The Cosmic Dance: Finding Patterns and Pathways in a Chaotic Universe
A visual journey from the minute to the infinite, exploring the relationships and harmonies between all parts of the universe and inspiring personal contemplation regarding our own place within it. 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 […]
Thirteen with Screen Queens
Feminist film critics Screen Queens team up with Conway Hall for a screening of the teen cult classic, Thirteen, by Catherine Harwicke and Nikki Reed. In Hardwicke’s award-winning directorial debut, honor student Tracy Freeland (Evan Rachel Wood) has a troubling home life, but she is close to her mother, Melanie (Holly Hunter). While trying to […]
What’s in a Doughnut Hole? (And Other Philosophical Food for Thought)
Does a doughnut hole exist? What makes a sandwich a sandwich? Can the baker, who only bakes for those who don’t bake for themselves, bake for herself? Using food to explore classic philosophical puzzles and paradoxes about how we know things, abstract ideas about our world, language and about how we define the truth, this […]
Bad Data
**In-person tickets are now SOLD OUT for this event, but there are still online tickets available** Our politicians make vital decisions and declarations every day that rely on official data. But should all statistics be trusted? In her book Bad Data, House of Commons Library statistician Georgina Sturge draws back the curtain on how governments […]
Museums That Make A Difference
Museums are a focal point of our learning and heritage, often built during the British Empire and occasionally displaying looted heritage from other nations. It’s not always like that though, some museums overly work to make us question how we see the world and what needs to change. For this conversation we welcome representatives from […]
Nomad Century: How to Survive the Climate Upheaval
We are facing a species emergency. With every degree of temperature rise, a billion people will be displaced from the zone in which humans have lived for thousands of years. While we must do everything we can to mitigate the impact of climate change, the brutal truth is that huge swathes of the world are […]
Laugh for the Climate: The Flight Free UK Big Comedy Fundraiser
Flight Free UK present a line-up of fantastic comics for your entertainment. Sunil Patel, Annie McGrath, Tom Ward, Kerry Godliman, Tom Mayhew, Jenny Bede and Ken Cheng will take to the stage for a night of zany, irreverent and climate-conscious comedy. They will also be joined by the fantastic earth-pop duo Berne to round the […]
Open House Festival
Discover Conway Hall in a series of exclusive tours for Open House London. Director of Music Simon Callaghan will introduce the sublime acoustics of the Main Hall – home to Europe’s longest-running chamber music series. Discover the Library and Archives with Librarian Olwen Terris, and explore the home of the UK’s most comprehensive humanist archival […]
Swingday Assembly
Get back into the swing of things this autumn with a swing dance party hosted by Sunday Assembly London! We’ve invited a few of our dance friends to show us what they’ve got in a short performance, followed by a dance lesson in which they’ll teach us some of their smoothest moves. After that it’ll […]