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We host the world’s leading thinkers, artists, scientists, entrepreneurs and leaders in live events and livestreams almost every night of the week.
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SINGLE EVENTS

May 9

The GothamChess Europe Tour 2025

Levy Rozman AKA GothamChess

Friday,
7:30 pm BST  Central Hall Westminster, London

FridayCentral Hall Westminster, London

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May 6

The Women’s Health Crisis (and how to thrive despite it)

Naga Munchetty In Conversation With Hannah MacInnes

Tuesday,
7:30 pm BST  The Royal Society of Medicine, London

TuesdayThe Royal Society of Medicine, London

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May 15

Welcome Them In: High Immigration Is Good For Britain

Zoe Gardner and Jonathan Portes vs Nadhim Zahawi and Matthew Goodwin

Thursday,
7:30 pm BST  Royal Geographical Society

ThursdayRoyal Geographical Society

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May 12

The Stoic Capitalist – Advice for the Exceptionally Ambitious

Robert Rosenkranz in Conversation With Paul van Zyl

Monday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit

MondayThe Conduit

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May 19

These Strange New Minds – How AI Works

Oxford Neuroscientist Christopher Summerfield, Research Director of the UK AI Safety Institute

Monday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

MondayThe Conduit, London

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May 20

Sayeeda Warsi – Muslims Don’t Matter

In Conversation with Jess Phillips MP

Tuesday,
7:30 pm BST  Royal Geographical Society, London

TuesdayRoyal Geographical Society, London

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May 27

A Night With Geoff Dyer

Live in Conversation With Lias Saoudi

Tuesday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

TuesdayThe Conduit, London

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May 27

Caroline Darian, Daughter of Gisèle Pelicot

In Conversation with Afua Hirsch

Tuesday,
7:30 pm BST  Royal Geographical Society

TuesdayRoyal Geographical Society

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May 28

Capitalism and its Critics – from the Luddites to Degrowth

The New Yorker’s John Cassidy In Conversation With Ann Pettifor

Wednesday,
1:00 pm BST  The Conduit, London

WednesdayThe Conduit, London

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May 14

The Dangerous Ambition of Science

Roman Krznaric and Adam Rutherford in conversation with Ella Saltmarshe

Wednesday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

WednesdayThe Conduit, London

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May 29

The Solution to Misogyny is Men

Jackson Katz In Conversation With Jess Davies

Thursday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

ThursdayThe Conduit, London

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May 29

Shami Chakrabarti – Human Rights in an Age of Crisis

Live In Conversation with Hannah MacInnes

Thursday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

ThursdayThe Conduit, London

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May 30

Bernie Sanders: Fighting Oligarchy

Live in Conversation with James O'Brien

Friday,
7:30 pm BST  Central Hall Westminster, London

FridayCentral Hall Westminster, London

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Jun 16

Alain de Botton – The School of Life Live

How Emotionally Mature Are You?

Monday,
7:30 pm BST  Central Hall Westminster, London

MondayCentral Hall Westminster, London

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Jun 10

Jeremy Hunt – Can Britain Be Great Again?

Live In Conversation with Paul van Zyl

Tuesday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

TuesdayThe Conduit, London

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Jun 2

Robin Ince – Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal

Live in Conversation with Claudia Hammond

Monday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

MondayThe Conduit, London

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Jun 18

What Happens if Globalisation Fails?

Ben Chu In Conversation With Stephanie Flanders

Wednesday,
7:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

WednesdayThe Conduit, London

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Jun 9

Who Really Owns AI?

Karen Hao

Monday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

MondayThe Conduit, London

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Jun 5

Can Trees Be Medicine?

Kathy Willis, Oxford Professor of Biodiversity

Thursday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

ThursdayThe Conduit, London

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Jun 17

How To Fight Against Vulture Capitalism

Grace Blakeley

Tuesday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

TuesdayThe Conduit, London

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Jun 25

Melinda French Gates – On Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward

Live in Conversation with Kirsty Young

Wednesday,
7:00 pm BST  St Martin-in-the-Fields

WednesdaySt Martin-in-the-Fields

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Jun 12

How Not to Die (Too Soon)

