Talks in London at Conway Hall

Intelligence Squared: Plot Twist: An Evening with Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy
Conway HallWC1R
Until 30 Sept
Talk
Join Harlan Coben live to learn how to write a bestselling thriller, and why self-doubt, hubris, contradiction, passion and dedication all become part of the process.
Tickets

Intelligence Squared: Plot Twist: An Evening with Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy
Conway HallWC1R
Until 30 Sept
Talk
Join Harlan Coben live to learn how to write a bestselling thriller, and why self-doubt, hubris, contradiction, passion and dedication all become part of the process.
Tickets

Intelligence Squared: Plot Twist: An Evening with Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy
Conway HallWC1R
Until 30 Sept
Talk
Join Harlan Coben live to learn how to write a bestselling thriller, and why self-doubt, hubris, contradiction, passion and dedication all become part of the process.
Tickets

Intelligence Squared: Plot Twist: An Evening with Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy
Conway HallWC1R
Until 30 Sept
Talk
Join Harlan Coben live to learn how to write a bestselling thriller, and why self-doubt, hubris, contradiction, passion and dedication all become part of the process.
Tickets

Ethical Matters: Bringing It Home
Conway HallWC1R
Sun 27 Sept15:00
Talk · 120m
Artist Jayne Murray explores the legacy of artists who have connected their practice with social concerns, and used their voice to disrupt the status quo - to challenge the…
Tickets

Also open

Exhibitions and runs on this day

Intelligence Squared: Plot Twist: An Evening with Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy
Conway HallWC1R
Until 30 Sept
Talk
Join Harlan Coben live to learn how to write a bestselling thriller, and why self-doubt, hubris, contradiction, passion and dedication all become part of the process.
Tickets

Intelligence Squared: Plot Twist: An Evening with Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy
Conway HallWC1R
Until 30 Sept
Talk
Join Harlan Coben live to learn how to write a bestselling thriller, and why self-doubt, hubris, contradiction, passion and dedication all become part of the process.
Tickets

Intelligence Squared: Plot Twist: An Evening with Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy
Conway HallWC1R
Until 30 Sept
Talk
Join Harlan Coben live to learn how to write a bestselling thriller, and why self-doubt, hubris, contradiction, passion and dedication all become part of the process.
Tickets

Intelligence Squared: Plot Twist: An Evening with Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy
Conway HallWC1R
Until 30 Sept
Talk
Join Harlan Coben live to learn how to write a bestselling thriller, and why self-doubt, hubris, contradiction, passion and dedication all become part of the process.
Tickets

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

Intelligence Squared: An Evening with Katherine Rundell
Conway HallWC1R
Wed 7 Oct19:30
Talk · 90m
This autumn, author Katherine Rundell joins Intelligence Squared live on stage at Conway Hall to discuss a new menagerie of spectacular creatures.
Tickets

Also open

Exhibitions and runs on this day

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

Intelligence Squared: Unveiling Vermeer: The Man and his Masterpieces, with Andrew Graham-Dixon
Conway HallWC1R
Thu 8 Oct19:30
Talk · 90m
Join art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon at Conway Hall for a repainting of Vermeer.
Tickets

Also open

Exhibitions and runs on this day

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

5x15: Inside the World of The Beatles, with Gary Kemp, Simon Halfon & Tom Holland
Conway HallWC1R
Tue 13 Oct19:00
Talk · 90m
Musician Gary Kemp and filmmaker Simon Halfon explore the extraordinary world of The Beatles, in conversation with historian Tom Holland .
Tickets

Also open

Exhibitions and runs on this day

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

5x15: Can We Reclaim Childhood from Big Tech?: Beeban Kidron & Sandi Toksvig
Conway HallWC1R
Wed 14 Oct19:00
Talk · 90m
Filmmaker and campaigner Baroness Beeban Kidron is in conversation with writer, broadcaster and comedian Sandi Toksvig about technology.
Tickets

Also open

Exhibitions and runs on this day

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

Electric Voice Theatre: The Peaceful Crystallographer – and Other Songs
Conway HallWC1R
Thu 15 Oct18:30
Talk · 120m
Join Electric Voice Theatre at Conway Hall, with UCL scientists and singers, for a performance and conversation celebrating crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale - the first female…
Tickets

Also open

Exhibitions and runs on this day

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

Ethical Matters: Creating Beyond the Mainstream
Conway HallWC1R
Sun 18 Oct15:00
Talk · 90m
In this Ethical Matters talk, novelist & screenwriter Courttia Newland reflects on what it means to be an artist operating in the margins, creating art beyond the mainstream.
Tickets

Also open

Exhibitions and runs on this day

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers
Conway HallWC1R
Until 23 Oct
Talk
Life’s most difficult, existential questions often make us feel alone. And yet many of the anxieties, disappointments, and uncertainties in our lives are universal. Jack Maden…
Tickets

Ethical Matters: Ghibli and Goodness
Conway HallWC1R
Wed 28 Oct18:30
Talk · 90m
From Laputa: Castle in the Sky , via Princess Mononoke to Grave of the Fireflies and Pom Poko , Studio Ghibli tells tales of the horrors of conflict, the destruction of nature and…
Tickets

