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![HEROES: Jimmy Wales interviews Stewart Lee]()
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![Explore Your Story, Review Your Life Script and Start a New Chapter in Your Life with Jacq Burns]()
Explore Your Story, Review Your Life Script and Start a New Chapter in Your Life with Jacq Burns
Explore Your Story, Review Your Life Script and Start a New Chapter in Your Life with Jacq Burns
A self-development workshop in partnership with Psychologies Magazine (www.psychologies.co.uk)
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![how to: Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy. With Tim Harford]()
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![Rhinegold LIVE: Bartosz Glowacki replaces Chiaroscuro Quartet]()
Rhinegold LIVE: Bartosz Glowacki replaces Chiaroscuro Quartet
Rhinegold LIVE: Bartosz Glowacki replaces Chiaroscuro Quartet
Due to illness, not all of the Chiaroscuro Quartet are available to perform at this evening’s recital, and regrettably they have had to re-schedule.* The LIVE team have been working behind-the-scenes to secure another top-notch artist to perform this evening, and we are (jumping about the room) excited to announce:Bartosz Glowacki, ‘accordionist of the moment’, is joyously going to step in!
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![Education & Democracy – Events For The Coming Year]()
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![Is Islamic reform possible?]()
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![Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It’s Doing to Us]()
Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It’s Doing to Us
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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![Putin in Perspective]()
Putin in Perspective
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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![Saying Yes To Life]()
Saying Yes To Life
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.
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![Conversations about Youth Work with African Diaspora Young People]()
Conversations about Youth Work with African Diaspora Young People
Conversations about Youth Work with African Diaspora Young People
This is a joint event between Ubele, City Bridge Trust, Conway Hall and Partnership for Young London, exploring current practice and develop recommendations for future effective work with young people of the African Diaspora, through facilitated group discussions.
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![The End of Politics?]()
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![LSP Summer School 2017]()
LSP Summer School 2017
LSP Summer School 2017
The third London School of Philosophy Summer School is being held at Conway Hall on 28th June and the 12th and 13th July. The themes encompass Politics, Truth, and Philosophy, Values and the Emotions, and Religion and Humanism. Whether you're new to the subject or someone who want to expand their interest, you'll find something to captivate and involve you.
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![In Search of Paul Robeson]()
In Search of Paul Robeson
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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![Let Philosophy help you get more out of Life]()
Let Philosophy help you get more out of Life
Let Philosophy help you get more out of Life
Maybe you think you have got your philosophy of life all sewn up. If so, come along and share your thoughts and hear those of others too. Alternatively you may have more questions than answers. In which case come along and ask them. With speaker John Holroyd.
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![Making Music Summer Event]()
Making Music Summer Event
Making Music Summer Event
Our Summer event is a great chance for members to come together, enjoy some music and learn more about Making Music and the services it provides, including the new Orchestra Tax Relief.The day will be split into three sessions. Please let us know in the booking form which ones you plan to attend, and if you will be joining us for lunch.
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![One Life 2017]()
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![The Body in the Library]()
The Body in the Library
The Body in the Library
Portrait Photography, Nudity & Identity #1 - This workshop will consist of practical photography exercises, discussions and the optional sharing of work - you are required to bring your own camera equipment.Whilst people are encouraged to consider their comfort in the creation and composition of the photographs it is a requirement that all participants are prepared to be both behind and in front of the camera.
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![Transitions]()
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![Mindful Living with Jon Kabat-Zinn]()
Mindful Living with Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindful Living with Jon Kabat-Zinn
Join us for an inspiring evening with the 'father of modern mindfulness', Jon Kabat-Zinn, as he shares his groundbreaking ideas to help us live more mindfully and contribute to a happier, wiser and more compassionate world.
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![The Great Get Together]()
The Great Get Together
The Great Get Together
The Great Get Together is inspired by Jo Cox, who was killed on 16 June last year. Her family saw a groundswell of people who reject divisive politics and simply want to bring our communities together and celebrate all that unites us.
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![Losing Control]()
Losing Control
Losing Control
Back by popular demand, Jules explores the different ways people find ecstasy in the modern west, from music to nature, from extreme sports to extremist politics. He asks how we can find the good stuff in ecstasy while avoiding the risks, particularly the risk of getting over-attached to life’s peak moments.
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![How Dark Matters Shape The Universe]()
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![Squirrel or Rabbit taxidermy workshop]()
Squirrel or Rabbit taxidermy workshop
Squirrel or Rabbit taxidermy workshop
In these classes you will be introduced to the processes and techniques behind basic taxidermy. You will learn how to skin, prep, preserve, mount and position your animal. You can choose to mount it realistically or anthropomorphically (ie wearing clothes) and at the end of the day you can take your stuffed creation home to occupy pride of place on your mantelpiece.
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![No need for nuclear: the renewables are here]()
No need for nuclear: the renewables are here
No need for nuclear: the renewables are here
CND hosts this one day national conference to discuss how renewable energy can and should replace nuclear energy production. Experts say renewable energy is safer, healthier, more sustainable, quicker and cheaper. Join us to hear the facts.
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![LFS UK 2017]()
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![Response-ability to Text – The Physicality of Poetry]()
Response-ability to Text – The Physicality of Poetry
Response-ability to Text – The Physicality of Poetry
This physical workshop will look at the potential relationships between choreography and experimental, contemporary and online poetry, by analyzing attention, gesture, and habit. The session consists of choreographic exercises looking at reading and listening in their physicality, as well as in their relationship to space, and to overlapping spaces.
