A new London Literary Event featuring series of weekly conversations with 15 of the UK’s brightest minds.
The Conversation is a series of weekly conversations exploring the biggest topics of the day from global conflict to the climate crisis with Britain’s leading thinkers, scientists, philosophers, historians, war correspondents and writers.
Running from 14th January to 22nd April 2025, The Conversation features talks with bestselling writers including Hanif Kureishi, Ahdaf Soueif, Paul Lynch and Robert Macfarlane; acclaimed historians Tom Holland, Bettany Hughes, Marion Turner and Helen Castor; theatre director Nicholas Hytner, war correspondents Lindsey Hilsum, Fergal Keane and Åsne Seierstad; as well as scientists and philosophers David Spiegelhalter, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Roman Krznaric, Gaia Vince and Monica Feria-Tinta.
Addressing some of the biggest political, social and environmental challenges of our time, The Conversation will explore conflict and empathy, inequality and power, climate crisis and wonder through storytelling and action. The first half of the evening is an hour-long interview with a leading thinker, followed by a second hour where the guest speaker joins the audience around tables to keep the conversation going.
The Conversation, programmed by Peter Florence takes place at St Martin-in-the-Fields every Tuesday. The Conversation 2025 will feature talks with 15 of the UK’s brightest minds, and each conversation will be hosted by Peter Florence, alongside Claire Armitstead, formerly Associate Editor at The Guardian, journalist and campaigner Caitlin McNamara and Georgina Godwin of Monocle.
Uniquely for an event of this kind, The Conversation invites members of the audience to continue the conversation and engage directly with the speaker following each event. Tickets cost £15 and the talks are also available to be live streamed and watched from anywhere in the world for £10.
Location: St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ.
Dates: 14th January – 22nd April - Time: Tuesdays from 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Price: £15 for in person tickets. £10 for online tickets
Ticket Link: https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/the-conversation/