Immerse yourself in a night at the Sophia Club by exploring images and audio from our past events
![Sophia Club Melbourne](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b7c05b76-030f-49ef-955d-87dd56b4bece/final.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sophia Club New York](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/08a71f1e-21d3-40f5-82a2-6ae4f85d4ede/20240529_joespub_sophiaclub_175.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sophia Club New York](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4ccbe756-56d8-4248-9e6c-cfbb5234d20a/20240529_joespub_sophiaclub_150.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sophia Club New York](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c20f911d-9f1d-46cf-8690-eeb619124f9d/20240529_joespub_sophiaclub_192.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sophia Club New York](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/be3937a8-d5a8-4eea-b8eb-ecb22e46db7e/20240529_joespub_sophiaclub_170.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sophia Club London](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e4675266-c7aa-46c2-826d-f3f523b1b692/sophia-club-april-24-19.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Olivia Chainey](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3eb93819-7644-4de8-afda-3f8dee6232ce/sophia-club-april-24-57.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sally Davies and Ruth Mace](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ce53650a-d74f-4343-a191-ff1654684323/sophia-club-april-24-86-_1.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Mish Grigor](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/10e394a6-c7c3-4700-a79c-624da3e49d8c/mce07694-enhanced-nr.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Brigid Hains and Alexandre Lefebvre](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2d7a34a8-1959-445f-83fa-b63df9f3dcfa/mce07654-enhanced-nr-1.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Lucy Railton, Karim Thébault and Sally Davies](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/09e14390-0027-4394-83c7-1b8b38204123/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Lucy Railton](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d86bee5d-db9a-478b-b84c-99d228184f10/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sally Davies and Karim Thébault](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/48f2372d-5e65-4180-9baf-34e661e8dd75/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Genevieve Lacey](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f0bbef9a-19e4-44e7-939b-efaf19ad28c7/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Audience at Sophia Club Melbourne](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ca601855-3ec1-497b-8834-5f742150c214/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Brigid Hains, Michelle Langley](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fa6226d0-8398-4432-b076-342a10c232c5/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Brigid Hains, Lyndsey Stonebridge](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9965d95a-ce14-4a88-8c42-f3d7e89e45d3/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8b9d7919-4717-467e-8279-a941502823e1/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Aviva Endean, Erkki Veltheim](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/98f72b8f-81ca-48a2-acba-52dc478591cc/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Audience in New York](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/55261520-dfa3-4b4b-9ed6-e014f90735cb/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Camae Ayewa / Moor Mother](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d1ee0f0a-94bb-4184-8c49-a87aea1854e0/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Brigid Hains, Kári Gíslason](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9c3aa425-2e88-4f28-a0c3-9f666a04a821/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Brigid Hains, Lyndsey Stonebridge](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f2184f46-1da4-4f32-82ee-3138dc4b6e6e/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sam Dresser, Lewis Gordon and Moor Mother](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c6685508-e19a-4d72-9a29-390542f3a1bf/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Emma Barrett and Christian Jarrett conversing from a low angle](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e9d53ee1-fb34-41f9-8f61-0fc26d1520bc/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sophia Club New York Q&A](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/cee8e22a-af18-4b38-9982-c10a3bf433da/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sam Dresser and Lewis Gordon](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9c50f5f7-643f-44a9-ac71-b191ed0d283c/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Eloïse Mignon, Erkki Veltheim](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6694f07e-2793-4103-87c6-b577c3f9e48a/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Darian Donovan Thomas Skye Cleary and Sam Dresser speaking on stage](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8506bfc9-5310-451d-9e64-b71b343f0f76/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![The Djirri Djirri ensemble on stage performing at a Melbourne event](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e9328a89-3cc6-48b1-b82a-08b74d66ea79/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Paul Grabowsky performing on the piano](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c4c28cfb-220e-4035-b737-23c7c03bee6c/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Close up of Samuel Pankhurst playing the double bass](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f22454d9-d0c0-4376-9424-be612ad2e2b7/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Tom Cochrane on stage in conversation with Brigid Hains](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/39faa4e4-7a41-4855-a7d5-b602c4cffef6/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Joseph Tawadros playing the oud in London](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e6799178-7f3a-41fd-b001-738382942f6f/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Mindy Meng Wang performing on stage](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2a77ecce-96bc-4858-8f7b-51cfcc683490/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Brigid Hains and Kristie Miller speaking on stage](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/02385ab0-4d87-4ac3-9db4-0953efb89be4/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Close up of Helga Davis performing in New York](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ec0b659f-52cb-4802-9d72-67fb43f6206b/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Ros