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Top events in London on Fri 11th Jan 2019

Historian David Olusoga delves into the series of race related riots of 1919
 7pm to 8:30pm
 
 Camden
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In this special lecture, Irving Finkel, British Museum, gives an overview of how the library would have functioned, with reference to a few highlight texts from the Museum's collection.
 Starts at 12am
 
 Russell Square
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon

With over 150 posters and original artworks on display, this exhibition recognises some of these forgotten design heroines and reveals the hidden stories behind their work.
Poster Girls - A century of art and design
event time 10am to 6pm
 Covent Garden
 Closing soon Sun, 13th Jan
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An exhibition that reveals sunken, forgotten letters recently recovered from a shipwreck.
event time 10am to 5pm
 Farringdon
 Closing soon Sun, 13th Jan
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This exhibition explores how factory methods are transforming how we deliver homes in the capital.
Factory-made Housing: a solution for London?
event time 9am to 6pm
 Euston
 Closing soon Fri, 18th Jan
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These displays explore the controversy that has raged over female practitioners throughout the centuries.
event time 9am to 5pm
 Camden
 Closing soon Fri, 18th Jan
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An exhibition of books from Eton College.
event time 9am to 5pm
 South Kensington
 Closing soon Fri, 18th Jan
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The exhibition explores the day and evening styles of the decade, complemented by photographs of the stars who championed them.
Night and Day: 1930s Fashion and Photographs
event time 11am to 6pm
 Southwark
 Closing soon Sun, 20th Jan
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This exhibition traces the development of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings through a selection of over forty masterpieces.
event time 10am to 9pm
 Trafalgar Square
 Closing soon Sun, 20th Jan
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An exhibition which explores dreams, the unconscious and an imaginary world between sleep and wakefulness.
event time 10am to 5:45pm
 Bethnal Green
 Closing soon Sun, 20th Jan
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History, as somebody wise once said, is just one damned thing after another. But is it really? Who decides what is ‘history’?
event time 10am to 5:50pm
 Russell Square
 Closing soon Sun, 20th Jan
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Designed and curated in close collaboration with Piano himself, this is the first exhibition in London to put the spotlight on Piano in 30 years.
Renzo Piano - The Art of Making Buildings
event time 10am to 10pm
 Picadilly
 Closing soon Sun, 20th Jan
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Tower Bridge opening times

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