Stories of Song
As part of Bloomsbury Festival, we’re thrilled to welcome two exceptional singers, Miki Berenyi and David McAlmont, to reflect on their love of music, songwriting and experience of navigating their industry as artists, hosted by Holly Elson, our Head of Programmes. In an evening filled with live performance and conversation about their songs, influences, passions and lives as […]
Secular Celebration: Then and Now
Since the nineteenth century, groups associated with Conway Hall have held secular ceremonies to mark births, deaths, and marriages. Join researcher Dr Clare Stainthorp and the Library and Archives team at Conway Hall to discover how people have celebrated life events outside of religious traditions, in Victorian times and today. Drawing upon nineteenth-century anthologies of […]
Sing Like A Vagabond: Cries and Songs from the Streets of Victorian London
Historian Oskar Jensen and acclaimed singer of forgotten songs Patricia Hammond combine for an interactive evening’s entertainment, exploring what it meant to sing on the streets of Victorian London. Come and discover the art and adventures of the city’s ballad-singers, and the hidden musical histories their stories reveal – from grisly deaths and executions, to […]
Free To Speak: Protest and Survive
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 seeks to criminalise “serious annoyance”, increase police powers to restrict protests, and give the Home Secretary discretion over what types of protests are allowed. The Act also brings in conditions that makes effective protest illegal. Protest is an essential democratic right that cannot be lost. Conway Hall […]
Language courses in Spanish, Italian, French, Brazilian-Portuguese and German
Lingua 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 will start in the week beginning 19 September and last for 12 consecutive weeks until week ending 09 December 2022. […]
Do I Have A Normal Mind?
Before the nineteenth century, the term ‘normal’ was rarely associated with human behaviour. Normal was a term used in maths, for right angles. But from the 1830s, this strange branch of science really took off across Europe and North America, with a proliferation of IQ tests, sex studies, body measurements and even a UK beauty […]
Conway Hall Library Tour
The Antiuniversity comes to Conway Hall for a weekend of workshops, talks and tours. Free for all to access, the weekend of activities will inspire radical thinking, learning and collaboration. Since 1886, Conway Hall Humanist Library and Archives has been a haven for the radicals, political and social reformers and freethinkers who dared to dream […]
Queens of the Underworld: A Journey into the History of Female Crooks
Popular culture is littered with famous criminal men – from Robin Hood and Dick Turpin to Ronnie Biggs and the Kray brothers, they’ve become folk heroes, glamorized and romanticized, even when they killed. But what about all the criminal women? Where are the highwaywomen and jewel thieves, the bank robbers and gold smugglers, the motor […]
The Film Fair
Film Fans and collectors should head to The Film Fair at Conway Hall with a selection of quality stands loaded with film memorabilia, merchandise and collectables – Classics, Horror, Sci-fi, Cult – DVD – Blu-ray – VHS – Magazines – Books – Posters – Stills – Postcards – Cards – T Shirts – Autographs & Star […]