Bandt on stage making an experimental soundscape](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5f1ad9dd-5954-4ea5-b6f7-8df387ee71d6/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Atmospheric London crowd shot](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/cd89eb98-80c1-42aa-88ee-e2f46df24c0a/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![People at the bar at New York event](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5fa8a19e-4a82-4a75-b75e-3a0346d01725/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Lior performing at Melbourne event](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fe61a69d-4a96-4fc8-92be-a206f9cd20a2/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Margaret Cameron and Brigid Hains speaking on stage](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7d350dee-a5f2-4508-bbe2-aa17d227bd57/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![The audience looking towards the stage in The Crypt](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/71584172-942d-47f6-a712-29febccb1674/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sarah Garfinkel on stage in conversation with Nigel Warburton](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c46519b6-e709-4e98-95df-815946435322/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![London crowd applauding](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c3e48764-397b-4c08-bdbd-7a3566aa5f06/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![The audience in the Brunswick Ballroom](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7eeaba1a-83ab-43e4-b53e-34b5092cac5b/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![A close up of Edith Hall and Corinne Jaber](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6401b876-84e3-4fcd-b905-0f1cf2dcb7ae/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![The audience looking towards the stage laughing](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9c4f3bff-6904-4bdf-97c4-3446f981fc0a/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Lilian Steiner dancing on stage](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a9f0a8e5-4040-4db6-92b8-9852d243d190/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Kit Downes and Sebastian Rochford on stage performing](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d6700b7a-96d6-441c-b802-88ef4edbc684/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Hamid Al-Saadi performing on stage in New York](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/798302ab-85dc-4fd3-954a-72ce9c8d21f0/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Melbourne crowd watching the stage](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/264374d5-d112-4a20-b157-63901b7f46cb/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Melbourne crowd watching the stage](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/de3a30bf-1fb3-4c5b-9591-30319c053fb0/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Live philosophy neon sign](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2b03a2a3-dd9e-49b1-baa7-6ee2518405e0/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sophia Club Melbourne](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b7c05b76-030f-49ef-955d-87dd56b4bece/final.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sophia Club New York](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/08a71f1e-21d3-40f5-82a2-6ae4f85d4ede/20240529_joespub_sophiaclub_175.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sophia Club New York](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/4ccbe756-56d8-4248-9e6c-cfbb5234d20a/20240529_joespub_sophiaclub_150.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sophia Club New York](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c20f911d-9f1d-46cf-8690-eeb619124f9d/20240529_joespub_sophiaclub_192.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sophia Club New York](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/be3937a8-d5a8-4eea-b8eb-ecb22e46db7e/20240529_joespub_sophiaclub_170.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sophia Club London](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e4675266-c7aa-46c2-826d-f3f523b1b692/sophia-club-april-24-19.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Olivia Chainey](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3eb93819-7644-4de8-afda-3f8dee6232ce/sophia-club-april-24-57.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sally Davies and Ruth Mace](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ce53650a-d74f-4343-a191-ff1654684323/sophia-club-april-24-86-_1.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Mish Grigor](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/10e394a6-c7c3-4700-a79c-624da3e49d8c/mce07694-enhanced-nr.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Brigid Hains and Alexandre Lefebvre](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2d7a34a8-1959-445f-83fa-b63df9f3dcfa/mce07654-enhanced-nr-1.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Lucy Railton, Karim Thébault and Sally Davies](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/09e14390-0027-4394-83c7-1b8b38204123/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Lucy Railton](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d86bee5d-db9a-478b-b84c-99d228184f10/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sally Davies and Karim Thébault](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/48f2372d-5e65-4180-9baf-34e661e8dd75/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Genevieve Lacey](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f0bbef9a-19e4-44e7-939b-efaf19ad28c7/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Audience at Sophia Club Melbourne](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ca601855-3ec1-497b-8834-5f742150c214/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Brigid Hains, Michelle Langley](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fa6226d0-8398-4432-b076-342a10c232c5/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Brigid Hains, Lyndsey Stonebridge](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9965d95a-ce14-4a88-8c42-f3d7e89e45d3/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8b9d7919-4717-467e-8279-a941502823e1/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Aviva Endean, Erkki Veltheim](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/98f72b8f-81ca-48a2-acba-52dc478591cc/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Audience in New York](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/55261520-dfa3-4b4b-9ed6-e014f90735cb/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Camae Ayewa / Moor