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Conway Hall Ethical Society Presents:

Ethical Matters:
Grassroots Protest – Activism from Below

Change begins from below. Join two grassroots activists as they describe their protests and outcomes of their campaigning. Leila Hassan is a British editor, activist and founding member of the Race Today Collective. Andy Worthington is an author, campaigner, commentator and public speaker.

Bloomsbury Festival:
Words from Elsewhere: Small Press Publishing

We welcome three radical and innovative small press publishers to discuss what inspired them to start, how they found their audience and how they keep going. This event is for anyone fascinated by books, publishing and interested in how to start their own small press.

Reweirding:
Spirit of Place: Landscape and Self

How does our own vision of the landscape reflect – and be affected by – art and literature? Authors Will Ashon and Dr Susan Owens explore, in conversation with artist Sarah Sparkes, what we see in the British landscape and how place and history shape us.

Conway Hall Ethical Society Presents:

Ethical Matters:
She Who Struggles – Revolutionary Women Who Shaped the World

Activists Sorcha Thomson and Marral Shamshiri reveal how women have contributed to revolutionary movements across the world in endless ways: as leaders, rebels, trailblazers, guerrillas, and writers.

London Fortean Society Presents:

Reweirding:
Being Human – How Our Biology Shaped Our History

How did haemophilia bring down the Russian royal family? And scurvy give rise to the Mafia? Lewis Dartnell explores how human biology has shaped relationships, societies, economies and wars across the globe - and considers how, importantly, it continues to challenge and define our progress.

Conway Hall Ethical Society Presents:

Ethical Matters:
Thinking in Pictures – Adventures in Trying to be Smart

Michael Blastland shows how pictures can help put ideas to the test, making them vivid, showing them in action. Using illustrations and photographs, this is a brilliant introduction to smart-thinking – how to use it and when to question it – for anyone trying to make sense of a puzzling world.

Conway Hall Ethical Society Presents:

Ethical Matters:
Free and Equal – What Would a Fair Society Look Like?

Taking a humane and egalitarian liberalism as his starting point, economist and philosopher Daniel Chandler builds a careful and ultimately irresistible case for a progressive agenda that would fundamentally reshape our societies for the better.

London Fortean Society Presents:

Reweirding:
Utopian Dreams on the Streets of London

For centuries London has been the capital of utopian thought. A city of fervent imaginings and courageous aspirations. Niall Kishtainy draws us into the imaginative worlds of Thomas More, the Diggers, William Morris, Extinction Rebellion protestors and the Reclaim The Streets protests.

Conway Hall Ethical Society Presents:

Ethical Matters:
Ethical Eating

Food is an ethical issue. Join the discussion with author of Avocado Anxiety, Louise Gray, alongside Ruth Westcott, Campaign Coordinator for Sustain, as we explore ethical questions about the impact of food on the planet: Is plant protein as good as meat? Is foraged food more nutritious? Could bees be the answer to using fewer chemicals?

Conway Hall Ethical Society Presents:

Ethical Matters:
CANCELLED: Hysterical – Exploring the Myth of Gendered Emotions

We regret that this event has been cancelled due to the speaker being unwell.

Conway Hall Ethical Society Presents:

Ethical Matters:
The Lost Paths: A History of How We Walk from Here to There

Footpaths, tracks, country lanes and urban streets illuminate how our ancestors interacted with and shaped their landscapes. By 2026, 10,000 miles of undiscovered footpaths around Britain stand to be lost. Jack Cornish has dedicated the last five years of his life to walk to preserve these paths.

Conway Hall Ethical Society Presents:

Ethical Matters:
Autism and ADHD: Living and Loving on the Spectrum

A celebration of neurodiverse life, love, creativity and struggles with comedian Ria Lina alongside Richard Pink and Roxanne Emery of social media phenomenon ADHD Love. We discuss life and love on the spectrum and what the world could do to accommodate neurodivergence.

Conway Hall Ethical Society Presents:

Ethical Matters:
Polly Toynbee – My Family and Other Radicals

Polly Toynbee's ancestors have been committed left-wing rabble-rousers railing against injustice while enjoying a prosperous life. She explores the myth of mobility, the guilt of privilege, and asks for a truly honest conversation about class in Britain.

Conway Hall Ethical Society Presents:

Ethical Matters:
Travellers Through Time: A Gypsy History

Romany Gypsies have been variously portrayed as exotic strangers or as crude, violent delinquents; Jeremy Harte presents the first real history of the Romany people. It is a vivid, unique portrayal of the Romany people, from the inside.

Conway Hall Ethical Society and Terrence Higgins Trust Presents:

Silence = Death: 40 years of speaking out about HIV

In May 1983, Conway Hall hosted the first public meeting in the UK on AIDS, a new disease that was as mysterious as it was scary. 40 years later, leading figures from HIV activism reflect on that meeting and how to educate the public about an epidemic.