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![Museums That Make A Difference]()
Ethical Matters:
Museums That Make A DifferenceConway Hall Ethical Society Presents:
Ethical Matters:
Museums That Make A DifferenceMuseums are there to educate us, to broaden our vistas of the world. But can some help us to change the world for the better? We invite two radical museums, the Migration Museum and the Museum of Neoliberalism, to discuss their visions, ethos and logistics of making a place that makes a difference.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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![The Cosmic Dance: Finding Patterns and Pathways in a Chaotic Universe]()
The Cosmic Dance: Finding Patterns and Pathways in a Chaotic Universe
London Fortean Society Presents:
The Cosmic Dance: Finding Patterns and Pathways in a Chaotic Universe
Join renowned image alchemist Stephen Ellcock, in conversation with artist and art writer Matthew Collings, as he presents a pan-global collection of remarkable and arresting images drawn from the history of art to explore the ancient belief that the cosmos is reflected in all living things.
In person | No Option
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![Jubilee Quartet]()
Sunday Concerts:
Jubilee QuartetConway Hall Ethical Society Presents:
Sunday Concerts:
Jubilee Quartet"Brilliant and distinctive…fresh and new…makes the music’s architecture expressive in its own right" (The Telegraph). The Jubilee Quartet's recent recording of Haydn drew rave reviews from the press. For their return to Conway Hall, they begin with some Haydn before an exciting combination of Schubert works.
In person | No Option
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![Nomad Century: How to Survive the Climate Upheaval]()
Ethical Matters:
Nomad Century: How to Survive the Climate UpheavalConway Hall Ethical Society Presents:
Ethical Matters:
Nomad Century: How to Survive the Climate UpheavalGaia Vince presents an urgent investigation of the most underreported, seismic consequence of climate change: how it will force us to change where - and how - we live. Migration is not the problem – it is the solution.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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![Dig Into The Past]()
Dig Into The Past
Sunday Assembly London Presents:
Dig Into The Past
Let's go on a DigVenture! Maiya Pina-Dacier is an archaeologist and Head of Community at DigVentures, an organisation that helps ordinary people experience the excitement of going on an archaeological dig. She will tell us all about how this incredible organisation got started and what you can do to support their work.
In person | Virtual event
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![<I>Thirteen</i> with Screen Queens]()
An Eye for Ethics:
Thirteen with Screen QueensConway Hall Ethical Society Presents:
An Eye for Ethics:
Thirteen with Screen QueensFeminist film critics Screen Queens team up with Conway Hall for a screening of the teen cult classic, Thirteen, by Catherine Harwick and Nikki Reed. After the film, the Screen Queens will host an interactive conversation, delving into the ethical questions that the film brings up for them.
In person | No Option
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![PJ Harvey with Frank Skinner – Orlam: A Conversation]()
AEG Presents:
PJ Harvey with Frank Skinner – Orlam: A ConversationAEG Presents:
PJ Harvey with Frank Skinner – Orlam: A ConversationIn this spoken-word, non-music event, PJ Harvey will recite poems from her new book, and joins in conversation with the renowned English comic and writer Frank Skinner. Orlam reveals PJ Harvey as a gifted poet – whose formal skill, transforming eye and ear for the lyric line has produced a strange and moving poem like no other.
In person | No Option
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![I Musicanti]()
Sunday Concerts:
I MusicantiConway Hall Ethical Society Presents:
Sunday Concerts:
I MusicantiI Musicanti is made up of distinguished performers in some of the best orchestras. What unites them is their ceaseless musical curiosity, a palpable sense of adventure and an unswerving commitment to excellence.
In person | No Option
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![Small Publishers Fair 2022]()
Small Publishers Fair 2022
Small Publishers Fair 2022
The Small Publishers Fair brings to Conway Hall sixty nine publishers from across the UK and further afield. It is a snapshot of some of best small press publishing around today and includes artists’ books, fine press editions, poetry pamphlets and zines.
In person | No Option
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![Small Publishers Fair 2022]()
Small Publishers Fair 2022
Small Publishers Fair 2022
The Small Publishers Fair brings to Conway Hall sixty nine publishers from across the UK and further afield. It is a snapshot of some of best small press publishing around today and includes artists’ books, fine press editions, poetry pamphlets and zines.
