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A Spiked! conference on Free Speech; covering the questions of conscience, equality and freedom, and of what constitutes hate speech.

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Join Action for Happiness for an inspiring evening as Ed Halliwell looks beyond the hype about mindfulness and shares practical ways to be more mindful in everyday life.

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Nick Ross chairs a mixed panel of Christians and Humanists, and asks "Can we agree to disagree? And do it better?"

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Dohnányi: Serenade for string trio Op.10 Smetana; Macbeth and the Witches Pancho Vladigerov: Bulgarian Rhapsody 'Vardar' Op.16 Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Op.34

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Alena will take the children on a musical journey including familiar and not-so-familiar pieces. There will be plenty of time for questions, too!

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Chris Purnell will discuss the changes envisaged by the Ministry of Justice in their recent consultation paper, e.g. as to the composition of Tribunal panels and the effect of some changes which have already taken place such as the imposition of fees on workers who wish to start claims in Employment Tribunals. There will be reference to ideas such as the ‘virtual court’ and the reconfiguration of the Ministry of Justice’s Court estate, but the prime object of the talk will be to raise questions e.g. Are the current reforms anything more than a cost saving exercise? What reforms really will improve the quality of justice and for whom?

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Join hands with the community and show your support for Tibet Foundation at Conway Hall this November!

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The veteran campaigner and human rights activist speaks about the need for a shared unity between all oppressed groups.

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Celebrated theoretical physicist Sir Prof Roger Penrose speaks with Ideas Roadshow host Howard Burton on the current and future state of theoretical physics in keeping with his latest book, Fashion, Faith and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe.

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On the evening of Thursday 10th November Mencap will be hosting a Planning for the Future event at Conway Hall. The event will provide free information on how families and carers can ensure that someone with a learning disability is taken care of when they are no longer around, by making a suitable will or setting up a trust.

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Join 5x15 as Professor Jim Al-Khalili considers aliens, alongside four other curious minds who have all contributed to his new book on the topic. If you've ever looked up into the starry sky and wondered 'are we alone?' then this event might just be for you.Featuring: Dallas Campbell, Adam Rutherford, Lewis Dartnell & Louisa Preston

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At this event Professor Windy Dryden will present a seminar on Mahatma Gandhi's Top 10 Fundamentals for Changing the World as viewed from a REBT perspective. (Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy)

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This conference sees the formal launch of the Open University’s Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative (HERC).

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Recent research tells us that children are “hardwired” from birth to connect with others, and that children who feel a sense of connection to their community, family, and school are less likely to misbehave. To be successful, contributing members of their community, children must learn necessary social and life skills. Join us for an evening to discuss power struggles, sibling conflict, morning and bedtime hassles, and respectful and effective tools to replace shouting, nagging, bribing and punishment.

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A night of comedy to raise money for charity, Help Refugees UK.

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Haydn: Piano Trio in G Hob.XV:25 'Gypsy' Franz Drdla: Souvenir & Serenade in A major Dobrinka Tabakova: Insight for string trio Kreisler: La Gitana & Schön Rosmarin Schubert: Quintet in A D667 ‘Trout’

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Gona Saed was forced to flee Iraqi - Kurdistan in 1998 because of her active involvement in campaigning for human and women's rights. She has lived in the UK since then and is currently Project Development Manager of the Kurdish and Middle Eastern Women's Organisation, a UK Charity based in London. She co-founded several organisations including the Independent Women Organisation in Iraqi Kurdistan in 1993, and the Kurdistan Secular centre in 2015, which will be the main the focus of her talk.

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An annual celebration of books by contemporary artists, poets, writers and book designers.

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Join Hal Elrod, US no 1 bestselling author of Miracle Morning, now widely regarded as one of the most life changing books ever written, to learn how to create a new morning routine that will transform your life.

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London 1905 ... a girl playing the piano ... dancers at a Fête Mystérieuse ... a bewitched young Alain-Fournier yearns for lost love.An outpouring of poetry, letters and song sow the seeds of his great novel, Le Grand Meaulnes, published in 1913, a year before he was killed in the Great War.Cast includes Hannah Crighton, Anne-Sophie Marie and Russ Kallan.

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Nigel Warburton and Slavoj Zizek join Jela Krecic to discuss her new novel, 'None Like Her', a hapless tale of the fruitless search for a perfect partner.

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An event hosted by Philosophy for AllThe George Ross Memorial Lecture 2016: Prof. MM McCabe: Virtue, Ageing and Failing followed by The 2016 Philosophy Now Award for Contributions to the Fight Against Stupidity: Prof. Peter Singer (by video link).