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![Humane Regeneration]()
Humane Regeneration
Humane Regeneration
Join PLOT for an interactive workshop designing materials for an alternative future. We’ll bring the tools and methods. Bring your observations of what you see now. This is a hands on active session - we will be chewing over ideas and physically making things. Be prepared to get your sleeves rolled up, bring your imagination as well as your inspiration.
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![How Singing Can Change Your Life]()
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![Intersections of Art, Law and Protest]()
Intersections of Art, Law and Protest
Intersections of Art, Law and Protest
Staged will be an intervention where artists, lawyers and activists, thinkers, collaboratively create objects/images/sounds/performances/expressions on the theme of the workshop, with discussion before and after as to the integral linking of art, law and protest and what this means for social change.
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![Alongsideness in working relationships and as epistemology: What does alongsideness mean to me … and to you?]()
Alongsideness in working relationships and as epistemology: What does alongsideness mean to me … and to you?
Alongsideness in working relationships and as epistemology: What does alongsideness mean to me … and to you?
Alongsideness in working relationships and as epistemology: What does alongsideness mean to me ... and to you?
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![Bodies, Photography & Power]()
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![The Grandeur of Renunciation]()
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![A Citizens Income – Could it Work?]()
A Citizens Income – Could it Work?
A Citizens Income – Could it Work?
A topic that's generating interest at the moment. Citizens Income. What if every adult in the UK was guaranteed a basic income whether you worked or were unemployed? Is it feasible? Has it been tried before? Could it work? Would it cripple our economy? Would we all become work-shy?
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![An introduction to Anarchist Communism]()
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![Star and Celebrity Studies Workshop]()
Star and Celebrity Studies Workshop
Star and Celebrity Studies Workshop
Famous people: what do they mean, and how are their meanings created? What role do they play in society? What goes into making a celebrity's image, and who is responsible? This collaborative workshop will give a fun and accessible introduction to the best academic discipline: the study of stars and celebrities!
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![Striking to Win: Why is the Rent So Damn High?]()
Striking to Win: Why is the Rent So Damn High?
Striking to Win: Why is the Rent So Damn High?
Rent Strike is the national working group for Cut the Rent groups across the UK. We seek to facilitate the spreading of rent strikes as a tactic to campaign for affordable rents for students in university accommodation. We are a mixture of student activists and housing activists, some of us were involved in the successful 2016 rent strike at UCL.
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![Climate Change and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus]()
Climate Change and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Climate Change and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
This talk will look at the links between climate, energy, food and water, with a particular focus on India – one of the most densely populated countries in the world and a place where a small change in climate can make a big difference to the people on the ground.
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![Post Election Fever – Mending our Broken Democracy]()
Post Election Fever – Mending our Broken Democracy
Post Election Fever – Mending our Broken Democracy
Darren Hughes of the Electoral Reform Society will do the easy job of critically appraising Westminster as is, and go on to suggest alternatives that would work a whole lot better. Decidedly anti-establishment in approach but getting the electorate engaged and interested in the way we run our society. Indeed, aimed at establishing the gold-standard in governance.
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![Humans and Nature in the 21st Century]()
Humans and Nature in the 21st Century
Humans and Nature in the 21st Century
Jonny Ritson will discuss his own research on peat bogs and their (mis)management as well as how land ownership and economics shape the fields and forests around us. Rather than offering definitive solutions, the talk aims to ask the questions which collectively we must answer, providing examples of what has and has not worked in the past.
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![Our Place in the Universe: The Story of Modern Cosmology]()
Our Place in the Universe: The Story of Modern Cosmology
Our Place in the Universe: The Story of Modern Cosmology
Dr Doddy Marsh describes advances in modern cosmology relating to theories of the size and origin of the Universe and Dark Matter, and how these theories are grounded in observational facts. The progress of cosmology has been collaborative, and also full of interaction and debate among competing ideas.
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![Drawing Everything]()
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![Anthropomorphic and Naturalist Taxidermy Workshops]()
Anthropomorphic and Naturalist Taxidermy Workshops
Anthropomorphic and Naturalist Taxidermy Workshops
In these classes you will be introduced to the processes and techniques behind basic taxidermy. You will learn how to skin, prep, preserve, mount and position your animal. You can choose to mount it realistically or anthropomorphically (ie wearing clothes) and at the end of the day you can take your stuffed creation home to occupy pride of place on your mantelpiece.
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![Carablanca Tango Club: with lessons, music & DJ Marek Szotkowski]()
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![Urban Curiosity Walkshop: Bloomsbury]()
Urban Curiosity Walkshop: Bloomsbury
Urban Curiosity Walkshop: Bloomsbury
On your Bloomsbury Urban Curiosity Walkshop you will reclaim time and headspace for creativity.Best of all?You will leave inspired by London's literary locale and be armed with practical tips to reframe your digital life and cultivate every day curiosity.
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![Gef the Talking Mongoose]()
Gef the Talking Mongoose
Gef the Talking Mongoose
Christopher Josiffe & Chris Hill On the eve of his 165th birthday (“I was born June 7th 1852, near Delhi, India…”), the London Fortean Society at Conway Hall present for your delectation the strange story of Gef the Talking Mongoose.
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![An Evening With Sir Michael Parkinson]()
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![How to: An Evening with Evgeny Kissin: Memoirs and Reflections]()
How to: An Evening with Evgeny Kissin: Memoirs and Reflections
How to: An Evening with Evgeny Kissin: Memoirs and Reflections
Evgeny Kissin in conversation with Gilead Cooper, to mark the publication of Memoirs and Reflections, Kissin’s vividly personal account of a life in and beyond music, including the people and events that have nurtured and challenged him.
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![London Mozart Players & Howard Shelley]()
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