Top events in London on Thu 8th Oct 2020
Online events / webinars
Join Professor Gareth Collins for Science Breaks: The dinosaur-dooming asteroid and how we stop the next one.
This talk by Pete Smith tells the story of his close and often fraught collaboration with a range of talented artists, and points to the detailed clues in their illustrations that a modern reader might easily miss.
Anna Garvey is a tattoo artist with 15 years experience. One of her specialist fields is post-mastectomy tattooing.
In this talk, learn about some of the challenges faced by overhead line engineers and how a rebranding exercise could help to repair the reputational damage incurred from some more recent projects.
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
For the exhibition, the gallery will be transformed into an overgrown, supernaturally lit terrain inspired by the scene depicted in the painting the exhibition takes its name from.
10am to 6pm
Closing soon Thu, 7th October
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The work in this exhibition is painted mostly on objects that the artist has
salvaged from the streets and buildings of London.
11am to 5pm
Closes tomorrow
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An exhibition examining the industry’s innovative nature, presenting the unique depth of rush weaving’s aesthetics and its historical value to Taiwan.
11am to 6pm
Closes tomorrow
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Bentleys, the vintage luggage specialist, hosts a week-long residency with arguably Britain’s finest traditional leather craftspeople: Tetbury’s Neil MacGregor and Valerie Michael.
11am to 5pm
Closes tomorrow
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An exhibition that celebrates the breadth, diversity and qualities of craft, and includes numerous craft objects made in the UK over the course of the last 50 years.
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Visitors can see the entire process of creating handwoven textiles, from setting up the warp, weaving both tapestries and rugs, and finally taking the finished piece off the loom.
2pm to 6pm
Closing soon Sun, 10th October
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Five leading contemporary craft galleries on display in the historic, 19th-century official residence of the Argentine ambassador.
12pm to 5pm
Closing soon Sun, 10th October
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20 designers have been invited to think about their experiences of a pandemic world.
10am to 6pm
Closing soon Sun, 10th October
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A series of X-ray photographs and poetic texts highlighting extinction and the alarming decline in bird species around the world.
10am to 5:30pm
Closing soon Sun, 10th October
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Embroiderers to the British Royal Family, Savile Row and top European designers, Hand & Lock opens its doors for one week to offer an insight into Britain’s oldest embroidery house.
10am to 4:30pm
Closing soon Sun, 10th October
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Exhibitions opening soon
Regular Events - Thursday 8th October 2020
Join us for a talk around NLA's giant model of central London, bringing the story of London’s historical and physical development to life.
12pm to 12:30pm
Euston
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Join us for a talk around NLA's giant model of central London, bringing the story of London’s historical and physical development to life.
12pm to 12:30pm
Euston
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What's on in London
Walking tours of London on Thursday 8th October 2020
Follow the trail left by monks and monarchs, press barons and literary giants along the highway and down its twisting alleyways.
11am to 12:30pm
City of London
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A walk that explores the very heart of the City – the most historic part of the capital.
11am to 1pm
City of London
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This Magical Mystery Tour is a chance to “Imagine” Beatlemania and the Swinging 60s.
11am to 1pm
Bloomsbury
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A walk through London’s magical history, from medieval witches and alchemists to tales of great illusionists past and present with a Blue Badge Tourist Guide... and magician.
2pm to 3:30pm
Whitehall
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A guided walk around Westminster and get to see the hidden and ever so picturesque Georgian back streets where all the political salons are
2pm to 4pm
Whitehall
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