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A few tickets still available! Don’t miss this sparkling evening of chamber music in our beautiful Library - this Friday ✨

🥂 Enjoy a glass of fizz & Schubert’s String Quintet in an intimate, historic setting.

🎟️ Support live chamber music - book now: https://bit.ly/3JSutjq

We've got something for everyone this week at Conway Hall.

🎶 Fundraising Concert with Quartet Concrète & Bartholomew LaFollette
🎨 Community in Print: A Practical Introduction to Zine-Making
📚 Ethical Matters: Reading Between the Lines of the Regency Novel
🎶 Sunday Concerts: Accio Trio

Fundraising Concert with Quartet Concrète & Bartholomew LaFollette - Conway Hall This special fundraising concert brings together many elements that make our cherished Sunday Concerts series so beloved. Schubert’s String Quintet, completed in 1828 just two months before the composer’s untimely death at the age of 31, is undoubtedly one of the pinnacles of the chamber music repertoire. Quartet Concrète formed at…

✨🎻 Join us in our beautiful Library for Schubert's String Quartet & a glass of fizz 🥂

All proceeds help keep world-class chamber music accessible to everyone & support emerging musicians 💛

📅 Friday 28 November
🥂 6:30pm Drinks | 🎶 7:00pm Concert
🎟️ https://bit.ly/3JSutjq

Fundraising Concert with Quartet Concrète & Bartholomew LaFollette - Conway Hall This special fundraising concert brings together many elements that make our cherished Sunday Concerts series so beloved. Schubert’s String Quintet, completed in 1828 just two months before the composer’s untimely death at the age of 31, is undoubtedly one of the pinnacles of the chamber music repertoire. Quartet Concrète formed at…

Not a usual concert… Join us in our historic Library on Fri 28 Nov for an evening of chamber music & fizz 🥂

🎻 Schubert’s String Quintet | Quartet Concrète & Bartholomew LaFollette.

🎶 All proceeds support accessible, world-class chamber music.

Tickets on sale now 🎟️ 👉 https://bit.ly/47rYZZc

Huge social changes occurring in real time are leading us to rethink traditional roles.

Join us this Sunday as science journalist Melissa Hogenboom reveals how pursuing and maintaining power is a key part of every human interaction.

📅 Sunday 2 November
🕒 3pm
🎟️ https://bit.ly/3LcxLyt

A sneak preview ahead of the Clements Prize ‘mini-competition’, with works performed by pianists Markus Sadler and Ruiqi Fang. 🎶

📅 Sunday 2 November
📍 Conway Hall
🎟️ https://bit.ly/3J1vBB7

Conway Hall | Lessons from a Real-Life RomcomLessons from a Real-Life Romcom - Conway Hall

🚨 POSTPONED EVENT 🚨

We apologise but due to unforeseen circumstances, tonight's Ethical Matters: Lessons from a Real-Life Romcom has been postponed until Wednesday 10 December at 6.30pm.

Tickets for the rescheduled event on sale now 🎟️ bit.ly/3L9VK1d

Lessons from a Real-Life Romcom - Conway Hall For years, the romcom has been defined by its reinforcement of patriarchal notions of love and relationships, and regressive depictions of female identity. At its centre is a belief that our societal order is in jeopardy unless you’re content and in a relationship. But the joy of the romcom, for…

Join us tomorrow for our Ethical Matters: Lessons from a Real-Life Romcom talk with author and journalist Lizzie Frainier as she asks whether romcoms can prepare us for the good, the bad and the disconcerting of navigating relationships today 🎬 💖

📅 Wed 29 Oct
🕡 6.30pm
🎟️ https://bit.ly/3L9VK1d

Find out what's happening this week at Conway Hall.

🧠 Intelligence Squared: How Philosophy Explains Our World
🎬 Ethical Matters: Lessons from a Real-Life Romcom
🎶 Sunday Concerts: The Clements Prize for Composers
💸 Ethical Matters: Changing Power Imbalances at Home

Tickets on sale now 🎟️

We are at the Small Publishers Fair @conwayhall.bsky.social all day today! We’re here till 7pm, with freshly printed copies of Issue 17 on sale and special show offers too - so if you’re in London come and say hi @smallpublishers.bsky.social

A sneak preview of the Adderbury Ensemble, who will be performing Beethoven's String Quartet Op127 alongside works from Dvořák and the Danish String Quartet this Sunday at Conway Hall.

📅 Oct 5 from 6.30PM
🎟️ Learn more and book now: https://loom.ly/zw2K5cQ

The Regency Quartet make their Conway Hall debut with Mozart, Tippett & Ravel 🎶 Formed in 2021, the quartet unites musicians from London’s leading conservatoires. Here’s a snippet from their recent performance of Bartók’s String Quartet No.2.

📅 Oct 26—6.30PM
🎟️ Book now: https://loom.ly/ki1UCso

Who are the migrants? Do they steal our jobs? Are open borders desirable? Through empirical research including original surveys and interviews, Leila Simona Talani and Matilde Rosina suggest new thinking to the migration question.

📅 Sept 28 at 3PM
🔗 Book now: https://loom.ly/quXR00A

What happens when traditional home roles are upended? 👛

From female breadwinners to stay-at-home dads, science journalist Melissa Hogenboom examines how money and power shape domestic life, and why equality at home still feels out of reach.

