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![Becoming What You Are]()
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![Sunday Concerts: Chamber Ensemble of London Anglo-Italian Evening]()
Sunday Concerts: Chamber Ensemble of London Anglo-Italian Evening
Sunday Concerts: Chamber Ensemble of London Anglo-Italian Evening
The Chamber Ensemble of London present a concert of the most celebrated English and Italian composers, including Elgar, Vivaldi and Puccini. This is the first of their three international projects at Conway Hall in 2022.
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![Ensemble Augelletti CD Launch Concert – The Library of a Prussian Princess]()
Ensemble Augelletti CD Launch Concert – The Library of a Prussian Princess
Ensemble Augelletti CD Launch Concert – The Library of a Prussian Princess
Ensemble Augelleti have been heralded as ‘rising stars in the early music world’ and have performed on BBC Radio 3 ‘In Tune’ and across several UK Arts Festivals. This event launches the ensemble's debut recording of trio sonatas, found in the personal library of Prussian Princess, Ann Amalia.
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![Sunday Concerts: Salomé Quartet]()
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![Sex on the Brain]()
Sex on the Brain
Sex on the Brain
In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Zoe Cormier, science communicator and author of Sex, Drugs, and Rock n’ Roll: The Science of Hedonism and the Hedonism of Science, will share some amusing anecdotes which reveal deeper truths about human desire. Sunday Assembly is a secular community that celebrates life.
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![Ethical Matters: Five Frontiers to Revolutionise Public Health]()
Ethical Matters: Five Frontiers to Revolutionise Public Health
Ethical Matters: Five Frontiers to Revolutionise Public Health
Public health expert Christopher Thomas argues that we must emerge from Covid-19 on the offensive - with a bold, new vision for our health and care. He imagines a radical expansion of the principles put forward by Aneurin Bevan, the founder of the NHS, over 70 years ago.
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![Sunday Concerts: Robert Max Bach Recital]()
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![Sunday Concerts: London Bridge Trio]()
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![Thinking On Sunday: The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes and the Unwritten History of the Trans Experience]()
Thinking On Sunday: The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes and the Unwritten History of the Trans Experience
Thinking On Sunday: The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes and the Unwritten History of the Trans Experience
Ewan Forbes was born in 1912 and assigned female at birth. Nevertheless, his true identity was clear. Zoe Playdon reveals the life story of a Scottish trans man — whose secret 1968 legal case had a profound impact on trans rights for decades.
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![It’s My Party and I’ll Dry If I Want To]()
It’s My Party and I’ll Dry If I Want To
It’s My Party and I’ll Dry If I Want To
Laura Willoughby and Dru Jaeger, the co-founders of Club Soda, will be our main speakers at this event, which will be Sunday Assembly’s 9th birthday celebration! They will teach us all about 'mindful drinking', and how we can empower ourselves to make conscious decisions about our alcohol consumption.
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![You Coach You x Squiggly Careers Live]()
You Coach You x Squiggly Careers Live
You Coach You x Squiggly Careers Live
In this interactive event, the UK's leading career experts Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper, from the UK’s no.1 careers podcast Squiggly Careers, will help you to develop your own career, drawing on the themes of their new book You Coach You.
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![*Postponed* Sunday Concerts: Echéa Quartet]()
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![Thinking On Sunday: Weird Sisters – On Autism and Feminism]()
Thinking On Sunday: Weird Sisters – On Autism and Feminism
Thinking On Sunday: Weird Sisters – On Autism and Feminism
Following her midlife autism diagnosis Joanne Limburg became eager to discover other women who had been misunderstood in their time. She addresses autistic parenting, social isolation, feminism, the movement for disability rights and the punishments meted to those deemed to fall short of the norm.
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![System Change, Not Climate Change – What After COP26?]()
System Change, Not Climate Change – What After COP26?
System Change, Not Climate Change – What After COP26?
If COP26 fired the starting gun, what should a race to global decarbonisation look like and who might the winners and losers be? Chaitanya Kumar discusses the promises made and the challenges that lie ahead.
