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Agora London

For thinking
changemakers.

Agora is for thinking changemakers — for organisers, peacemakers, charity leaders, public servants, creatives, and anyone driven to make a positive impact in the world around them.

Together, we seek to think deeply and differently, inspire each other to action and have fun.

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Why we come together

A place to be
challenged.
Together.

Inspired by the agoras of ancient Greece — places to gather, exchange ideas and share in the arts — we bring people together every couple of months in beautiful venues across central London.

Each gathering features an excellent speaker with something to share about making change, usually alongside art or music. But the real magic is in the conversations we have with each other: reflecting, questioning and discovering new perspectives.

There’s always a bar, and we book a pub for anyone who wants to carry on the conversation afterwards. The community also gets together for the occasional pub social, building on the relationships that begin at Agora.

You’re welcome to come to a single gathering. We’d love to welcome you into the community, too.

Sound like your kind of people? Join us
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The next conversations

Coming up

Good people. Ideas worth making time for.

Jonas Templestein

Technology & society

Jonas Templestein

Monzo co-founder & former CTO

Who gets to shape AI?

Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church

6:30–8:30pmBook tickets
Sir Norman Lamb

Public life & care

Sir Norman Lamb

Former Minister of State for Care & Support

A conversation with the former minister and mental health campaigner

Venue TBC

Late February 2027Date TBCGet updates
Baroness Doreen Lawrence

Justice & change

Baroness Doreen Lawrence

Racial justice campaigner & life peer

A conversation with one of Britain’s leading voices for racial justice, taking place during Stephen Lawrence Week.

Venue TBC

Get updates

Further dates, venues and booking details will be shared here and with our mailing list

A woman in glasses taking part in a small-group conversation at Agora
People listening and sharing ideas in a small group at Agora

Partner with us or speak at Agora

If you’re an organisation interested in partnering with Agora, or a speaker who would like to contribute to a gathering, we’d love to hear from you

Get in touch

Photo credits

Baroness Doreen Lawrence: © House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, 2025. Sir Norman Lamb: photography by Chris McAndrew.

Both official portraits are used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, and cropped and gently colour-adjusted for display. Doreen Lawrence original · Norman Lamb original

Jonas Templestein: author portrait from Monzo’s website.

Previous-speaker portraits: Hilary Cottam’s website; Nick Lowles, Sheila McKechnie Foundation; Amanda Tattersall, University of Sydney; Andrew Friedman, Columbia University.

The speaker portraits are from the sources above. All event photographs supplied by Agora London: photography by Mark Sherratt.