Mother](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d1ee0f0a-94bb-4184-8c49-a87aea1854e0/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Brigid Hains, Kári Gíslason](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9c3aa425-2e88-4f28-a0c3-9f666a04a821/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Brigid Hains, Lyndsey Stonebridge](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f2184f46-1da4-4f32-82ee-3138dc4b6e6e/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sam Dresser, Lewis Gordon and Moor Mother](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c6685508-e19a-4d72-9a29-390542f3a1bf/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Emma Barrett and Christian Jarrett conversing from a low angle](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e9d53ee1-fb34-41f9-8f61-0fc26d1520bc/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sophia Club New York Q&A](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/cee8e22a-af18-4b38-9982-c10a3bf433da/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sam Dresser and Lewis Gordon](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9c50f5f7-643f-44a9-ac71-b191ed0d283c/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Eloïse Mignon, Erkki Veltheim](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6694f07e-2793-4103-87c6-b577c3f9e48a/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Darian Donovan Thomas Skye Cleary and Sam Dresser speaking on stage](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/8506bfc9-5310-451d-9e64-b71b343f0f76/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![The Djirri Djirri ensemble on stage performing at a Melbourne event](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e9328a89-3cc6-48b1-b82a-08b74d66ea79/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Paul Grabowsky performing on the piano](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c4c28cfb-220e-4035-b737-23c7c03bee6c/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Close up of Samuel Pankhurst playing the double bass](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/f22454d9-d0c0-4376-9424-be612ad2e2b7/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Tom Cochrane on stage in conversation with Brigid Hains](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/39faa4e4-7a41-4855-a7d5-b602c4cffef6/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Joseph Tawadros playing the oud in London](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e6799178-7f3a-41fd-b001-738382942f6f/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Mindy Meng Wang performing on stage](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2a77ecce-96bc-4858-8f7b-51cfcc683490/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Brigid Hains and Kristie Miller speaking on stage](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/02385ab0-4d87-4ac3-9db4-0953efb89be4/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Close up of Helga Davis performing in New York](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ec0b659f-52cb-4802-9d72-67fb43f6206b/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Ros Bandt on stage making an experimental soundscape](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5f1ad9dd-5954-4ea5-b6f7-8df387ee71d6/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Atmospheric London crowd shot](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/cd89eb98-80c1-42aa-88ee-e2f46df24c0a/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![People at the bar at New York event](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/5fa8a19e-4a82-4a75-b75e-3a0346d01725/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Lior performing at Melbourne event](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fe61a69d-4a96-4fc8-92be-a206f9cd20a2/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Margaret Cameron and Brigid Hains speaking on stage](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7d350dee-a5f2-4508-bbe2-aa17d227bd57/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![The audience looking towards the stage in The Crypt](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/71584172-942d-47f6-a712-29febccb1674/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Sarah Garfinkel on stage in conversation with Nigel Warburton](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c46519b6-e709-4e98-95df-815946435322/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![London crowd applauding](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c3e48764-397b-4c08-bdbd-7a3566aa5f06/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![The audience in the Brunswick Ballroom](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/7eeaba1a-83ab-43e4-b53e-34b5092cac5b/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![A close up of Edith Hall and Corinne Jaber](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6401b876-84e3-4fcd-b905-0f1cf2dcb7ae/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![The audience looking towards the stage laughing](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9c4f3bff-6904-4bdf-97c4-3446f981fc0a/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Lilian Steiner dancing on stage](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a9f0a8e5-4040-4db6-92b8-9852d243d190/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Kit Downes and Sebastian Rochford on stage performing](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d6700b7a-96d6-441c-b802-88ef4edbc684/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Hamid Al-Saadi performing on stage in New York](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/798302ab-85dc-4fd3-954a-72ce9c8d21f0/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Melbourne crowd watching the stage](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/264374d5-d112-4a20-b157-63901b7f46cb/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Melbourne crowd watching the stage](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/de3a30bf-1fb3-4c5b-9591-30319c053fb0/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
![Live philosophy neon sign](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/2b03a2a3-dd9e-49b1-baa7-6ee2518405e0/original.jpg?width=384&quality=75&format=auto)
Audio
We have partnered with Big Ideas to capture the conversation from a selection of our past events – tune in below.
Humans are unusual animals. We have long childhoods, we live well beyond our reproductive years and we’re a dazzling mix of selfishness and altruism. Can evolution solve the puzzle of being human? Join our discussion at Sophia Club London with host, Sally Davies, and professor of evolutionary anthropology, Ruth Mace.
Find out more about the event here.