Lecture/Course

1 April 2009 to 18 November 2009

London Film Academy SW6 1QR[map]

11 March 2010 to 13 March 2010

Leicester Square Theatre WC2H 7BX[map]

A session with David Sedaris, one of America's pre-eminent humour writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.

15 May 2010

O2 Academy Brixton SW9 9SL[map]

A talk from writer and public speaker David Icke.

15 January 2010

New Wimbledon Theatre SW19 1QG[map]

Sally Morgan, star psychic on TV, she is now rated as one of the world's top mediums. She had psychic abilities when just a child, Sally now brings her amazing abilities and her tremendous personality to the stage with a unique theatrical experience, which is both hugely entertaining and enlightening.

Every Wed 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

London Jewish Cultural Centre NW11 7SX[map]

Explore the resilience and dynamism of the Jewish people. The past two centuries have presented Jews with vast opportunities as well as deadly threats. Explore the way Jews have responded to change and links between the Jewish community and other cultures, not neglecting the relationship between Israel and the Diaspora.

28 November 2009

Wellcome Collection NW1 2BE[map]

Rajendra Pachauri is the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Days before the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, join him in conversation with AC Grayling to find out more about the threat of global warming, its consequences for the planet, the economy and human health, and what can be done to tackle it.

3 December 2009

Wellcome Collection NW1 2BE[map]

Seth Shostak is Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute in California, which searches for evidence of Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Join him in conversation with AC Grayling to find out more about the hunt for life beyond Earth, and what this tells us about the nature of life throughout the universe.

4 December 2009

National Theatre SE1 9PX[map]

In How to Do Shakespeare, the former director of the RSC sheds new light on performing the complex but rewarding texts. This platform is followed by a book signing.

8 December 2009

Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy WC1E 6BT[map]

Grant Museum of Zoology organises a lecture on Adventures of a Fossil Collector.

21 January 2010

Asia House W1J 7NJ[map]

Panel discussion with Patrick Mercer MP, Najibullah Razaq, David Loyn and Peter Marsden. The Afghan population's apparent disillusionment with their police, army and central government is combined with turbulent local politics and continued controversy over the country's contested elections.

Every Wed 6:00 PM

National Gallery WC2N 5DN[map]

These after-work talks focus on one paintings for 25 minutes.

26 November 2009

Royal Academy Of Music NW1 5HT[map]

Fted as one of the great conductors of his age, Richard Strauss moved about the concert halls and opera houses of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries like a musical colossus. In this lecture, Dr Raymond Holden examines Strauss' activities as performing musician and discusses the ways in which those activities affected his compositional style.