In person | No Option
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![Andrey Kurkov in conversation with Philippe Sands]()
Andrey Kurkov in conversation with Philippe Sands
Waterstones Presents:
Andrey Kurkov in conversation with Philippe Sands
Join Andrey Kurkov to celebrate the publication of Diary of an Invasion. As one of the most important Ukrainian voices throughout the Russian invasion, this journal is a remarkable record of a brilliant writer at the forefront of a 21st-century war. Andrey will be in conversation with author Philippe Sands.
In person | No Option
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![Greenwich Trio + Pre-Concert Talk]()
Sunday Concerts:
Greenwich Trio + Pre-Concert TalkConway Hall Ethical Society Presents:
Sunday Concerts:
Greenwich Trio + Pre-Concert TalkDescribed by Bernard Greenhouse as "the new Beaux Arts Trio", the Greenwich Trio are earning a formidable reputation. Their performance for Conway Hall foregrounds the contributions made to the repertoire by Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn, alongside their male colleagues.
In person | No Option
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![Free To Speak: Protest and Survive]()
Ethical Matters:
Free To Speak: Protest and SurviveConway Hall Ethical Society Presents:
Ethical Matters:
Free To Speak: Protest and SurviveThe Government’s Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act is a severe threat to protest and freedom of expression. Civil rights barrister Owen Greenhall will feature alongside writer and activist Shanice Octavia McBean to examine the effects of the act and ask what can be done.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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![Words and Deeds – Natalie Harper & Alex Pearson]()
Words and Deeds – Natalie Harper & Alex Pearson
Bloomsbury Festival Presents:
Words and Deeds – Natalie Harper & Alex Pearson
Performed by Natalie Harper and Alex Pearson, Words and Deeds is a selection of Suffrage Plays written when women had to fight to speak their minds about the inequality of society, and linking across time to the women of today, who are still continuing the fight.
Library | No Option
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![(CANCELLED) Dream.Risk.Sing: Elevating Women’s Voices]()
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![Death of an Orange]()
Death of an Orange
Bloomsbury Festival Presents:
Death of an Orange
Death of an Orange is a new bi-lingual play based on Ekjon Komolalebu (To Be An Orange). This play was written in celebration of the anniversary of 50 years of Bangladesh Independence and is translated from Bengali by Amy Parsons.
In person | No Option
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![Resisting Through Rest – Black Indies and the Pandemic]()
Resisting Through Rest – Black Indies and the Pandemic
Bloomsbury Festival Presents:
Resisting Through Rest – Black Indies and the Pandemic
Onyx Magazine’s discussion will be based around incorporating rest into organisational structures and the concept of a Fallow Year, looking at how indie publications have reacted to the pandemic with care and compassion.
Brockway Room | No Option
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![Activate Your Creativity – Words of Colour]()
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![Beyond the Rebel Nazrul Islam]()
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![From Thoughts to Paper – Writers Workshop]()
From Thoughts to Paper – Writers Workshop
Bloomsbury Festival Presents:
From Thoughts to Paper – Writers Workshop
Join an intimate writing workshop with experienced professionals from various writing backgrounds. An open space to ask questions, participate in group and solo activities, alongside connecting with other writers.
Brockway Room | No Option
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![Words and Deeds – Natalie Harper & Alex Pearson]()
Words and Deeds – Natalie Harper & Alex Pearson
Bloomsbury Festival Presents:
Words and Deeds – Natalie Harper & Alex Pearson
Performed by Natalie Harper and Alex Pearson, Words and Deeds is a selection of Suffrage Plays written when women had to fight to speak their minds about the inequality of society, and linking across time to the women of today, who are still continuing the fight.
Library | No Option
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![Daytimers Mehfil: An Evening of South Asian Poetry]()
Daytimers Mehfil: An Evening of South Asian Poetry
Bloomsbury Festival Presents:
Daytimers Mehfil: An Evening of South Asian Poetry
Daytimers, the collective at the heart of the re-emerging Asian Underground, present an evening spotlighting and celebrating South Asian poetry. Featuring performances from poets Azan Ahmed, Jay Mitra, Rupinder Kaur Waraich, flute duo 2 Flutes and DJ Sway of the Verses.
In person | No Option
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![Fragile Filters]()
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![Land of Promise: Rediscovering the Roots of a New Society]()
Land of Promise: Rediscovering the Roots of a New Society
Town and Country Planning Association Presents:
Land of Promise: Rediscovering the Roots of a New Society
‘Land of Promise’ is a words and music presentation from Chris Ellis and Rosie Toll, which journeys through three and a half centuries of radical thought, writing, and song about the connection between art, social justice and the living environment.
