Upcoming Talks & Debates
Adventures In The Electroverse: The Story
Adventures In The Electroverse: The Story
Join Martyn Ware, founding member of The Human League and Heaven 17, in conversation with Holly Elson, Head of Programmes at Conway Hall, as they discuss the story behind his Adventures in the Electroverse exhibition.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Ethical Matters:
The Power of Sound: Creating a Better Future
Ethical Matters:
The Power of Sound: Creating a Better Future
To close the Adventures in the Electroverse series, Martyn Ware, electronic music pioneer, will be in conversation with Cherub Sanson, a leading sound healer and sound artist, to explore how music and sound can drive positive change.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Sexpectations:
Single and Thriving
Sexpectations:
Single and Thriving
Being single can offer freedom, self-discovery and self-determination. Nicola Slawson explores being un-partnered in a world designed for couples, and how to find the joy in the life that you are already living. She keenly celebrates the opportunities of being single.
In person | In person
Sexpectations:
Messy Modern Love
Sexpectations:
Messy Modern Love
During lockdown people shared their confessions of messy love with Philippa Found. It became a counterpoint to the stigma around love stories, standing against the shame we carry with our love. They tell us something radical: your darkest secrets, your most repulsively shameful thoughts, feelings, and behaviours: you’re not alone.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Gresham College:
The Biggest Cosmic Map
Gresham College:
The Biggest Cosmic Map
Asteroids were for years considered 'celestial vermin' – objects which got in the way of more interesting fodder for astronomers. Now, they are central to our Solar System's story, the building blocks from which planets are made, and capable of telling us the history of the last five billion years.
In person | No Option
Ethical Matters:
The Spirituality Gap: Searching for Meaning in a Secular Age
Ethical Matters:
The Spirituality Gap: Searching for Meaning in a Secular Age
At a time when more and more people in the Western world are moving away from organised religion, what does spirituality look like? Abi Millar explores our post-religious world and asks: can we embrace ritual in our own lives even if we are wary of religion?
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Ethical Matters:
Women and the Far Right
Ethical Matters:
Women and the Far Right
We are in a new age of self-radicalising, right-wing extremists planning violence against society. As the far right gains popularity and acceptance, its ranks have swelled with an unlikely category of members: women. Lois Shearing and Lizzie Dearden discuss their researches in to the dangers of the rising far-right.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Ethical Matters:
The Empathy Fix
Ethical Matters:
The Empathy Fix
Keetie Roelen provides readers with the tools to relate to poverty, realise why current interventions often don’t work, and to respond to the situation in a way that gives everyone a sense of dignity and agency. Through empathy, we can all contribute to a more equal society.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Gresham College:
The LGBT+ Showstopper: ‘I Am What I Am’
Gresham College:
The LGBT+ Showstopper: ‘I Am What I Am’
Join Professor Dominic Broomfield-McHugh, Gresham Visiting Professor of Film and Theatre Music, in exploring Jerry Herman's I Am What I Am as a broadway musical piece and its resurgence as a gay anthem during the AIDS crisis.
In person | No Option
Gresham College:
Asteroid Adventures
Gresham College:
Asteroid Adventures
This lecture considers two missions – Lucy, which flies past asteroid DonaldJohanson in April 2025, and OSIRIS-ReX, which recently returned from the threateningly near-Earth asteroid Bennu carrying samples of this unusual world.
In person | No Option
