Renewing freedom through education and debate
Join us for a drink, good company and a fun Xmas balloon debate. What is the most important representation of freedom in culture? A panel of six valiant freedom lovers will seek to convince you of their choice, from art to non-fiction to literature. They each have just three minutes to present their case, followed …
'The Witch' is the Sundance prize-winning film from Robert Eggers who has just released 'The Lighthouse'. Ahead of Living Freedom School 2020, this is an opportunity to chat about some themes that we’ll get to grips with at the school including demonology, heresy and moral panics. Set in early 17th century, Robert Eggers’s Sundance prize-winning …
We'll meet at the Tristan Bates Theatre to see the new play ‘Sticks and Stones’ which explores some thorny questions related to identity politics, class and freedom of speech. After the play, we'll be going to a nearby bar for a drink with playwright Dameon Garnett who will be available to chat about Stick and …
London Freedom Forum Generative AI like ChatGPT and Midjourney have captured the public imagination and barely a day now passes without claim and counter-claim as to benefits or threats posed by artificial intelligence. On the one side stand those who see in these new technologies as a means to liberate humanity through a new, potentially …
The recently launched BBC Verify promises to combat the proliferation of fake news and deep-faked images and videos online. We live in the age of the fact-checkers: groups and individuals who take on the responsibility of determining what is true, what is false, and what is fake online. With all of the dis-, mis- and …
This event is free but please book a place in advance via Eventbrite. The new Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act passed in May puts more responsibility on universities to ensure students are able to speak freely in and out of the classroom. But since then, the refusal to show the film Birthgap in Cambridge …
On behalf of Living Freedom we would like to invite you to join us for a drink, some good company and a fun Xmas balloon debate. This invitation only gathering will take place at The Sekforde, the historic Clerkenwell pub now thriving on the back of an award winning restoration. Join us for drinks at the pay bar from 7pm. What: Living …
A special Living Freedom forum, introduced by Alexandra Hudson, author of the recently published The Soul of Civility.
