How Men Came to Rule with Angela Saini
Apr
9
7:00 PM19:00

How Men Came to Rule with Angela Saini

7:00pm, Tuesday 9th of April, AllBright

Despite the push back against sexism and exploitation in our own time, even revolutionary efforts to bring about equality have often ended in failure and backlash. Angela Saini will join us to talk about her research and share what part we all play – women included – in keeping patriarchal structures alive.

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Good Girls with Hadley Freeman
Apr
12
7:00 PM19:00

Good Girls with Hadley Freeman

7:00pm, Friday 12th of April, Century Club

Hadley Freeman is one of our favourite journalists, not just because of her brilliant columns and juicy celebrity interviews, but because she's not afraid to speak about her struggles and her life with anorexia. Hadley will join us to talk about the trigger that sparked her illness and four hospitalisations as well as offer extraordinary insight into her struggles.

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How Work Works with Dr Michelle P King
May
1
7:00 PM19:00

How Work Works with Dr Michelle P King

7:00pm, Wednesday 1st of May, Mortimer House

In her two decades researching organisations, Michelle King has discovered that people who succeed possess a particularly unique skill: They know how workplaces work. More specifically, to get ahead, they do not rely on the often generic and outdated written formal rules that for a century have defined the workplace.

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UPROAR! With Alice Loxton
Mar
21
7:00 PM19:00

UPROAR! With Alice Loxton

7:00pm, Thursday 21st of March, The Hearth

Alice Loxton knows how to make history fun! The historian, presenter and author has over two million followers across social media and she'll be joining us to talk about her passion for the subject and specifically her research into the thrilling and hilarious satirists from the late Georgian period.

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Trouble's 70s & 80s Disco Party
Mar
15
to Mar 16

Trouble's 70s & 80s Disco Party

7:30pm, Friday 15th of March, The Star of Kings, Kings Cross

Do you love to dance but find nightclubs sticky and crowded. Us too! We're teaming up with Haven’t Stopped Dancing Yet a night out that's been featured everywhere from Stylist and The Guardian to Time Out & the i. It's been described as Mamma Mia meets Saturday Night Fever in a glorious mash up and they are throwing a party just for The Trouble Club.

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This Is An Emergency with Lynne Jones OBE
Mar
13
7:00 PM19:00

This Is An Emergency with Lynne Jones OBE

7:00pm, Wednesday 13th of March, Mortimer House

In the 1980s, Lynne Jones joined thousands of other women at Greenham Common to protest against nuclear weapons. Today she stands with Extinction Rebellion to raise awareness of the climate crisis. Lynne will join us to share her compelling, ground-level account of the last five years of UK protests.

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Mad Woman with Bryony Gordon
Feb
27
7:00 PM19:00

Mad Woman with Bryony Gordon

7:00pm, Tuesday 27th of February, Century Club

A decade on from first writing about her own experiences of mental illness, Bryony Gordon still receives messages about the effect it has on people. Now perimenopausal and well into the next stage of her life, parenting an almost-adolescent, just what has that help - and that connection with other unwell people - taught Bryony about herself, and the society we live in?

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Friday Night News Roundup with Anoosh Chakelian
Feb
16
7:00 PM19:00

Friday Night News Roundup with Anoosh Chakelian

7:00pm, Friday 16th of February, The Prince Regent Marylebone

Wine, food and fabulous conversation about current affairs. We’ll select a handful of the week’s top stories to discuss and debate, helpfully guided by our expert guest. This is the perfect opportunity to meet fellow Trouble members and share your views on global issues.

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A Year In Sex with Emma-Louise Boynton
Feb
15
7:00 PM19:00

A Year In Sex with Emma-Louise Boynton

7:00pm, Thursday 15th of February, AllBright

Introducing Emma-Louise Boynton; writer, broadcaster and Founder and Host of the award-winning, sell-out live event series and podcast, Sex Talks. Join us at AllBright for a reflection on the biggest and baddest themes in sex from 2023! It’s going to be a juicy one!

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Conversations From Calais with Mathilda Della Torre and Hiba Noor
Feb
13
7:00 PM19:00

Conversations From Calais with Mathilda Della Torre and Hiba Noor

7:00pm, Tuesday 13th of February, Mortimer House

Conversations From Calais aims to re-humanise those affected by the refugee crisis by using public space to share conversations volunteers have had with migrants met in Calais. It is a way of bearing witness for the thousands of displaced people stuck in Calais and trying to reach the UK.

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Surviving Playboy with Crystal Hefner and Pandora Sykes
Feb
9
7:00 PM19:00

Surviving Playboy with Crystal Hefner and Pandora Sykes

7:00pm, Friday 9th of February, Century Club, Soho

In 2008 the Playboy mansion became Crystal Harris's sanctuary - a shimmering vestige of opportunity. Within months she had ascended its hierarchy to become Hugh Hefner's top girlfriend. But her new home came at a cost. Forced to follow strict rules that governed everything from her appearance to behaviour, she began to lose her identity.

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Trouble In Investing with TILLIT Founder & CEO, Felicia Hjertman
Feb
1
7:00 PM19:00

Trouble In Investing with TILLIT Founder & CEO, Felicia Hjertman

7:00pm, Thursday 1st of February, Online via Zoom

Investing isn’t just a way to make the most of your savings, it’s also a way to express a view on the world. Money talks. Where you place your money shapes not only your financial future but also the future of society as a whole. By investing in line with your values, you can push for change alongside financially benefiting from innovation, evolution and growth.

