7th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation with Isaac Julien
The Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation is the Stuart Hall Foundation’s yearly moment to pause and reflect, inviting audiences to engage with the work of artists and thinkers in dialogue with political, cultural and social change. For the 7th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation, acclaimed filmmaker and installation artist Isaac Julien is invited to respond […]
Daudi Matsiko & Anna Mieke
Conway Hall is delighted to present Daudi Matsiko & Anna Mieke in a double headliner Folk Unplugged. Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Ugandan singer-songwriter and guitarist Daudi Matsiko carefully crafts modern albeit reverent folk. Deft, melancholic picking reminiscent of Nick Drake is tempered by contemporary percussion and instrumentation, and Matsiko’s vocals derive their […]
Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow with Hannah Scott
Conway Hall opens its Folk Unplugged Spring Season with dynamic duo Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow, support by singer-songwriter Hannah Scott. Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow create joyous and virtuosic music that not only tugs at the heart-strings but also gets you up on your feet. AmericanaUK writes, “how such a complete and sensational sound […]
The Road: A Story of Romans
For two thousand years, the roads the Romans built have determined the flow of ideas and folktales, where battles were fought and where pilgrims trod. Almost everyone in Britain lives close to a Roman road, if only we knew where to look. In the beginning was Watling Street, the first road scored on the land […]
The Secret History of Female Sleuths
Female private eyes have long been a staple of popular culture – from plucky Victorian ladies to ‘busy body spinsters’ and fearless modern investigators. But what about the real women detectives? What crimes did they solve? Where are their stories? Dismissed as ‘Mrs’ Sherlock Holmes or amateurish Miss Marples, mocked as private dicks or honey […]
Why Women Grow: Radical Gardening and Growth
As the ground warms and the outside world stirs, Ethical Matters looks to the relationship between women, their gardens and discuss the desires of women to work the earth, even when it was frowned upon. Authors Fiona Davidson and Alice Vincent share women’s stories of gardening and growth. While working as Head of Libraries and […]
Who Owns the Moon?
Does history give us confidence that humankind’s rapidly approaching commercial exploitation and perhaps colonisation of the moon and Mars will be peaceful and constructive, instead of a further reason for conflict, trouble and wars? If we look at the precedents – at humanity’s ‘common inheritance’ of such places as the Antarctic and the world’s oceans […]
The Passengers: an Oral History of Now
Between October 2018 and March 2021, Will Ashon collected voices – people talking about their lives, needs, dreams, loves, hopes and fears – all of them with some connection to the British Isles. He used a range of methods including letters sent to random addresses, hitchhiking, referrals from strangers and so on. He conducted the […]
*CANCELLED* Marginalised Loves: An Intimate History of the Last Century
*This event has unfortunately been cancelled due to a medical emergency. All ticketholders will be automatically refunded.*