Conway Hall

Conway Hall is a landmark of London's independent intellectual, political and cultural life. For over one hundred years the Ethical Society had its centre at South Place in the City of London, where it fostered freedom in moral and spiritual life and thought. In order to have a wider range of influence and greater scope for development the Society decided to build a new home in Red Lion Square, Bloomsbury. According to an appeal pamphlet published in 1927, the new building would Plans were prepared for "a dignified and commodious building, which it is hoped may become the Headquarters of the Ethical Movement in the British Isles, and also provide an open platform for speakers from any part of the world." The Conway Hall was...