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The Great Plant-Based Con with Jayne Buxton
Jan
30
7:00 PM19:00

The Great Plant-Based Con with Jayne Buxton

7:00pm, Tuesday 30th of January, The Ned

Almost every day we are bombarded with the seemingly incontrovertible message that we must reduce our consumption of meat and dairy - or eliminate them from our diets altogether. But what if the pervasive message that the plant-based diet will improve our health and save the planet is misleading - or even false? What if removing animal foods from our diet is a serious threat to human health, and a red herring in the fight against climate change.

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The Life Brief with Bonnie Wan
Jan
25
7:00 PM19:00

The Life Brief with Bonnie Wan

7:00pm, Thursday 25th of January, Online via Zoom

The Life Brief is the essential playbook to unlock what you want in life. This three-step tool realigns your path with your dreams—personally, professionally, culturally, and spiritually. Brand Strategist Bonnie Wan harnesses the power of a Creative Brief to break through the clutter, identify what's holding us back, and create a life that is wholly your own.

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Members Dinner: Setting intentions for 2024
Jan
24
7:00 PM19:00

Members Dinner: Setting intentions for 2024

7:00pm, Wednesday 24th of January, The Hearth

A new year is an opportunity for goals and development, but this also comes with pressure and stress. As the year begins, we'll meet for a members dinner to discuss setting realistic goals for 2024 while also acknowledging that growth is about more than reaching arbitrary milestones.

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Friday Night News Roundup with Carole Walker
Jan
19
7:00 PM19:00

Friday Night News Roundup with Carole Walker

7:00pm, Friday 19th of January, The Last Talisman

Wine, food and fabulous conversation about current affairs. We’ll select a handful of the week’s top stories to discuss and debate, helpfully guided by our expert guest. This is the perfect opportunity to meet fellow Trouble members and share your views on global issues.

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The Power of Constraint with Novelist Christine Coulson
Jan
18
7:00 PM19:00

The Power of Constraint with Novelist Christine Coulson

7:00pm, Thursday 18th of January, The Groucho

Can 75 words really capture a moment in time, its details and atmosphere, its character and mood? Christine Coulson’s new, bullet of a novel, One Woman Show, is written almost entirely in 75-word museum wall labels and demonstrates how constraint need not limit storytelling.

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Trouble Book Club: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Jan
9
7:00 PM19:00

Trouble Book Club: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

7.00pm, Tuesday 9th of January, London Barge Company, Hackney

Join us for Trouble's second Book Club, featuring Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. There will be drinks and nibbles available throughout the evening and while there will be a Trouble moderator present, we expect you to come with your thoughts and opinions at the ready!

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Trouble In Business: Leaders in Tech
Dec
12
7:00 PM19:00

Trouble In Business: Leaders in Tech

7:00pm, Tuesday 12th of December, Dartmouth House

Join us for an evening with three leading tech entrepreneurs. Our three panelists: Georgia Stewart - CEO and co-founder of Tumelo, Deirdre O’Neill - Co-Founder and Chief Commercial & Legal Officer at Hertility Health and Juanita Morgan - Co-Founder and CEO of Value Adders World – will discuss what drove them to start their own businesses.

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Fixing France with Nabila Ramdani
Dec
11
7:00 PM19:00

Fixing France with Nabila Ramdani

7:00pm, Monday 11th of December, The House of St Barnabas

Nabila Ramdani is not from the establishment elite: she is a marginalised insider, born and raised in a neglected Paris suburb. With unflinching clarity, she probes the fault lines of her struggling country, exposing the Fifth Republic as an archaic system which emerged from Algeria’s cataclysmic War of Independence.

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Friday Night News Roundup with Anna Cunningham
Dec
8
7:00 PM19:00

Friday Night News Roundup with Anna Cunningham

7.00pm Friday 8th of December, The Hearth

Wine, food and fabulous conversation about current affairs. We’ll select a handful of the week’s top stories to discuss and debate, helpfully guided by our expert guest. This is the perfect opportunity to meet fellow Trouble members and share your views on global issues.

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Think Like a Tree with Arit Anderson
Dec
6
7:00 PM19:00

Think Like a Tree with Arit Anderson

7:00pm, Wednesday 6th of December, The Hearth

We've all heard that trees can combat much of the climate damage humans have wreaked on our ecosystem, but only if we plant the right ones. Arit Anderson is a garden designer, writer and presenter on BBC Two’s Gardeners’ World and she'll be joining us to talk about her passion for gardening, the environment and the huge importance of tree planting.

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The Crown Exclusive Screening and Q&A with Imelda Staunton and Lesley Manville
Nov
22
6:30 PM18:30

The Crown Exclusive Screening and Q&A with Imelda Staunton and Lesley Manville

6.30pm, Wednesday 22nd of November, Cinema in the Power Station, Battersea Power Station

Netflix have very kindly invited some of our Trouble members to this incredible private screening and Q&A event with Lesley Manville (Princess Margaret) and Imelda Staunton (Queen Elizabeth).

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