📅 Nov 2 at 2PM
🔗 Book now: https://loom.ly/Q8DU6w4

Why can’t we resist a romcom? 💖 Journalist @lizziefrainier.bsky.social explores what these beloved & often unrealistic love stories can teach us about connection, empowerment and navigating relationships in real life.

📅 Oct 29—6.30PM
🎟️ https://loom.ly/pR9LRWQ

This Wednesday 🌈 Trans people deserve stories of joy and hope, where being trans is defined by courage, freedom and love. @alicemydaughter.bsky.social and T. C. Oakes-Monger will discuss why trans lives, and trans joy, matter.

Book now 👉 https://loom.ly/EAifw3U

This Sunday, join us for an afternoon’s exploration of science, music, ethics and activism in honour of Alzheimer’s Awareness Month.

Expect expert talks, including neuroscientist Prof Louise Serpell, plus performances, an exhibition and a Q&A.

Learn more and book now 👉 https://bit.ly/46at52L

Join Conway Hall, a landmark Central London venue and charity, as our HR Business Partner (1 day per week)! We’re seeking a skilled HR professional to guide our team, shape HR policies, and support a positive and thriving workplace culture.

📩 Apply by Sept 25
🔗 Learn more: https://loom.ly/XGpRAnA

Enjoy a sneak peek of the Isla Quartet performing Haydn ahead of their Conway Hall debut this Sunday 🎻 Join them for an exquisite programme of Purcell, Haydn and Beethoven’s third ‘Razumovsky’ quartet.

📅 Sept 14—5.30PM
🎟️ Learn more and book here: https://loom.ly/bCmbZiI

This autumn, delve into the uncanny with @forteanlondon.bsky.social.

Sept 25—Ben Machell & Sarah Sparkes on paranormal investigations
Oct 9—Caitlin Blackwell Baines on haunted houses
Nov 22—Expert talks on ghosts, magic & folklore

🎟️👉 https://loom.ly/ynn1cQE

Sunday Concerts return this September with three standout events:

🎻 Sept 14 – Isla Quartet debut + Dovestone Quartet
🎻 Sept 21 – Bartholomew LaFollette & Friends
🎻 Sept 28 – Sacconi Quartet with David Campbell + pre-concert talk

Book now: https://www.conwayhall.org.uk/upcomingconcerts/

YouTube video by Conway Hall The Freethinker Panel | Freethought History Festival 2024

This time last year I co-organised a public history festival on the secular freethought movement at @conwayhall.bsky.social. Great to see that the fascinating panel about the @thefreethinkermag.bsky.social (est. 1881 and still going today) is now online - check it out!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=I5KJ...

Chasing the Dark: Encounters with the Supernatural
25 September @conwayhall.bsky.social

Ben Machell uncovers the archives of psychic researcher Tony Cornell and his investigations into ghosts, poltergeists and psychic powers.

Info and tickets: forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2025/07/chas...

In tribute to World Alzheimer's Month, we’re delighted to welcome back Songhaven for a #dementiafriendly concert. Enjoy well-loved songs performed by professional musicians, plus a singalong and a relaxed afternoon tea.

📅 Sept 13—3PM
🎟️ Free | Book now: www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/eve...

We're seeking a creative, dynamic person to join our ethics charity and Holborn venue as Programmes Marketing Coordinator! Help us increase our reach and impact by supporting our creative programme, heritage activities and fundraising.

⏱ Closing date: Sept 11.
👉 Apply now: https://loom.ly/zD_G66c

The Dovestone Quartet open our new season of Sunday Concerts with Debussy’s only string quartet in a pre-concert recital.

The evening continues with the award-winning Isla Quartet performing music by Purcell, Haydn and Beethoven.

📅 Sept 14, 2025 | From 5.30PM
🎟️ Book now: https://loom.ly/bCmbZiI

Songhaven and Electric Voice Theatre present an afternoon exploring science, music and activism.

With expert talks, performances and an exhibition, this relaxed event invites us to rethink how we understand and live with dementia.

📅 Sept 14 at 1.30PM
🎟️ Book now: https://loom.ly/hJOtTeY

This September, join us for three insightful and necessary conversations.

Sept 7—Prof Paul Dolan: Disagreeing Without Hate
Sept 17—Caroline Litman & T.C. Oakes-Monger: Trans Joy Matters
Sept 28—Leila Simona Talani & Dr Matilde Rosina: The Migration Question

🎟️ Book now: https://loom.ly/ynn1cQE

Trans Joy Matters 🏳️‍⚧️

In this upcoming talk, writer and activist Caroline Litman and author T.C. Oakes-Monger share stories of courage, freedom and love in the face of grief, barriers to care and a growing climate of hostility.

📅 Sept 17 at 6.30PM
🎟️ Get your tickets: https://loom.ly/EAifw3U

Bookings open tomorrow! Discover our Grade II listed building with free guided tours as part of the Open House Festival 🎟️ Explore the UK’s largest humanist archives and hear stories of the people who shaped our Ethical Society.

🕒 Tours at 3PM, 4.30PM, 6PM & 7.30PM
🔗 https://loom.ly/31nfXpU