Open Your Mind
This statement might ruffle some feathers: sometimes our elected officials don’t know what’s best for us. After half a century of governments around the world blocking research into the benefits of psychedelics, we are finally seeing a shift in the mainstream narrative, and the results of the studies that have been conducted over the past […]
Salomon Orchestra Winter Concert
Angels, entombment, temptation, drama, tension, pastoral, and triumph – this concert has it all! The Salomon Orchestra will be taking you on a German symphonic journey with two pieces both premiered in Austria that run the gamut of emotions. A fitting programme for our first post-Covid19 performance, we invite you to join us in the […]
System Change, Not Climate Change – What After COP26?
Central London Humanists (CLH) are pleased to welcome Chaitanya Kumar, Head of Environment and Green Transition at the New Economics Foundation, who will talk about the promises made at COP26 and the challenges that lie ahead. If COP26 fired the starting gun, what should a race to global decarbonisation look like and who might the […]
Thinking On Sunday: God – An Anatomy
Three thousand years ago, in the Southwest Asian lands we now call Israel and Palestine, a group of people worshipped a complex pantheon of deities, led by a father god called El. El had seventy children, who were gods in their own right. One of them was a minor storm deity, known as Yahweh. Yahweh […]
The Beauty of Struggle
When the going gets tough most of us try to get out of it as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, sometimes, we just can’t. We’re stuck. But what if we can find beauty in the mess? Grace Marshall, award-winning writer and coach on productivity, has overcome her own struggles to give others the tools they need […]
Thinking On Sunday: How Britain Enriched the Few and Failed the Poor – A 200-Year History
Stewart Lansley reveals how Britain’s model of ‘extractive capitalism’ – with a small elite securing an excessive slice of the economic cake – has created a two-century-long ‘high-inequality, high-poverty’ cycle, one broken for only a brief period after the Second World War. Why, he asks, are rich and poor citizens judged by very different standards? […]
State of the Browser 2021
Welcome to the ninth edition of State of the Browser, a yearly conference organised by London Web Standards. A one-day, single-track conference with widely varying talks about the modern web, accessibility, web standards and more. The Speaker line-up includes: • Rachel Andrew, ‘CSS Layout from the Inside Out’ • Amber Case, ‘The Future of Web […]
Swing Street Ball Halloween Special
After a slight pause last year, Swing Street Ball returns to Conway Hall for their Halloween Special, with the wonderful Palace Avenue Swing, featuring the ever-popular Louise Messenger, plus top DJ Baroness Jo Jo and many surprises. Doors open 7.30pm, short warm-up class (no partner required), DJ music, then band goes on about 9pm. Well-stocked bar, large balcony […]
The Subject/Object 2: Exercising Power
** This event will be held with an in-person audience at Conway Hall *AND* online, via Zoom. Everyone wishing to join this event must register for a ticket in advance, using the “Book Now” link ** A live episode the Talking Politics podcast, discussing the politics of the Tudor court, revolutionary France, royal bodies and more, […]