Things to do in London in April 2017

A look at urban development with a focus on the Old Oak Park Royal site.

 

Many eradication attempts have been tried and failed. This lecture will examine the opportunities and difficulties of eradication.

 

A look at how the Dutch live below sea level and its implications for the UK with climate change.

 

A panel of academics and journalists will discuss the new administration’s priorities and the international implications of the current US political landscape.

 

The Greenwich Historical Society presents an illustrated talk by local artist Nicola White.

 

Beautiful natural history images brought to life from the Library's collections.

 

A panel of diplomats and experts will discuss why many governments are joining forces to bring an end to the ivory trade,

 

Find out how the FT and Buzzfeed approach their respective political coverage in a year where the truth has become stranger than fiction.

 

Human rights lawyer Philippe Sands will discuss his book, newly available in paperback, East West Street, which explores the creation and development of world-changing legal concepts that came about as a result of the unprecedented atrocities of Hitler’s Third Reich, with Daniel Finkelstein OBE

 

How was it possible for Britain to wind up fighting a war in Iraq that so many British people considered illegitimate? A new book by LSE Fellow Dr James Strong attempts to offer some answers.

 

One of a pair of events using specimens and conversation to investigate our encounters with animals.

 

How does it feel to live in a 'haunted home'? How do you negotiate living in a home which might be 'co-habited' by the strangest form of stranger?

 

A talk about the significant new discoveries being made at the site of a 3000-year-old settlement, dubbed the 'Peterborough Pompeii', at Must Farm, in East Anglia.

 

Taking Albertopolis and Southbank as case studies, how can redevelopment of key cultural institutions affect and enhance London’s places?

 

Emma Mawdsley looks at artists' depiction of war in the press of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

 

Late night adults only evening at the museum, with talks and and demonstrations.

 

A world-premier performance of a new live musical score to accompany Fritz Lang’s 1927 sci-fi masterpiece Metropolis.

 

Head to Little Venice over Bank Holiday weekend for the yearly IWA Canalway Cavalcade,

 

Southwark Cathedral presents a day of talks about London, looking at its stories, old and new. Speakers include, Ted Sandling, Matt Beaumont, Gillian Tindall and Stephen Alford

 

Guided tours of the London Transport museum's archive of posters and artwork.

 

Unique tour of former Vestry Hall, Shoreditch Town Hall, now a major arts venue

 

The Reserve is open to the public just once a year at a time when the bluebells are at their most beautiful.

 

Head to Little Venice over Bank Holiday weekend for the yearly IWA Canalway Cavalcade,

 

Occasional open day at the under-restoration Victorian steam pumping station.

 

Hear behind-the-scenes stories and gain exclusive access to areas usually reserved for performers and Southbank Centre staff.