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Beethoven: String Trio in G Op.9/1 Helen Grime: Aviary Sketches (after Joseph Cornell) (2014) Mozart: Divertimento in E flat K563

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Join Britain’s best-loved word expert for a whirlwind tour of our modern tribes, from firefighters to flight attendants.

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Dr Adotey Bing-Pappoe will argue that there are important advances in technology that are making a cooperative and sharing economy easier to achieve. There is also a growing awareness of the potential of cooperatives as a way of economic organising, and a rising tide of cooperative formation around the world (USA, UK, Greece, Cuba, Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay and India). However, the world is not moving effortlessly towards a cooperative commonwealth. A cooperative outcome is only likely to be achieved if it is struggled for.

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Join the London Fortean Society for a two-and-a-half-hour ghost walk. You will hear of alleged haunted pubs and tube stations, Oliver Cromwell’s undead walk, the ghosts of Senate House, an angry table, a malevolent Egyptian mummy, a doppelgänger in Lincolns Inn, the curse of the forty steps in Bloomsbury and much more.

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The third of LGBT Humanists series of annual Trans* focussed events.

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Halloween is on its spooky way and this year we’ve gone for an alien theme for our Lego® activity. Come and make rockets, extra-terrestrials and space-robots to give our library a space-age vibe.

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Oscar Wilde and Bernard Shaw, an uneasy and rather distant relationship: a talk by Eleanor Fitzsimons, author of Wilde’s Women

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The Marxist Study Centre present "A Cause for all Humanity".

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Robert Trivers, ‘arguably today’s most original thinker in evolutionary theory’ (Richard Dawkins) joins the how to: Academy to apply the theories of evolutionary biology to some of the most complex issues of society and identity in the contemporary world.

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In this talk Meg-John Barker draws on their recent comic book Queer: A Graphic History to introduce the idea of queer and to discuss why it's relevant to everybody, not just to those who we might conventionally think of as being queer.

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In this talk, Phil Hine examines the life of Richard Payne Knight. the key themes of "A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus" and its republication in the nineteenth century as both erotic and ethnographic text.Phil Hine is an independent researcher and occult practitioner, he has been writing and lecturing on esoteric themes and practices for over thirty years.

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We have two giant banners to hang in Conway Hall to celebrate the excellent people that come here, including you! We want you to decorate them by creating an excellent mini-you. You’ll also have the opportunity to make a mini banner to take home.

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Musicologist, Roderick Swanston, conveys musical language, the understanding of how notes and structures are selected and used, and how they convey meaning and emotion to listeners.

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A first exposure to the Brazilian language with a 45-minute lesson for absolute beginners with Lingua Diversa Group.

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A performance on the gap between the legal understanding of violence against women and how women experience it and on the role of legal language in enforcing that gap. Performed by Natalie Ohana and Avigail Tlalim.

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All the world-changing speeches you thought you knew but can’t really remember. Including several from the great speakers of the Conway Hall. A dazzling variety of Voices from the past spoken NOW!

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A first exposure to the Italian language with a 45-minute lesson for absolute beginners with Lingua Diversa Group.

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This talk will use archival materials held by the Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide to explore the theme of the use of propaganda by the Nazi regime.

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A first exposure to the German language with a 45-minute lesson for absolute beginners with Lingua Diversa Group. Come and see for yourself how enjoyable and interesting it is to learn German with communicative and fun activities!

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In this class from The School of Life, relationship psychologist Susan Quilliam will consider the importance of what is said and unsaid in any intimate exchange. How can we say what we mean and defuse resentments before they become catastrophic?

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A panel of experts in family law, child psychology and theatre discuss the right to be a child in an increasingly complex world.

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In this increasingly computerised and automated world, amazing things are instantly possible at the press of a button.

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A first exposure to the Spanish language with a 45-minute lesson for absolute beginners with Lingua Diversa Group.

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The Knowledge Quarter brings together researchers and scholars from prestigious universities and cultural organisations to discuss the notion of stereotypes threat.

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Following a think-share-explore approach, this two-hour workshop with a school of thought is divided into three parts – Theory, Illustration, and Action.

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Posters and signs re/de-signed by artist adamram.Walking through the city streets, we are surrounded by texts – many of which we may see but don’t really pay attention to – which present a simulated, idealised version of how things are. Armed with scrap paper, markers, scissors and masking tape, artist adamram spent a few months re/de-signing posters and signs, to show alternative views and statements – sometimes politically-charged, sometimes context/content-specific, sometimes random, sometimes silly. FREE – Just Turn Up

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