomsbury Players explore the romantic chamber repertoire on gut strings with a historically informed perspective. For their Conway Hall debut they are joined by clarinettist Katherine Spencer in a programme of much loved alongside lesser-known works.
In person | No Option
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Ethical Matters:
Abolish the Super Rich?Ethical Matters:
Abolish the Super Rich?Record corporate profits don't trickle down to everyone else - pay stagnates for ordinary workers, food banks proliferate and public services collapse around us. Authors Grace Blakeley and Luke Hildyard ask if we have had enough of the super-rich?
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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Humanists UK:
No One Left Behind: IDAHOBIT 2024Humanists UK:
No One Left Behind: IDAHOBIT 2024Join us for a talk to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). Hear LGBT perspectives on phobia in the media, past and present, exploring this year’s theme of ‘No One Left Behind’.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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The Flag Institute:
Flag Institute Spring 2024 ConferenceThe Flag Institute:
Flag Institute Spring 2024 ConferenceThe Flag Institute is an independent UK-based organisation with a global outlook. We are devoted to the study and promotion of flags and flag flying (vexillology). Founded in 1971, our purpose is to advance public knowledge, understanding, and use of flags.
Library | No Option
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Sunday Concerts:
Benyounes TrioSunday Concerts:
Benyounes TrioThe Benyounes Trio is a newly formed ensemble made up of three of the UK’s most versatile and experienced chamber musicians. Zahra is well known as leader of the quartet that bears her name, Jeremy is a critically acclaimed collaborative pianist, and Eve-Marie the group’s cellist is a member of the London Symphony Orchestra and formerly cellist of the Psopphos Quartet.
In person | No Option
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Ethical Matters:
The Price of Life: In Search of What We’re WorthEthical Matters:
The Price of Life: In Search of What We’re WorthIn a world in love with data, it is possible to run a cost-benefit analysis on anything – including life itself. Exploring the final frontier in monetisation, Jenny Kleeman asks what we lose and what we gain by leaving the judgments that really matter up to cold, hard logic.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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Folk Unplugged:
Wayward Jane with George BoomsmaFolk Unplugged:
Wayward Jane with George BoomsmaConway Hall is delighted to present Scotland's dynamic folk and roots 4-piece Wayward Jane, supported by supported by singer songwriter George Boomsma for May's edition of Folk Unplugged.
In person | No Option
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Ethical Matters:
Extreme Britain: Gender, Masculinity and RadicalisationEthical Matters:
Extreme Britain: Gender, Masculinity and RadicalisationMisogyny and ‘toxic masculinity’ are increasingly implicated in radicalisation. Through interviews with leaders and their followers, Elizabeth Pearson explores the emergence of extreme misogyny and masculinities. Understanding the men and women involved in extreme movements will better equip us to counter them.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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Sunday Concerts:
Maggini QuartetSunday Concerts:
Maggini QuartetEstablished in 1988, the Maggini Quartet stands as a pinnacle among British string quartets. They present a programme of ‘firsts’. Malcolm Arnold’s first full-length quartet, framed by arguably one of the wittiest quartets from Beethoven’s first set, and one of Brahms’s first two mature published works for the ensemble.
In person | No Option
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Unmasked:
Music and NeurodivergenceUnmasked:
Music and NeurodivergenceSometimes ADHD, autistic and OCD people want to just lose themselves in music, be it at home, at a club or at a sweaty gig. Join DJ Mahnoor and musician and music journalist James McMahon as they share their love of music and how it works with their neurodivergence.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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Songhaven:
Dementia-Friendly ConcertsSonghaven:
Dementia-Friendly ConcertsConway Hall is delighted to partner with Songhaven to present a new series of dementia-friendly concerts. Featuring performances from professional classically trained musicians, held in a relaxed and welcoming environment, these free drop in concerts are open to anyone living with dementia, as well as friends, family carers and loved ones.
In person | No Option
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Ethical Matters:
The Undesirables: The Law that Locked Away a GenerationEthical Matters:
The Undesirables: The Law that Locked Away a GenerationBy 1950, 50,000 people had been deemed ‘defective’ and detained for life under the 1913 Mental Deficiency Act. Through painstaking research, award-winning historian Sarah Wise pieces together the lives irrevocably changed by this devastating legislation and how early twentieth-century attitudes to class, gender and disability resulted in a nationwide scandal.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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Sunday Concerts:
Paddington TrioSunday Concerts:
Paddington TrioThe London-based Paddington Trio returns to Conway Hall, with a programme featuring some of the most beloved repertoire from the piano trio canon, including Haydn’s ‘Gypsy’ and Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in D minor, alongside thrilling contemporary works by the trio’s native composers.