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![Salomon Orchestra Winter Concert]()
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![Sunday Concerts: Zoffany Ensemble]()
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![The Film Fair]()
The Film Fair
The Film Fair
Film Fans and collectors should head to The Film Fair at Conway Hall with a selection of quality stands loaded with film memorabilia, merchandise and collectables – Classics, Horror, Sci-fi, Cult – DVD – Blu-ray – VHS – Magazines – Books – Posters – Stills – Postcards – Cards – T Shirts – Autographs & Star Guest Signings…
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![Sunday Concerts: Callum Smart & Richard Uttley]()
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![Thinking On Sunday: God – An Anatomy]()
Thinking On Sunday: God – An Anatomy
Thinking On Sunday: God – An Anatomy
God’s cultural DNA stretches back centuries before the Bible was written and persists in the tics and twitches of our own society. Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou explores the places and artefacts that shaped our view of this singular God and the ancient religions and societies of the biblical world.
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![Open Your Mind]()
Open Your Mind
Open Your Mind
Tarsilo Onuluk, our main speaker, is the Managing Director at the Conservative Drug Policy Reform Group. He asks that you open your mind to the possibility that psychedelics can do more good than harm. As always, Sunday Assembly London features great talks, poetry, and uplifting group singing.
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![The London Roots Festival Presents: Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill]()
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![Sunday Concerts: Alauda Quartet]()
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![Politics and the Imagination: Reflections on Orwell’s <i>Inside The Whale</i>]()
Politics and the Imagination: Reflections on Orwell’s Inside The Whale
Politics and the Imagination: Reflections on Orwell’s Inside The Whale
Ian McEwan reflects on George Orwell’s 1940 essay, Inside The Whale, which raises important questions about a writer’s sense of obligation towards issues of the day, social justice and political commitment.
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![Ocean Film Festival World Tour]()
Ocean Film Festival World Tour
Ocean Film Festival World Tour
Dive into a night of mesmerising ocean adventure. The Ocean Film Festival World Tour is back for 2021 with a brand-new collection of the world’s most incredible ocean films. This event is also on 17, 18, 23, 24 Nov.
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![Sunday Concerts: Galliard Ensemble & Sam Haywood]()
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![Thinking On Sunday: How Britain Enriched the Few and Failed the Poor – A 200-Year History]()
Thinking On Sunday: How Britain Enriched the Few and Failed the Poor – A 200-Year History
Thinking On Sunday: How Britain Enriched the Few and Failed the Poor – A 200-Year History
Stewart Lansley charts the rollercoaster history of both rich and poor and the mechanisms that link wealth and impoverishment. What needs to be done to break Britain’s destructive poverty/inequality cycle?
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![The Beauty of Struggle]()
The Beauty of Struggle
The Beauty of Struggle
Grace Marshall, award-winning writer and coach on productivity, will tell us how we can use our struggles as a force for good. As always, this Sunday Assembly London event will also feature rocking sing-alongs, poetry, and an opportunity to socialise over tea and cake at the end.
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![The Haunted Landscape: Witches, Magic and Monsters]()
The Haunted Landscape: Witches, Magic and Monsters
The Haunted Landscape: Witches, Magic and Monsters
Join the London Fortean Society and friends for a day of British folklore, cursed paths, giants, witches and more. Speakers include author Syd Moore, Elizabeth Dearnley, Alixe Bovey and Mark Norman of The Folklore Podcast.This talk will be held at Conway Hall AND online.
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![Empowerment through Enterprise: Entrepreneurship for Women Refugees.]()
Empowerment through Enterprise: Entrepreneurship for Women Refugees.
Empowerment through Enterprise: Entrepreneurship for Women Refugees.
What role can entrepreneurship play for women refugees and how can this change society's perceptions of asylum seekers? Kate Allen, Isobelle Ford, Yeukai Taruvinga and Maria Igwebuike explore themes of empowerment through enterprise.
