Into the Uncanny
*Please note that everyone wishing to join this event must register for a ticket in advance. Tickets will not be available to purchase on the door.* ‘The ghosts of today don’t live in castles or stately homes, they’re in normal houses and workplaces, witnessed by people just like you and me. But are they the […]
Cannibal Error: A Social History of the ‘Video Nasty’.
Moral panic, myth, and the macabre: Video nasties in the 1980s and beyond. When the widespread introduction of the VHS cassette changed the face of home entertainment in the early 1980s, it wasn’t long before video rental store shelves were filled with lurid tapes promising orgies of sex, violence, and terror. In this talk, authors […]
Divination Day: Astrology, Tarot, Tomorrow and Us
When the future is uncertain, people often turn to occult and cosmic guidance through methods such as astrology, Tarot cards, phrenology, and other forms of truth-seeking. Join the London Fortean Society for an in-depth exploration of predicting the future through magic and not-quite-science. Confirmed Talks: Kelly-Ann Maddox – Tarot for the Real-World Mystic Tarot is […]
Life, Death and the Human Art of Undertaking
Ru Callender writes in his acclaimed book What Remains? Life, Death and the Human Art of Undertaking that he wanted to become an undertaker in order to offer people a more honest experience than the stilted formality of traditional ‘Victorian’ funerals. Driven by raw emotion and the unresolved grief, Ru brought an outsider, ‘DIY’ ethos […]
Doers, Dreamers, Place Makers: A Virtual Visit to Conway Hall
For nearly a century, Conway Hall’s doors have been thrown open to freethinkers and creatives of all kinds—hosting debates, discussions, performances and meetings for a dizzying array of doers and dreamers. This is a living history of challenging the status quo, and of creating space—physical and metaphorical—to foster community and fight for change. Join Conway […]
Smoke Hole: Ancient Myths for Modern Times with Martin Shaw
Celebrated mythologist, author and wilderness guide Dr Martin Shaw invites us to use ancient stories to help find ‘a commons for the imagination, a place to breathe deeper, feel steadier and become acquainted with rapture.’ For the paperback release of his new book Smoke Hole, Martin will dive into some of his favourite myths, showing […]
Brompton Quartet & Simon Callaghan + Pre-Concert Recital
Winner of the St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Music Competition in 2019 and the Royal College of Music String Quartet Competition in 2022, the Brompton Quartet is known for its engaging and dynamic performances. Recent highlights include debuts at Wigmore Hall and Turner Sims Southampton, an appearance on BBC Radio 3 ‘In Tune’ with Lawrence Power, and […]
Heath Quartet & Ben Goldscheider
The Heath Quartet formed in 2002 at the Royal Northern College of Music. They were selected for representation by YCAT, won the 2008 TROMP competition, and the 2012 Ensemble Prize at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where they are now regular visitors. In 2016 they won the GRAMOPHONE Chamber Award for their recording of the Tippett quartets, […]
Zoffany Ensemble
For their welcome return to Conway Hall, the Zoffany Ensemble present a veritable feast of repertoire from the second half of the nineteenth century. Adolphe Blanc’s 1861 Septet, composed for the same instruments as Beethoven’s much better-known Op.20, is flanked by a colourful arrangement of Strauss’s tone poem and a rare opportunity to hear the […]