Thinking in Frames: Can Fear be Moral?
Conway HallWC1R
Fri 30 Oct18:30
Talk · 120m
What can horror teach us about morality? Join us at Conway Hall for a screening of Robert Wiene’s landmark German horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) for a deep dive…
Tickets

Touch Paper: Launching a News Club Network
Conway HallWC1R
Wed 4 Nov18:30
Talk · 180m
Join Media Revolution and Conway Hall Ethical Society as we launch a News Club Network . Keynote speaker Gail Bradbrook , Founder of Extinction Rebellion , will lead an expert…
Tickets

Conway Hall News Club
Conway HallWC1R
Sat 7 Nov14:00
Talk · 90m
Join Media Revolution and Conway Hall Ethical Society as we host our first Conway Hall News Club . News Clubs make media consumption a conscientious, collective, empowering…
Tickets

Ethical Matters: Why Pubs Matter
Conway HallWC1R
Wed 18 Nov18:30
Talk · 90m
Pubs are an essential part of British culture in all its forms - they grow the social roots for communities and provide safe spaces for groups and gatherings. Join sociologist…
Tickets

London Fortean Society: The Haunted Landscape: Magic, Fairies and Old Gods
Conway HallWC1R
Sat 21 Nov10:00
Talk · 420m
This year, The Haunted Landscape , our annual folklore all-dayer, delves into the realms of magic fairies and old gods. We will entertain the Great God Pan with Professor Ronald…
Tickets

UnMasked: Neurodiversity and Performance
Conway HallWC1R
Thu 26 Nov18:30
Talk · 90m
Neurodivergent people create and perform. It could be our over-active minds, a need to carve out our own niche in the world, or a need to express ourselves in a world that doesn’t…
Tickets

Ethical Matters: AI and Online Disinformation
Conway HallWC1R
Sun 29 Nov15:00
Talk · 90m
Our social media feeds have been increasingly cannibalised by slop: low-quality content generated using AI text, image and video tools. Reporter Niamh McIntyre explores what it…
Tickets

Climate Opera Haus: The Golden Fountain
Conway HallWC1R
Sat 5 Dec19:30
Talk · 120m
Conway Hall presents the UK premiere of The Golden Fountain – a new Climate Opera by composer and pianist Stefania Passamonte , inspired by Arabian mythology, desert folklore, and…
Tickets

Electric Voice Theatre: Winter Carols by Candlelight
Conway HallWC1R
Thu 10 Dec19:00
Talk · 120m
Join us for a festive feast of carols new and old in the candlelit chambers of historic Conway Hall. Raise your voices with the splendid singers of Electric Voice Theatre , and…
Tickets

Sunday Concerts: Ryelandt Trio
Conway HallWC1R
Sun 13 Dec18:30
Talk · 120m
The Ryelandt Trio close our Autumn Season in a programme which will blend Belgian rarities with beloved classics.
Tickets

What's worth attending this week

Today

Intelligence Squared: Plot Twist: An Evening with Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy

Tomorrow

Intelligence Squared: Plot Twist: An Evening with Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy

Fri 25 Sept

Intelligence Squared: Plot Twist: An Evening with Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy

Sat 26 Sept

Intelligence Squared: Plot Twist: An Evening with Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy

Sun 27 Sept

Ethical Matters: Bringing It Home

Intelligence Squared: Plot Twist: An Evening with Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy

Mon 28 Sept

Intelligence Squared: Plot Twist: An Evening with Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy

Tue 29 Sept

Intelligence Squared: Plot Twist: An Evening with Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy

Wed 30 Sept

Intelligence Squared: Plot Twist: An Evening with Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy

Sun 4 Oct

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Mon 5 Oct

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Tue 6 Oct

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Wed 7 Oct

Intelligence Squared: An Evening with Katherine Rundell

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Thu 8 Oct

Intelligence Squared: Unveiling Vermeer: The Man and his Masterpieces, with Andrew Graham-Dixon

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Fri 9 Oct

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Sat 10 Oct

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Sun 11 Oct

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Mon 12 Oct

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Tue 13 Oct

5x15: Inside the World of The Beatles, with Gary Kemp, Simon Halfon & Tom Holland

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Wed 14 Oct

5x15: Can We Reclaim Childhood from Big Tech?: Beeban Kidron & Sandi Toksvig

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Thu 15 Oct

Electric Voice Theatre: The Peaceful Crystallographer – and Other Songs

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Fri 16 Oct

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Sat 17 Oct

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Sun 18 Oct

Ethical Matters: Creating Beyond the Mainstream

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Mon 19 Oct

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Tue 20 Oct

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Wed 21 Oct

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Thu 22 Oct

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Fri 23 Oct

Ethical Matters: Life Lessons from Big Thinkers

Wed 28 Oct

Ethical Matters: Ghibli and Goodness

Fri 30 Oct

Thinking in Frames: Can Fear be Moral?

Wed 4 Nov

Touch Paper: Launching a News Club Network

Sat 7 Nov

Conway Hall News Club

Wed 18 Nov

Ethical Matters: Why Pubs Matter

Sat 21 Nov

London Fortean Society: The Haunted Landscape: Magic, Fairies and Old Gods

Thu 26 Nov

UnMasked: Neurodiversity and Performance

Sun 29 Nov

Ethical Matters: AI and Online Disinformation