Speakers: Dr Antony Best, Dr Paul Mulvey, Professor David Stevenson. This event will assess the First World War’s importance in global history, and as a turning point in Europe’s relations with the wider world.
Speakers: Lindsey German (STW) + No Glory speaker + Richard Guthrie (Bath UN Association), Dave Pearce. World War 1 was instrumental in defining the 20th Century. Using all the power of the new technology available it caused the deaths of 9 million combatants including almost 2000 from Bath. It had an indelible impact on those who lived through it and many commentators reflected on its legacy.
Speakers: Neil Faulkner (historian). Historian Neil Faulkner will talk about WW1 and the No Glory campaign before a showing of a film.
Readings by: AL Kennedy, Blake Morrison, Michael Rosen, George Szirtes, Samuel West. Music by: Matthew Crampton, Nette Robinson and the Lyric Ensemble.
Organised by No Glory for Conscientious Objectors' Day. (Nearest tube Tottenham Court Rd)
Speakers: Neil Faulkner (historian) and others.
Speakers: Alistair Cartwright.
Speakers: Chris Nineham.
Speakers: Julian Brazier MP. John Blake History teacher, editor of Labour Teachers. Lindsey German Stop the War Coalition. Jeremy Corbyn MP. In the year commemorating the start of the first world war 100 years ago, how should the war be remembered? Was it, as education secretary Michael Gove believes, "a noble and just cause" defending freedom and liberal democracy? Or was it a slaughter that killed over 15 million people waged by imperial powers competing to carve up the world and its resources?
Speakers:Lindsey German, National Convenor of Stop the War Coalition, Paul Flynn MP, Bethan Jenkins AM (tbc) and an anti-war veteran.
Speakers:Neil Faulkner (historian).
Imagining an era when violent conflicts have ceased, The Post War Orchestra transforms deactivated weapons and other military equipment into musical instruments.
Pacifism & National Self-Determination.
Group meeting the second Tuesday of the month. All are welcome, but please be prepared to join in the discussion. Please try to turn up by 7pm sharp.
Mary Dobbing will talk about Drone Wars UK's newly published research into Israel's production, use and proliferation of drones.
Organised by UK groups campaigning against drones www.corporatewatch.org www.dronewars.net www.londonpalestineaction.tumblr.com www.stopthearmsfair.org.uk www.waronwant.org/
As The Forgiveness Project celebrates its 10th anniversary, the charity has launched a new thought-provoking series of ten talks entitled ‘Conversations on Forgiveness’ which invite the public to debate a variety of themes around forgiveness.
As The Forgiveness Project celebrates its 10th anniversary, the charity has launched a new thought-provoking series of ten talks entitled ‘Conversations on Forgiveness’ which invite the public to debate a variety of themes around forgiveness. Exploring what forgiveness means to different faiths will be Usama Hasan, a London based Imam, Islamic scholar and senior researcher at the Quilliam Foundation; Catherine Pepinster, Editor of the international Catholic weekly newspaper The Tablet; and Jonathan Wittenberg, the Senior Rabbi of Masorti Judaism UK. Chaired by Madeline Bunting.
As The Forgiveness Project celebrates its 10th anniversary, the charity has launched a new thought-provoking series of ten talks entitled ‘Conversations on Forgiveness’ which invite the public to debate a variety of themes around forgiveness. A conversation with Tony McAleer and Hadiya Masieh sharing their own personal journeys of moving away from extremism.
Manos Hatzidakis 1925 – 1994) was a Greek composer and theorist of Greek music. He was also one of the main prime movers of the "Éntekhno" song (along with Mikis Theodorakis). In 1960 he received an Academy Award for Best Original Song for his song Never on Sunday from the film of the same name.
The choir will share an exquisite selection of songs in different styles and languages from around the world.
Staged performance of classical Jewish and Iranian tales, as well as the personal stories of Raphael Rodan and Sahand Sahebdivani.
