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Top events in London on Tue 5th May 2020
In this lecture we will examine not only the murky world of electronic crime but also how information technology can be used to solve physical crimes.
6pm to 7pm
BarbicanThis illustrated lecture marks 150 years since Dickens’s death by reflecting on the nature of his creative genius and his legacy.
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
The first ever retrospective of the Polish-Jewish émigré who brought European modernist aesthetics to British graphic design.
10am to 5:30pm Kings Cross
Ends on Sun, 10th May
Tate Modern presents the first major exhibition of Steve McQueen’s artwork in the UK for 20 years
10am to 6pm Southwark Ends on Mon, 11th May
The New Stone Age exhibition will celebrate the sustainability, practicality and inherent beauty of stone.
9am to 6pm Euston Ends on Fri, 15th May
This exhibition, in the Weston Room at the Maughan Library, marks the 75th anniversary of VE day and the liberation of the Nazi death and concentration camps.
10am to 5pm Holborn Ends on Sat, 16th May
An ambitious and wide-spanning survey of the origins of surrealist art in Britain, and the first to trace its roots back to 1620 through supporting archive material.
10am to 5pm Dulwich Ends on Sun, 17th May
An exhibition of superb images reproduced from the British Library’s collection of Japanese pattern books.
11am to 5pm Camden Ends on Sun, 17th May
Through the medium of film and photography, this major exhibition considers how masculinity has been coded, performed, and socially constructed from the 1960s to the present day.
10am to 4pm Barbican Ends on Sun, 17th May
This exhibition explores the ways in which, from the eighteenth century to the present day, our perception of the hero or heroine has evolved.
11am to 5pm Greenwich Ends on Sun, 24th May
The largest exhibition of his drawings for 50 years.
10am to 6pm Pimlico Ends on Mon, 25th May
This is the first monographic exhibition of Spilliaert’s work in the UK and will showcase some 90 works on paper.
10am to 6pm Picadilly Ends on Mon, 25th May
Regular Events - Tuesday 5th May 2020
A tour exploring the history of the site before the current building existed.
12:45pm to : StrandWalking tours of London on Tuesday 5th May 2020
Called the Street of Shame, there’s more to this road between the City of London and the City of Westminster than its newspaper heritage.
11am to 12:45pm City of London
On this guided tour, led by an expert City of London of Guide, you’ll see several of his finest places of worship. Judge for yourself which is the finest!
2pm to 4pm City of London
Tower Bridge opening times
Tower Bridge is not due to open today. The next scheduled opening is on Mon 11th May at 06:00am
