Top events in London on Thu 24th Jan 2019
To acknowledge the contribution of black and minority ethnic seafarers during the First World War and some of their stories just after the war had ended.
2019-01-24
1pm to 2pm
Richmond
In this talk Simon Elliott launches his most recent book, Roman Legionaries, which tells the story of every aspect of the lives of these elite warriors of the ancient world.
2019-01-24
6pm to 8pm
City of London
This lecture will explore how the sixteenth century found ways of distancing itself from religion – like Christopher Marlowe, who raged against its moral constraints.
2019-01-24
6pm to 7pm
Barbican
The government says it wants to make new developments more beautiful – but beautiful to whom?
2019-01-24
Starts at 6:30pm
Kings Cross
Paul Dolan launches his new book, Happy Ever After, exploring the narratives society installs in us, using good evidence to debunk bad stories.
2019-01-24
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
This illustrated lecture by Jo Story (Professor at the University of Leicester) explores the deep-rooted connectivity between England and the Continent in the centuries before the Norman Conquest
2019-01-24
7pm to 8:30pm
Camden
Comic Robin Ince uses the life of the stand-up as a way of exploring some of the biggest questions we all face
2019-01-24
7:30pm to 9pm
Holborn
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
The exhibition includes works by members of Proust’s family and by some of the leading French physicians of the day.
9am to 9pm
Closing soon Sat, 26th January
2018-11-12
2019-01-26
A night time display of lighting installations around the Canary Wharf estate.
5pm to 10pm
Closing soon Sat, 26th January
2019-01-15
2019-01-26
The first UK show of work by the Spanish Baroque artist and printmaker, Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652).
10am to 5pm
Closing soon Sun, 27th January
2018-09-26
2019-01-27
Discover two artists who changed the course of Western European art
10am to 6pm
Closing soon Sun, 27th January
2018-10-01
2019-01-27
The Enchanted Garden explores how Morris's contemporaries and subsequent generations of artists have responded to the allure of garden spaces, using them as stages for the magical, menacing and romantic.
10am to 5pm
Closing soon Sun, 27th January
2018-10-20
2019-01-27
The first UK exhibition to explore the complex relationship between fashion and nature from 1600 to the present day
10am to 5:45pm
Closing soon Sun, 27th January
2018-10-19
2019-01-27
The exhibition explores the Gestetner machine as a device that revolutionised the office.
1pm to 5pm
Closing soon Thu, 31st January
2018-10-02
2019-01-31
A series of light installations during January along London Wall in the City of London.
3pm to 9pm
Closing soon Thu, 31st January
2019-01-10
2019-01-31
Previously unseen and rediscovered archival photography of Kate Macintosh’s Dawson’s Heights housing in south London shown at the RIBA.
10am to 5pm
Closing soon Sat, 2nd February
2018-12-15
2019-02-02
Featuring over fifty works from across the world, some of which have never been on display before, Gainsborough’s Family Album charts his career from youth to maturity.
10am to 6pm
Closing soon Sun, 3rd February
2018-11-22
2019-02-03
Exhibitions opening soon
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