January 17th, 2013: The Leveson Debate
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square (near Holborn), January 17th @ 7.30pm (doors 6:30pm) Tickets: available now on Eventbrite What are we to make of the Leveson Report? Is the Leveson report a threat to...
View ArticleMarch 25th 2013: Robert Llewellyn – Electric Cars Are Rubbish, Aren’t They?
The George, March 25th @ 7.30pm (iCal) Get your tickets at http://sohomarch.eventbrite.com/ Electric cars? They’re rubbish aren’t they?! Nothing but glorified golf carts that take forever to charge...
View ArticleJohn Sweeney – Oh! Scientology! Church Of Fear
The George, April 10th @ 7.30pm (iCal) John Sweeney recounts his personal experiences and discoveries while investigating the Church of Scientology. Why can disconnecting grannies from grandsons be...
View ArticleAlistair Coleman – How much do we REALLY know about North Korea?
The George, May 29th @ 7.30pm Sell Tickets through Eventbrite As tensions between the west and Kim Jong Un increase, Journalist and North Korea Watcher Alistair Coleman will be talking about the...
View ArticlePaul Offit: The sense and nonsense of alternative medicine
At The George, June 27 @ 7:30 pm Tickets – http://sohojune.eventbrite.co.uk/ Paul A.Offit, M.D., is Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the...
View ArticleThey See Me Trolling: what can we do about online abuse?
At The George, 8 July 7:30 pm Barely a month goes by without a celebrity becoming the victim of “internet trolls”. But who are the trolls? And can we stop them while protecting free speech? Helen Lewis...
View ArticleSkeptical comedy with Domestic Science and Oliver Meech
At The George, July 17 @7:30 pm Join Soho Skeptics for a night of science and skeptical comedy. Event Registration Online for Skeptical previews – a night of comedy powered by Eventbrite Domestic...
View ArticleIn space everyone can hear you scream
At The George, August 14 @7:30 pm Sometime this century, humans will (attempt) to set foot on Mars. Apart from the technical challenges, the physical and psychological threats to the crew will be...
View ArticleHelen Czerski – A world of science toys
At The George, September 4th @7:30 pm The structure of our waking hours is shaped almost entirely by science and technology. But in many ways, we are more and more distant from the physical world...
View ArticleThe Battle over Gender – September 24th
At The George, September 24th @7:30 pm You must have a ticket to come to this event. There will be no tickets available on the door. Insults, threats and abuse have been hurled between trans activists...
View ArticleThe Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets – November 11th
At The George, November 11th @7:30 pm Simon Singh, best-selling author of ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’ and ‘The Code Book’, will discuss his forthcoming book ‘The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets’....
View ArticleSocial Media, Nudges And Experiments: It’s The Smallest Details That Count –...
At The George, November 25th @7:30 pm Professor Peter John will talk about his experiments with information, nudges and the internet, showing how small nudges can have large effects. Some of these are...
View ArticleThe fascists strike back: Neo-liberalism, the rise of the far-right and the...
At The George, October 28th @7:30 pm In the past five years, we have witnessed the rise of the far-right in Europe and beyond. The pinnacle of it all is, if you believe the telly, Greece. But is...
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