Top events in London on Thu 8th Jul 2021
Hear more from guest speaker Tom Bolton, author of the two volume book London’s Lost Rivers: A Walker’s Guide, and test your watery knowledge in a live quiz.
6:30pm to 9pm
Covent Garden
BBC journalist Steve Silk talks about his new book, The Great North Road.
Online events / webinars
This is where the writers, the artists and the thinkers lived, worked, relaxed and created.
How has TfL's Andy Byford steered 27,000 staff and 60,000 contractors through a global pandemic and how can London's transport bounce back?
Join this webinar to hear how HS2 are investing now to ensure they have the skilled workforce in the future.
Is it fair to describe Julia Agrippina as Rome's most powerful woman? And was she Rome's first true empress?
Join David Abbink as he argues that robots and humans should work in partnership, not as a substitute for each other
Join Viktor Wynd on Zoom for a Guided tour of his Cornish UnNatural History Museum - nestled within The National Maritime Museum Falmouth
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
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.
All Day
Closing soon Sat, 9th October
2021-07-07
2021-10-09
This is a rare opportunity to see one of Poland’s most loved works of art.
10am to 6pm
Closing soon Sun, 30th August
2021-05-21
2020-08-30
Inspired by artist Anna Ray’s Huguenot ancestors who settled in Spitalfields as textile makers in the 18th century, the exhibition explores the past and present of textile making.
8am to 6pm
Closing soon Thu, 1st October
2021-06-21
2020-10-01
A solo exhibition of new and archival works that spotlight Black Queer legacies in Britain by Ajamu X.
12:30pm to 5:45pm
Closing soon Sun, 11th July
2021-05-20
2021-07-11
A new outdoor exhibition, Gunnersbury Park Museum celebrates the life and work of Ealing Studios stills photographer Roy Gough.
All Day
Closing soon Sun, 11th July
2021-05-16
2021-07-11
This exhibition showcases the innovative work of Japanese textile designer Sudō Reiko, who is renowned for pushing boundaries of textile production and championing new methods of sustainable manufacturing.
11am to 6pm
Closing soon Sun, 11th July
2021-05-17
2021-07-11
Operating anonymously under a moniker that is as witty as it is elusive, the artist’s latest body of work presents onlookers with an array of characters that are at once both familiar and estranged.
10am to 6pm
Closing soon Thu, 15th July
2021-06-24
2021-07-15
Works from the period of the two artists’ friendship will be shown side by side for the first time, along with unseen materials from Beard’s archives including letters and photographs.
10am to 6pm
Closing soon Fri, 16th July
2021-04-12
2021-07-16
Three exhibitions at the gallery that can be visited on one booking ticket.
10am to 6pm
Closing soon Fri, 16th July
2021-06-28
2021-07-16
Taking inspiration from Bloomberg’s location in the City of London, Dant’s epic sepia ink drawing encapsulates 2,000 years of the everyday life and times of Budge Row, the famous once-lost thoroughfare now reinstated as Bloomberg Arcade.
10am to 6pm
Closing soon Sat, 17th July
2021-05-18
2021-07-17
Exhibitions opening soon
What's on in London
Walking tours of London on Thursday 8th July 2021
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
2021-07-08
2021-07-08
A walk that explores the very heart of the City – the most historic part of the capital.
11am to 1pm
City of London
2021-07-08
2021-07-08
This Magical Mystery Tour is a chance to “Imagine” Beatlemania and the Swinging 60s.
11am to 1pm
Bloomsbury
2021-07-08
2021-07-08
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
2021-07-08
2021-07-08
