Humanly Possible: 700 Years of Humanist Freethinking, Enquiry, and Hope
If you are reading this, it’s likely you already have some affinity with humanism, even if you don’t think of yourself in those terms. You may be drawn to literature and the humanities. You may prefer to base your moral choices on fellow-feeling and responsibility to others rather than on religious commandments. Or you may […]
The Big Con – How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Economies and Harms Democracy
Mariana Mazzucato is no ordinary economist. Author of 3 blockbuster books, winner of the Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought, and heralded as one of the ‘3 most important thinkers about innovation’ (New Republic), ‘one of the 50 most creative people in business’ (Fast Company), and one of the ‘25 leaders shaping […]
Vex King – Get Closer to Love
Are you ready to experience true, unconditional love? Modern relationships are more complex than ever, and our approach to love often comes from a place of lack – but Vex King argues that the purest love is built on self-love. The bestselling author of Good Vibes, Good Life has become an icon of compassion, inspiring […]
Mervyn King Meets Martin Wolf
We are living in an age when economic failings have shaken faith in global capitalism. Political failings have undermined trust in liberal democracy and in the very notion of truth. The ties that ought to bind open markets to free and fair elections are being strained and rejected, even in democracy’s notional heartlands. Some now […]
A Sunday for Science
Sunday Assembly presents, A Sunday for Science. Our assembly this week will feature science themed talks, poetry and live music from our Sunday Assembly house band. Stick around after the assembly for tea, coffee and cake!
Blowing Hot and Cold
There’s more to a fridge than meets the eye. Sunday assembler Phil Wiles loves talking to people about how the world works and what makes us human. He also likes drinking large quantities of coffee. Phil will be combining these super likes to tell us how fridges changed what we eat, what diseases we get […]
Film Screening: “Oh Jeremy Corbyn – The Big Lie”
The first UK screening of the documentary film “Oh Jeremy Corbyn — The Big Lie”. In 2017 Britain came close to electing the most left-wing prime minister it ever had. But within three years the Corbyn project had apparently fallen apart. What happened? This film talks to people who were at the heart of events […]
The Speed of Life: A Deep Time Perspective
The Darwin Day Lecture 2023 features Professor Anjali Goswami – President of the Linnean Society and Principal Investigator at the Natural History Museum’s Goswami Lab – and Professor Alice Roberts. Why is evolution seemingly a story of fits and starts, with long periods of relative stability interrupted by rapid transitions? What allows some species to survive […]
The Clements Prize for Composers 2023
This November, The Clements Prize returns to Conway Hall, celebrating the brightest and best young composers in our biannual competition. The 2023 edition of The Clements Prize for Composers calls for new works for piano trio. Compositions selected for the final will be performed by the Fidelio Trio in this concert, before a distinguished panel […]