Devi Sridhar

Thursday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

ThursdayThe Conduit, London

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Jun 24

Caroline Lucas – How to Reclaim Our National Story

Live In Conversation in London

Tuesday,
11:00 am BST  The Conduit, London

TuesdayThe Conduit, London

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Jun 16

Left Behind – Economics for Neglected Places

Paul Collier In Conversation with Jason Cowley

Monday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit

MondayThe Conduit

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Jul 14

Trump 2.0 Will Make the World a Safer Place

Michael Gove vs Mehdi Hasan

Monday,
7:30 pm BST  Royal Geographical Society, London

MondayRoyal Geographical Society, London

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Jul 23

Coming of Age in a Changing China

Yuan Yang

Wednesday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

WednesdayThe Conduit, London

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Jul 1

Cory Doctorow – The Fight Against the Big Tech Oligarchy

Live In Conversation With Riley Quinn, Host of Trashfuture

Tuesday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit

TuesdayThe Conduit

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Jul 10

Dexys’ Kevin Rowland – Live In Conversation in London

A Life Story

Thursday,
7:30 pm BST  Royal Geographical Society, London

ThursdayRoyal Geographical Society, London

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Jul 3

Attorney General Rt Hon Lord Hermer KC

Live In Conversation with Paul van Zyl

Thursday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit

ThursdayThe Conduit

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Sept 30

The Body Keeps the Score – Dr Bessel van der Kolk

Live in Conversation in London

Tuesday,
7:30 pm BST   Central Hall Westminster, London

Tuesday Central Hall Westminster, London

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Sept 25

Don’t Talk About Politics – How to Change 21st Century Minds

Sarah Stein Lubrano In Conversation With Tim Finch

Thursday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

ThursdayThe Conduit, London

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Sept 12

Robert Macfarlane Meets Elif Shafak – Rivers of Life

Live In Conversation In London

Friday,
7:30 pm BST  Royal Geographical Society, London

FridayRoyal Geographical Society, London

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Sept 8

Prof. Tim Spector – The Life-changing Power of Microbes

Live in Conversation with Adam Rutherford

Monday,
7:30 pm BST  Royal Geographical Society, London

MondayRoyal Geographical Society, London

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Sept 18

George Monbiot Meets Ian McEwan

Live in Conversation in London

Thursday,
7:30 pm BST  Cadogan Hall, London

ThursdayCadogan Hall, London

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Sept 14

Jung Chang – Fly, Wild Swans

Live in Conversation with Pandora Sykes

Sunday,
7:00 pm BST  Royal Geographical Society, London

SundayRoyal Geographical Society, London

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Oct 20

Merlin Sheldrake – The Secret Life of Fungi – Live!

Live on Stage in London

Monday,
7:30 pm BST  Barbican Centre, London

MondayBarbican Centre, London

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ONLINE EVENTS

May 6

How to Stop Hating the People We Disagree With

Paul Dolan In Conversation With Hannah MacInnes

Tuesday,
6:00 pm BST  Online / How To +

TuesdayOnline / How To +

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Jun 4

The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right

Quinn Slobodian

Wednesday,
6:00 pm BST  Online / How To +

WednesdayOnline / How To +

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Jun 18

Isabel Allende – On Love and War

In Conversation With Hannah MacInnes

Wednesday,
6:00 pm BST  Online / How To +

WednesdayOnline / How To +

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Jun 2

The ‘Not to Do List’ – The Surprisingly Simple Art of Success

Rolf Dobelli In Conversation With Hannah MacInnes

Monday,
6:00 pm BST  Online / How To +

MondayOnline / How To +

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Jun 30

A Doctor on Recovery and Radical Acceptance

Dr Grace Spence Green In Conversation With Xand van Tulleken

Monday,
6:00 pm BST  Online / How To +

MondayOnline / How To +

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Jun 24

How to Combine a Career and Family

Dolly Jones

Tuesday,
6:00 pm BST  Online / How To +

TuesdayOnline / How To +

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Jun 12

A Myth-busting Guide to Immune Health

Daniel M. Davis, Head of Life Sciences, Imperial College

Thursday,
6:00 pm BST   Online / How To +

Thursday Online / How To +

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Jun 23

A Journalist’s Deadly Quest to Save the Amazon

Jon Watts In Conversation with Edie Lush

Monday,
6:00 pm BST  

Monday

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Jul 2

How To Make Sense of Economic Chaos

J. Doyne Farmer In Conversation With Robin Ince

Wednesday,
6:00 pm BST  Online / How To +

WednesdayOnline / How To +

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Jul 22

Why Men Still Win at Work

Cordelia Fine In Conversation with Hannah MacInnes

Tuesday,
6:00 pm BST  Online / How to +

TuesdayOnline / How to +

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