The below event is organiser by Women In Property, though is open to all Athenaeum Members/guests and to all sexes. Women in Property are pleased to announce a new event: In Conversation With…Katherine Fairclough and Bronwen Rapley Tuesday 05 July 2022 12:00 PM Join us to hear from two incredible women, leading from the ... Read more
Join us for an evening in conversation with Professor Lucy Easthope, world-leading authority on recovering from disaster. About this event Professor Lucy Easthope lives with disaster every day. When a plane crashes, a bomb explodes, a city floods or a pandemic begins, she's the one they call. Lucy has been at the centre of the ... Read more
‘Practical Utopias’ is the latest in a series that takes the theme of utopia as a way of exploring possibilities of building other, better, societies while reflecting on the shortcomings of our own. Join Kevin Bean, Heather Alcock and Mick Owens to talk about three idiosyncratic practical utopias: the Chartists’ Land Plan, Port Sunlight and ... Read more
The Exchange: Bodies In The Library – An Evening with Margaret Murphy – Oct 18th 2023 Join us for the first of two events this month celebrating Liverpool authors who have found national and international success. Margaret Murphy will entertain you with her stories of a life of crime - as an award-winning writer of ... Read more
The Exchange in association with Liverpool Book Club & Liverpool John Moores University present an evening with author Ramsey Campbell. Tickets to the talk are available for £7.00, a dinner is also available post talk for an additional £25.00 for three courses. Book your places now via the Members' Area or through the Concierge. Hosted ... Read more
An eye-opening look at the world of manipulation, and what we can do to recognise and resist the daily attempts to control and influence our minds. “Manipulation is not new. But today’s combination of technology, social media and AI, combined with marketing and behavioural science, is new in its sophistication and scale. Everyone wants to ... Read more
Join Michael Owens (researcher, writer and lecturer; author Play the Game: How the Olympics came to East London) and John Boughton (social historian, blogger; author Municipal Dreams:the Rise and Fall of Council Housing) to take a historical perspective on Britain’s current housing crisis. From the golden age of post war planning to the decades of decline from the ... Read more
The Athenaeum is delighted to welcome back ArtsGroupie CIC, to perform their new production of the Charles Dickens classic - The Signalman. A ghostly figure has visited the signalman twice already, each time preceding a terrible disaster. When the apparition appears for the third time, it’s up to the signalman to decode its meaning and ... Read more