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In the seventeenth century Oxfordshire was home to two remarkable gardens that shared a reliance on technology to indulge the enthusiasms of their owners and impress their visitors.
10am to 11:30am
An update on the key trends and challenges at universities across London, exploring the new campus developments.
10am to 11am
Excavations within the Great Kitchen of Westminster Abbey. Lecture by Joe Brooks, Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Landscape architect Kim Wilkie will trace this development through looking at some of the projects he has worked on.
6:30pm to :
Join Naomi Oreskes as she explores what we need to consider when we want people to trust the science.
7pm to 8pm
Oliver Caroe, surveyor of St Paul’s Cathedral, discusses his descent from the Victorian and Edwardian architect W. D. Caroe.
7pm to 9pm
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
Free
Crocodile Cradle
An exhibition that can be seen through the gallery window while it's shut.
All Day
Islington
Ends on Closing soon Sun, 18th April
Uncover plants and pranks this Easter with Dennis and Gnasher and all their friends from Beano at Kew Gardens.
10am to 5pm
Richmond
Ends on Closing soon Sun, 18th April
The first solo exhibition in Europe devoted to three generations of women artists living in Gee’s Bend, a remote black community situated on a U-turn in the Alabama River.
10am to 6pm
Tottenham Court Road
Ends on Closing soon Sun, 25th April
This exhibition brings together 26 pictures from a new series Gilbert & George have been working on for over two years.
10am to 3:30pm
St James
Ends on Fri 30th April
Free
Not Vital: Paintings
This exhibition features a selection of works never previously exhibited in the UK, many of which have never been seen by the public.
10am to 6pm
Hanover Square
Ends on Wed 26th May
In this exhibition, a suggestion of haunting, or ghostliness, is manifested in a different way.
10am to 5:45pm
Mayfair
Ends on Sat 5th June
The Royal Society of Sculptors is showcasing the work of Naomi Blake FRBS with an outdoor exhibition on the sculpture terrace.
All Day
South Kensington
Ends on Sun 6th June
The exhibition presents a select sampling of Koraïchi’s works in different media created during this past year of global crisis.
12:30pm to 5:30pm
Clerkenwell
Ends on Sat 12th June
An open-air exhibition documenting the overland journey photographer Christopher Wilton-Steer undertook in 2019 following the historic trade route.
All Day
Kings Cross
Ends on Wed 16th June
An exhibition around the roof garden above the Elizabeth line station of large geometric coloured shapes.
All Day
Poplar
Ends on Sat 19th June
