One-Off Events Happening Today Only
| tba | 'Blasphemy!' - blasphemy, religious hatred, and human rights: who speaks for the sacred? (Holborn) |
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This event focuses on the criminalization of religious hatred, defamation, and insult under European human rights. (Cost: £10) |
| tba | Free guided walks around London |
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A series of free guided walks all around London this weekend. (Cost: Free) |
| 10:00 AM | Rotherhithe Winter Walk (Rotherhithe) |
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Join the Thames Discovery Programme to explore the south bank foreshore from Rotherhithe to Bermondsey. (Cost: Donations welcome) |
| 11:00 AM | Vauxhall Walk with Old Maps |
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Walk with Old Maps round the neighbourhood once dominated by Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens. (Cost: £8) |
| 11:30 AM | Ceremony of the Constable's Dues (Tower Hill) |
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Watch the rare ancient ceremony where a barrel of rum is delivered to the Tower of London. |
| 12:00 PM | Winter Wildlife Open day in Holland Park (Kensington) |
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You can take a stroll around the woodland and discover more about the trees and experience wildlife firsthand through our self guided trail. |
| 7:30 PM | The Sandi Toksvig Memorial Lecture (Southwark) |
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Sandi Toksvig seeks out a mix of merriment and the macabre in morbidity plus, rather surprisingly, some music. (Cost: £15-£20) |
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Regular Events on Today (typically repeat each week)
| 11:00 AM | The Gems Of Whitechapel Walk (Aka Not Another Ripper Walk) (Whitechapel) |
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Local social enterprise London City Steps put together this walk to show that there is so much more in Whitechapel than the Ripper Murders. (Cost: £8) |
8:00 PM | Star and moon gazing at the Hampstead Observatory (Hampstead) |
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Regular winter evening openings of the Hampstead Observatory with a couple of telescopes. |
Temporary Exhibitions Open Today
| Boxed: Fabulous Coffins from UK and Ghana (Southwark) | |
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| A vibrant collection of bespoke coffins from the famous Pa Joe workshop in Ghana and Crazy Coffins in Nottingham. (Ending Soon! Sun, 29th Jan) |
| A Hankering after Ghosts: Charles Dickens and the Supernatural (Camden) | |
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| This exhibition explores the many ways in which Dickens used supernatural phenomena in his works. (Ends on Sun, 4th Mar) |
| William Morris: Story, Memory, Myth (Temple/Aldwych) | |
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| The inaugural exhibition at the recently restored Two Temple Place looks at how William Morris told stories through pattern and poetry. (Ending Soon! Sun, 29th Jan) |
| Forgotten Spaces (Temple/Aldwych) | |
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| Forgotten Spaces is about looking at the future development of our cities differently. (Ending Soon! Sun, 29th Jan) |
| A is for Adolf Teaching German Children Nazi Values (Bloomsbury) | |
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| A display of the toys used to teach Nazi principles to German children (Ends on Fri, 2nd Mar) |
| Painting by Numbers (Covent Garden) | |
| A new poster display showing artistic, historical versions of data visualisation. (Ends on Sun, 18th Mar)
(Cost: £13.50 (Admission to whole museum for a year)) |
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| Analogue/Digital: 100 years of printmaking at Central Saint Martins | |
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| For the last century Central Saint Martins has been a key player in shaping contemporary practice in printmaking. (Ends on Sat, 25th Feb) |
Location Map for Today's Events
Note: only lists venues with fixed locations - not guided walks unless a start point is known.