In person | No Option
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Ethical Matters:
LGBTQIA+ Histories: Love, Life, War and DeathEthical Matters:
LGBTQIA+ Histories: Love, Life, War and DeathVera 'Jack' Holme and Evelina Haverfield. James Pratt and John Smith. Two different LGBTQ+ couples in two different times. Award-winning historian bestselling author Chris Bryant MP and award-winning author Wendy Moore trace the lives, fates and history of these four forgotten figures.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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Sunday Concerts:
Ensemble V + Pre-Concert TalkSunday Concerts:
Ensemble V + Pre-Concert TalkEnsemble V was formed to record the Piano Quintet of the British composer Kenneth V. Jones - and they take their name from his middle initial! In this concert they will combine Jones' rhythmically quirky and spookily atmospheric Quintet with some of his shorter works, and two absolute masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire by Mozart & Dvořák.
In person | No Option
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London Fortean Society:
Conspiracy Theory and CultureLondon Fortean Society:
Conspiracy Theory and CultureJoin us and James Ball, Professor Chris French, Professor Karen Douglas, Brent Lee and Jonn Elledge for a deep dive into conspiracy theory and culture. The history, the people and the dangers of a conspiracy mindset.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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Ethical Matters:
The Science of Being SocialEthical Matters:
The Science of Being SocialWhen we form meaningful bonds with others, our wounds heal faster, we shake off infections more quickly and our blood pressure drops. Greater connection can fuel creativity, increase our financial stability and enhance our work productivity. As David Robson shows, we can all benefit from the laws of connection.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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Sunday Concerts:
Greenwich TrioSunday Concerts:
Greenwich TrioThe Greenwich Trio perform much-loved masterworks to mark the centenary of the death of Gabriel Fauré: Fauré’s penultimate work, the Trio in D minor; Beethoven's epic Archduke; and Schubert’s sublime Notturno. You will also hear the UK premiere of Lalai by German composer Barbara Heller, who is celebrating her 88th birthday this year!
In person | No Option
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London Fortean Society:
Art / Magic / LoreLondon Fortean Society:
Art / Magic / LoreArt, magic and folklore cross over and over again making new forms of creativity and lore. Join us at Conway Hall for talks on making new traditions, love magic, lost woman artists, radical Morris Dance and much more.
In person | No Option
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Sunday Concerts:
Berkeley Ensemble with Simon CallaghanSunday Concerts:
Berkeley Ensemble with Simon CallaghanTo close our season, Conway Hall's Artistic Director of Music Simon Callaghan joins the Berkeley Ensemble in a performance of Elgar’s only Piano Quintet, as well as a showcase of the works of English composer Dorothy Howell and her contemporaries.
In person | No Option
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Songhaven:
Dementia-Friendly ConcertsSonghaven:
Dementia-Friendly ConcertsConway Hall is delighted to partner with Songhaven to present a new series of dementia-friendly concerts. Featuring performances from professional classically trained musicians, held in a relaxed and welcoming environment, these free drop in concerts are open to anyone living with dementia, as well as friends, family carers and loved ones.
In person | No Option
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Humanists UK:
Picturing Nonconformity: LGBT Humanist Heritage OpeningHumanists UK:
Picturing Nonconformity: LGBT Humanist Heritage OpeningJoin Humanists UK and Conway Hall for the opening of Picturing Nonconformity - a landmark exhibition celebrating the 45th anniversary of LGBT Humanists and LGBT artists’ illustrations of historical figures who embody religious, gender and sexual non-conformity.
Brockway Room | Bertrand Russell Room
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Humanists UK:
Picturing Nonconformity: LGBT Humanist HeritageHumanists UK:
Picturing Nonconformity: LGBT Humanist HeritageThis landmark exhibition celebrates the 45th anniversary of LGBT Humanists and LGBT artists’ illustrations of historical figures who embody religious, gender and sexual non-conformity. Expect protest imagery, contemporary art responding to the long history of queer activism, and marvellous anecdotes from LGBT Humanists - including the drag performers who dressed as nuns at their 1986 holiday camp in Benidorm.
Bertrand Russell Room | No Option
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Humanists UK:
Lead Me Into Temptation, Please: LGBT Summer FairHumanists UK:
Lead Me Into Temptation, Please: LGBT Summer FairJoin Humanists UK for a summery day of performances, workshops, talks, market stalls, an exhibition, and more! The historic spaces of Conway Hall will be transformed into an LGBT festival, inspired by the annual fairs at Conway Hall that were produced by LGBT Humanists in the 1980s. Join us for music, art showcases, and a whole lot of fun!
In person | No Option
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Songhaven:
Dementia-Friendly ConcertsSonghaven:
Dementia-Friendly ConcertsConway Hall is delighted to partner with Songhaven to present a new series of dementia-friendly concerts. Featuring performances from professional classically trained musicians, held in a relaxed and welcoming environment, these free drop in concerts are open to anyone living with dementia, as well as friends, family carers and loved ones.
In person | No Option
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Songhaven:
Dementia-Friendly ConcertsSonghaven:
Dementia-Friendly ConcertsConway Hall is delighted to partner with Songhaven to present a new series of dementia-friendly concerts. Featuring performances from professional classically trained musicians, held in a relaxed and welcoming environment, these free drop in concerts are open to anyone living with dementia, as well as friends, family carers and loved ones.
In person | No Option
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