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Conway Hall presents:
In Search of Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson was a modern renaissance man: lawyer, linguist, actor, professional athlete, civil rights activist and one of the greatest singers of the twentieth century. The son of an escaped slave, Robeson became an international superstar before his socialist political convictions brought him undone in the Mccarthy era.
Author Jeff Sparrow tells Robeson’s story and explores his relevance to contemporary political movements in a new book: No Way But This. He will be in conversation with journalist Ellie Mae O’Hagan.
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GlobalNet21 & Conway Hall Ethical Society presents:
The End of Politics?
This meeting will discuss how we might do politics better so as to engage some of the big issues of our time and make a difference. This meeting will be held jointly by GlobalNet21 and the Conway Hall Ethical Society.
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Conway Hall Ethical Society presents:
Putin in Perspective
John Edwards will attempt a penetrating analysis of this bold, enigmatic leader of a world super-power. Does he have expansionist ambitions or is he just responding to provocations driven by the USA? How should we respond and interact with the “Bear”? Is the development by the EU of strong trading relations with Russia an important new step?
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Sunday Assembly London presents:
Saying Yes To Life
We are being joined by Yes Tribe founder, Dave Cornthwaite for a Sunday Assembly to get you in the mood for summer!
Since quitting a job as a terrible graphic designer (his words, not ours!) in 2005, Dave has developed a successful career based around his passions. He’s an expert in adventure, non-motorised travel, audacity and creating work that you love.
Conway Hall Ethical Society presents:
Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It’s Doing to Us
Author and journalist, Will Storr, takes us on a journey of self-obsession; from the shores of Ancient Greece, through the Christian Middle Ages, to the self-esteem evangelists of 1980s California, the rise of narcissism and the selfie generation, and right up to the era of hyper-individualistic neoliberalism in which we live now.
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how to: Academy presents:
how to: Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy. With Tim Harford
A major talk by Tim Harford the best selling author of the Undercover Economist, whose TED talks have been watched nearly 4 million times.
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Conway Hall Ethical Society presents:
Art for Our Sake
In this three-headed conversation, between a philosophical art historian and two practising artists, they set out to redefine “Art” in the twenty-first century, and to show it as a force that flows across the philosophical, the personal and the political.
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5×15 presents:
Lawrence Krauss in conversation with Jim Al-Khalili
Join us for an evening with internationally renowned theoretical physicist, and passionate advocate for reason, Lawrence Krauss, as he celebrates the release of his much anticipated book The Greatest Story Ever Told…So Far.
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Conway Hall Ethical Society presents:
Outskirts – Living Life on the Edge of the Green Belt
John Grindrod tells of the vision behind green-belts, their creation, and discusses the fiery emotions they stir up and tells a story of growing up there, recounted in his poignant social history Outskirts.
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Sunday Assembly London presents:
Feeling Like A Fraud: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome
Imposter Syndrome and feeling like a fraud are such common things, whether in education, at work or in our friendships and communities.
We are being joined by Award Winning Coach, Speaker and Author, Jenny Garrett for an interactive talk. She will introduce us to the concept of imposter syndrome and look at what it really means.
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Conway Hall Ethical Society presents:
Unlocking a Better World
Partake in a stimulating discussion as environmentalist and global thinker Richard Priestley shares his insights into the key areas that need to be addressed to enable human beings to harmoniously co-habit our planet as we progress towards the 22nd century.
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London Fortean Society presents:
The Cottingley Fairies: 100 Years of the Fairy Photographs.
London Fortean Society, in partnership with Conway Hall, present a night marking the centenary of the Cottingley Fairies case.
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London Fortean Society presents:
Conspiracy Theories are for Losers
Professor Joesph Uscinski will show that conspiracy theories follow a strategic logic: they are tools used by the powerless to attack and defend against the powerful. Conspiracy theories must conform to this logic, or they will not be successful. In this way, conspiracy theories are for losers.
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Sunday Assembly London presents:
Start Up Or Start Down?
Richard Ashcroft, Professor of Bioethics in the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London, where he teaches medical law, bioethics, and human rights is going to talk about “disruptive innovation. Sunday Assembly London is free to attend and runs entirely on donations. Please support us if you can to keep it free for those who can’t.
London Fortean Society presents:
Watling Street: Travels Through Britain and Its Ever-Present Past
John Higgs on Watling Street. A road of witches and ghosts, of queens and highwaymen, of history and myth, of Chaucer, Dickens and James Bond. Along this route Boudicca met her end, the Battle of Bosworth changed royal history, Bletchley Park code breakers cracked Nazi transmissions and Capability Brown remodelled the English landscape.
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