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![London Fortean Society: The Birth of the Hoax]()
London Fortean Society: The Birth of the Hoax
London Fortean Society: The Birth of the Hoax
Rapping ghosts, a woman who gave birth to rabbits, a levitating Frenchman in a Chinese Temple and outrageous astrological predictions. As Ian Keable explains, ‘Fake news’, ‛going viral’ and ‛social media’ may be modern terms, but these concepts have been with us for centuries. This talk will be held at Conway Hall AND online.
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![Ethical Matters: We are “nature” defending itself – Art, Activism and Autonomous zones]()
Ethical Matters: We are “nature” defending itself – Art, Activism and Autonomous zones
Ethical Matters: We are “nature” defending itself – Art, Activism and Autonomous zones
In 2008 Isabelle Fremeaux and Jay Jordan went search of post-capitalist utopias. They arrived at an illegally occupied 4,000 acres of wetlands where an international airport was planned. There the 40-year-long struggle snatched an incredible victory, defeating the airport expansion project through a powerful cocktail that merged creation and resistance. This talk will be held at Conway Hall AND online.
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![Sunday Concerts: Coull Quartet]()
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![Ten Tonnes]()
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![Sunday Concerts: Fidelio Trio]()
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![*POSTPONED* Thinking On Sunday: Women in the Picture – Women, Art and the Power of Looking]()
*POSTPONED* Thinking On Sunday: Women in the Picture – Women, Art and the Power of Looking
*POSTPONED* Thinking On Sunday: Women in the Picture – Women, Art and the Power of Looking
Women's identity has long been stifled by a limited set of archetypes, found everywhere in pictures from art history's classics to advertising, while women artists have been overlooked and held back from shaping more empowering roles. Art historian Catherine McCormack asks us to look again. This talk will be held online only.
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![Breaking Free]()
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![Brother Workmen: Solidarity in Trade Folklore – The Roy Palmer Lecture 2021]()
Brother Workmen: Solidarity in Trade Folklore – The Roy Palmer Lecture 2021
Brother Workmen: Solidarity in Trade Folklore – The Roy Palmer Lecture 2021
In the 2021 Roy Palmer Lecture, Jeremy Harte will talk about traditional songs of the workplace, which many artisans used to build humour and camaraderie into their everyday work. *This event is ONLINE ONLY due to rising Covid infections*
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![Sunday Concerts: Eusebius Quartet]()
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![Swing Street Ball Halloween Special]()
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![State of the Browser 2021]()
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![The Subject/Object 2: Exercising Power]()
The Subject/Object 2: Exercising Power
The Subject/Object 2: Exercising Power
Hilary Mantel will talk to David Runciman and Helen Thompson for a live episode of the podcast Talking Politics, discussing the Tudor court, revolutionary France, royal bodies and more. This talk will be held at Conway Hall AND online.
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![Sunday Concerts: Maria Canyigueral]()
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![Thinking on Sunday: How Mathematics Created Civilisation]()
Thinking on Sunday: How Mathematics Created Civilisation
Thinking on Sunday: How Mathematics Created Civilisation
Bestselling science writer Michael Brooks takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of civilisation, as he explains why maths is fundamental to our understanding of the world. This talk will be held at Conway Hall AND online.
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![Bloomsbury Festival: Every Body Dance with Sage Dance and friends]()
Bloomsbury Festival: Every Body Dance with Sage Dance and friends
Bloomsbury Festival: Every Body Dance with Sage Dance and friends
This performance includes new dance work created during the pandemic plus a Q&A with the choreographers and dancers… and even a chance to try out a few Street Dance moves!
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![Bloomsbury Festival: Talking Mexican Textiles]()
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![Bloomsbury Festival: 26 Shining Light Live]()
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![Bloomsbury Festival: Shades of Light with Ensemble Matters]()
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![Café Humaniste: Living at the Intersection of Gender Identity, Race and Belief, with Miss saHHara]()
Café Humaniste: Living at the Intersection of Gender Identity, Race and Belief, with Miss saHHara
Café Humaniste: Living at the Intersection of Gender Identity, Race and Belief, with Miss saHHara
During this Café Humaniste event, Miss saHHara will delve into African Queer and Trans history, celebrating the trans community in Africa.
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