In person | No Option
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![Stories of Song]()
Bloomsbury Festival:
Stories of SongConway Hall Ethical Society Presents:
Bloomsbury Festival:
Stories of SongWe're thrilled to welcome two exceptional singers Miki Berenyi (Lush) and David McAlmont (McAlmont & Butler), for an evening filled with live performance and conversation about their songs, influences, passions and experience of navigating their industry as artists.
In person | No Option
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![Seeking Utopia]()
Sunday Concerts:
Seeking UtopiaConway Hall Ethical Society Presents:
Sunday Concerts:
Seeking Utopia‘Seeking Utopia’: a programme of words and music celebrating the friendship between Ralph Vaughan Williams and violist Lionel Tertis, in Vaughan Williams' 150th anniversary year.
In person | Virtual event
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![Knowing When to Quit]()
Knowing When to Quit
Sunday Assembly London Presents:
Knowing When to Quit
Sarah Weiler is a Quitting Coach - an expert in guiding people through periods in their lives when they need to make difficult decisions. At this assembly, Sarah will teach us about the methods she uses to help people decide whether the time is right to move on or they should stay the course.
In person | Virtual event
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![Intangible Value: The Future of Art & Money]()
Ethical Matters:
Intangible Value: The Future of Art & MoneyConway Hall Ethical Society Presents:
Ethical Matters:
Intangible Value: The Future of Art & MoneyFortunes have been made and lost in crypto coin and NFTs. Are they the future for art and money or a confidence trick and a polluting black economy enabler? Experts Dr. Larisa Yarovaya and Becks Perfect mine to the bottom of the meaning and ethics of intangible value online.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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![Minerva Piano Trio]()
Sunday Concerts:
Minerva Piano TrioConway Hall Ethical Society Presents:
Sunday Concerts:
Minerva Piano TrioThe Minerva Piano Trio perform a new arrangement of Stravinsky's Pulcinella Suite by Richard Birchall, made to celebrate the ballet suite’s 100th anniversary. We will also hear one of Richard's own compositions and a further new arrangement of Caroline Shaw’s piece by Annie Yim, the trio's pianist.
In person | No Option
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![Primrose Piano Quartet]()
Sunday Concerts:
Primrose Piano QuartetConway Hall Ethical Society Presents:
Sunday Concerts:
Primrose Piano QuartetDescribed by critics as "revelatory", the Primrose Piano Quartet play at our acclaimed chamber music concert series. They offer a feast of colourful French works by Françaix, Saint-Saëns and Fauré, alongside Mozart. "[Their] zeal... is never in doubt" said The Times.
In person | No Option
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![Do I Have A Normal Mind?]()
Ethical Matters:
Do I Have A Normal Mind?Conway Hall Ethical Society Presents:
Ethical Matters:
Do I Have A Normal Mind?Sarah Chaney presents the surprising history of how the very notion of the ‘normal’ came about, how it shaped us all, often while entrenching oppressive, colonialist values. Along the way she challenges why we ever thought it might be a desirable thing to be...
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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![Things That Can and Cannot Be Said: The dismantling of the world as we knew it]()
Things That Can and Cannot Be Said: The dismantling of the world as we knew it
Stuart Hall Foundation Presents:
Things That Can and Cannot Be Said: The dismantling of the world as we knew it
As we endure an unprecedented global pandemic, governmental inaction in response to the climate crisis, and the intensification of authoritarian practices across the global north and south alike, Arundhati Roy will reflect on how we have arrived at this conjuncture and what might come next.
In person | Virtual event
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![Laugh for the Climate: The Flight Free UK Big Comedy Fundraiser]()
Laugh for the Climate: The Flight Free UK Big Comedy Fundraiser
Flight Free UK Presents:
Laugh for the Climate: The Flight Free UK Big Comedy Fundraiser
Flight Free UK present a line-up of fantastic comics and music for your entertainment, including Sunil Patel, Annie McGrath, Tom Ward and earth-pop duo Berne. This event is the grand finale of their annual fundraising month, and it's your chance to have a fantastic night out while supporting a very worthy cause.
