What Is Assisted Dying? With Lesley Close
Central London Humanists (CLH) are pleased to welcome Lesley Close as she explains what assisted dying is and why should the law be changed to permit it. The event will take place at the Conway Hall on June 15, 2022, from 7 pm to 9 pm. In 2003, Lesley Close’s brother John became the seventh […]
I Contain Multitudes
Join us at Conway Hall for an evening of poetry and prose, as we delve into the world and works of Walt Whitman, America’s ‘poet of democracy’. Author of the revolutionary Song of Myself and considered by some to be America’s first gay icon, Whitman’s radical vision of democracy and universal themes of equality, comradeship and love […]
Do Right and Fear No One: Birmingham Bombings to Grenfell
Inspired from a young age to help the marginalised and voiceless, Leslie Thomas QC has dedicated his career to fighting for the underdog and holding the State to account. His book Do Right and Fear No One is an intimate and personal record of some of the most significant, controversial and disturbing legal cases of […]
Overruled: Confronting Our Vanishing Democracy in 8 Cases
When the Prime Minister illegally prorogued Parliament, barrister Sam Fowles was part of the team that took him to court, and won. The scenes of the police violently restraining women at a vigil for Sarah Everard shook the nation. In a high-profile parliamentary inquiry, Fowles proved the Met’s actions fundamentally breached our right to protest. […]
Leonard Salzedo Celebration Concert
This concert will take you on a trip from the Open University via a Lotus Eater and a Tango to the Sephardic Jews of 15th Century Spain. Leonard Salzedo, born on 24 September 1921, was a prolific composer who drew on his experience as an orchestral player and conductor and his Spanish/Jewish ancestry. The Divertimento […]
Queer Britain
Our main speaker, Dan Vo, is an award-winning LGBTQ+ tour coordinator and museum consultant. As the marketing manager for the new Queer Britain Museum, the UK’s first LGBTQ+ museum, he will talk to us about why it’s so important to have a place where people can go to learn about the history of queer culture. […]
How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch
Thanks to some pesky particles, we had to cancel our final assembly of 2021. But the good news is that we were able to reschedule our speaker from that assembly, particle physicist Harry Cliff, for our 5th of June Jubilations! While exploring the history of time (very briefly) starting from a fraction of a second […]
Muriel Chemin – Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Muriel Chemin presents two sonatas, Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2, No. 3 and Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, the ‘Waldstein’, to celebrate the publication of her box set of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas on Odradek Records. She performs them with a rare rigour and authority combined with a signature […]
Charged – How the Police Try to Suppress Protest
As the UK government tries to suppress all forms of dissent, in their pursuit of more control, how do the police manage crowds, provoke violence and even break the law? Since the 1980s under successive governments the police have been allowed to suppress protests, using aggressive tactics — from batons to horse charges to kettling. […]