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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

Mar 19

Just Earth – How a Fairer World Will Save the Planet

In Conversation With Lucy Siegle

Wednesday,
7:00 pm GMT  The Conduit

WednesdayThe Conduit

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Mar 13

Righting Wrongs – Three Decades of Leading Human Rights Watch

Kenneth Roth

Thursday,
7:30 pm GMT  Saint James Church, London

ThursdaySaint James Church, London

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Mar 18

Philippa Perry Meets Becky Barnicoat – On Parenting

Live In Conversation with Hannah MacInnes

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

TuesdayRoyal Geographical Society, London

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Mar 4

Courtney Love and Todd Almond – On Bob Dylan

In Conversation with Hannah MacInnes

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

TuesdayRoyal Geographical Society, London

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Mar 28

John Simpson: The Leaders & Lunatics Tour

Live on Stage in London

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

FridayRoyal Geographical Society, London

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Mar 20

Owen O’Kane – How to Break Free From Anxiety

Live in Conversation With Hannah MacInnes

Thursday,
7:30 pm GMT  Saint James Church

ThursdaySaint James Church

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Mar 3

The North Pole – The History of an Obsession

Erling Kagge

Monday,
6:15 pm GMT  The Conduit

MondayThe Conduit

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Mar 29

Yung Pueblo – How To Love Better

Live In Conversation with Poppy Jamie

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

Saturday Royal Geographical Society, London

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Mar 12

Poetry Pharmacy – Live!

William Sieghart and special guests Olivia Williams, Denise Gough, Danny Sapani

Wednesday,
7:30 pm GMT  Royal Geographical Society, London

WednesdayRoyal Geographical Society, London

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Mar 10

Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody – The Forest is the Path

Live in Conversation with Pandora Sykes

Monday,
7:30 pm GMT  Saint James Church, London

MondaySaint James Church, London

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Mar 6

How Music Heals Us: A Conversation with Renée Fleming

Live in Conversation in London

Thursday,
1:00 pm GMT  The Conduit, London

ThursdayThe Conduit, London

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Apr 11

Merlin Sheldrake – Fungi: Web of Life Live

Live on Stage in London

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

FridayRoyal Geographical Society, London

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Apr 28

A History of Britain in Ten Enemies

Horrible Histories Creator Terry Deary

Monday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

MondayThe Conduit, London

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Apr 7

An Evening With Joan Armatrading

Live In Conversation in London

Monday,
7:30 pm BST  Cadogan Hall, London

MondayCadogan Hall, London

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Apr 8

The Ideological Brain – The New Neuroscience of Susceptible Minds

Leor Zmigrod In Conversation with David Edmonds

Tuesday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

TuesdayThe Conduit, London

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Apr 7

The Future of What We Eat

Stuart Gillespie In Conversation with Dolly van Tulleken

Monday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

MondayThe Conduit, London

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May 8

The Iranian Embassy Siege – The True Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama

Ben Macintyre and special guest Sim Harris

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

ThursdayRoyal Geographical Society, London

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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 2

Robert Macfarlane – Is a River Alive?

Live in Conversation in London

Friday,
7:30 pm BST  Royal Geographical Society

FridayRoyal Geographical Society

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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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Jun 10

Pornography Can Be A Force For Good

Blake and Peter Tatchell vs Mary Harrington and Zoe Strimpel

Tuesday,
7:30 pm BST  Royal Geographical Society

TuesdayRoyal Geographical Society

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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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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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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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ONLINE EVENTS

Feb 27

A History of Women in 101 Objects

Annabelle Hirsch In Conversation With Hannah MacInnes

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

ThursdayOnline / How To +

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Mar 17

How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World

Anne-Laure Le Cunff In Conversation With Hannah MacInnes

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

MondayOnline / How To +

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Mar 6

How To Win

Kate Hays, Performance Psychologist to the Lionesses

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

ThursdayOnline / How To +

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Mar 26

How the Global Economy Became a Weapon of War

Edward Fishman

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

WednesdayOnline / How To +

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Mar 27

The Prosecutor – One Man’s Battle to Bring Nazis to Justice

Costa Prize-Winner Jack Fairweather In Conversation With Hannah MacInnes

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

ThursdayOnline / How To +

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Mar 10

Socrates and the Case for a Philosophical Life

Professor Agnes Callard In Conversation with Hannah MacInnes

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

MondayOnline / How To +

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Apr 23

On Muscle – The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters

Bonnie Tsui In Conversation With Hannah MacInnes

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

WednesdayOnline / How To +

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Apr 17

An Alternative Tour of the Human Anatomy

Gabriel Weston In Conversation with Robin Ince

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

ThursdayOnline / How To +

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Apr 1

How to Think, Feel, and Perform Like the Top 1%

Maya Raichoora In Conversation with Hannah MacInnes

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

Tuesday Online / How To +

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Apr 24

The Lost Girls of Autism – How Science Failed Autistic Women

Gina Rippon

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

ThursdayOnline / How To +

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Apr 10

The Story of Doctor Who

John Higgs

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

ThursdayOnline / How To +

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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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