In person | Virtual event
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![Leonard Salzedo Celebration Concert]()
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![Swingday Assembly]()
Swingday Assembly
Sunday Assembly London Presents:
Swingday Assembly
Get back into the swing of things this autumn with a swing dance party hosted by Sunday Assembly London! Enjoy a performance followed by a dance lesson. After that it'll be a full-on dance party with a DJ playing the latest electro swing hits.
In person | No Option
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![Bloody Funny]()
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![Language courses in Spanish, Italian, French, Brazilian-Portuguese and German]()
Lingua Diversa:
Language courses in Spanish, Italian, French, Brazilian-Portuguese and GermanLingua Diversa:
Language courses in Spanish, Italian, French, Brazilian-Portuguese and GermanLingua Diversa Group was founded by Esther and Lucio in 2002. They run lunchtime and evening courses from beginner to advanced level in: Spanish, Italian, French, German and Brazilian-Portuguese. The next term of group language courses runs for 12 weeks from 19 September to 9 December.
Conway Hall | No Option
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![Queens of the Underworld: A Journey into the History of Female Crooks]()
Ethical Matters:
Queens of the Underworld: A Journey into the History of Female CrooksConway Hall Ethical Society Presents:
Ethical Matters:
Queens of the Underworld: A Journey into the History of Female CrooksTrue crime stories have never been more popular but where are their female equivalents to Ronnie Biggs and the Krays? Caitlin Davies reveals the incredible story of female crooks from the seventeenth century to the present.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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![This Technicoloured Life]()
This Technicoloured Life
Sunday Assembly London Presents:
This Technicoloured Life
Cookbook author-turned-Outsider artist Sue Kreitzman will talk about her love of self-expression through clothing and her involvement with the Colour Walk community- a group of people who meet monthly to wear colourful clothing together. We invite you to dress up in your most vibrant threads and wearable art for the occasion!
In person | Virtual event
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![Open House Festival]()
Open House Festival
Conway Hall Ethical Society Presents:
Open House Festival
Explore our Grade II listed building, featuring both Art Deco and Arts and Crafts styles. Experience the Main Hall’s sublime acoustics, home to Europe’s longest-running Cham-ber music series; delve into the Library and Archives; and learn how Conway Hall makes ethics matter today.
Conway Hall | No Option
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![Conway Hall Library Tour]()
Antiuniversity Festival 2022:
Conway Hall Library TourAntiuniversity Now Presents:
Antiuniversity Festival 2022:
Conway Hall Library TourJoin Conway Hall's Librarian, Olwen Terris, for an introduction to Conway Hall's Library, including a special pop-up display of rarely-seen printed anarchist materials for discussion and debate.
Library | No Option
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![Create Communities, Not Cults]()
Create Communities, Not Cults
Sunday Assembly London Presents:
Create Communities, Not Cults
Author Matthew McNaught will share his own spiritual journey as described in his essay "Immanuel" and explore the ways in which communities that start with the best intentions are often plagued by tyranny and corruption. But it won’t be all fire and brimstone, we’ll also have sing-along pop and rock tunes!
In person | Virtual event
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![Interesting Conference 2022]()
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![MEANTIME: In Conversation with Frankie Boyle]()
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![Michael Connelly in Conversation]()
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![The Film Fair]()
The Film Fair
Midnight Media Presents:
The Film Fair
Film Fans and collectors should head to The Film Fair with a selection of quality stands loaded with film memorabilia, merchandise, autographs & Star Guest signing. Our Star Guest is Caroline Munro (Hammer Horror & James Bond - host on Talking Pictures TV/The Cellar Club).
In person | No Option
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![Expansion Rebellion – Stop the Third Runway, Save the World]()
Thinking On Sunday:
Expansion Rebellion – Stop the Third Runway, Save the WorldConway Hall Ethical Society Presents:
Thinking On Sunday:
Expansion Rebellion – Stop the Third Runway, Save the WorldThis is a story of hope in the face of widespread consternation over the global climate crisis. Celeste Hicks traces the dramatic story of how campaigning lawyers prepared the case to stop Heathrow Airport’s third runway.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
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![COLOSSEUM]()
COLOSSEUM
Colosseum Wrestling Presents:
COLOSSEUM
The arena rumbles with anticipation. The combatants await their fates. Destinies will be forged in combat. Witness a compelling, emotionally-driven professional wrestling extravaganza as it delves into the past to recover its roots and bring this ancient tradition back to form.
In person | No Option
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