Top events in London on Sat 31st Jul 2021
Churches across the City of London will ring the bells in a festival of church bells.
Historical re-enactors will be setting up camp on the forecourt at the British Museum, offering you the opportunity to enjoy the sights and sounds of early Roman Britain.
2021-07-31
11am to 4pm
Russell Square
A walking boat will be in the Thames around Battersea - and yes, it's art.
2021-07-31
12pm to 1pm
Battersea
Exploring the hidden churchyards and burial grounds in the heart of the City of London
2021-07-31
12pm to 2pm
Barbican
Occasional open day at a railway cutting nature reserve in Forest Hill.
2021-07-31
1pm to 4pm
Forest Hill
A talk about the history of rum in the Royal Navy, with drink tasting on HMS Belfast.
2021-07-31
6pm to 8pm
Southwark
Online events / webinars
Jeremy Konsbruck, a military historian, joins us on Zoom to tell us about conscription and tribunals in WW1.
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon Reverberations is an immersive sound installation, produced by sound artist Wajid Yaseen, that uses transducer speakers to resonate through the bookshelves of one of London’s oldest radical bookshops.
11am to 6:30pm
Closing soon Fri, 1st October
2021-07-26
2021-10-01
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
The richly decorated Victorian Leadenhall Market has been filled with neon lighting from Gods Own Junkyard.
All Day
Closing soon Sat, 31st July
2021-05-26
2021-07-31
This exhibition brings 1980s Hackney to life through photographs found in the basement of the Rio Cinema, Dalston.
10am to 5pm
Closing soon Sat, 31st July
2021-05-18
2021-07-31
A collection of limited edition prints and original drawings including maps that salute London’s Theatres, Lost Rivers and bustling London Squares.
12pm to 5pm
Closing soon Sat, 31st July
2021-05-24
2021-07-31
An exhibition of new works by Tom Sachs, never previously seen in the UK, including four new sculptures conceived for the exhibition.
10am to 6pm
Closing soon Sat, 31st July
2021-04-13
2021-07-31
This exhibition looks at how spirituality continued to be an important source of inspiration for artists in the post-war years.
11am to 4pm
Closing soon Sat, 31st July
2021-06-09
2021-07-31
This show brings together two of the most important figures in twentieth-century British painting, exploring between them, figuration, abstraction, cubism, ‘concrete’ art, and collage.
11am to 5pm
Closing soon Sat, 31st July
2021-06-09
2021-07-31
Exhibitions opening soon
What's on in London
Walking tours of London on Saturday 31st July 2021
A guided walk around Westminster and get to see the hidden and ever so picturesque Georgian back streets where all the political salons are
10am to 12pm
Whitehall
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A regular guided walk around the canals and heritage of Camden town.
11am to 1pm
Camden
2021-07-31
2021-07-31
A guided walk around the heart of Abbey Road looking out for Beatles memorabilia.
11am to 1pm
Camden
2021-07-31
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The London of a life steeped in equal measures of pleasure, controversy and disdain...
11am to 1pm
Picadilly
2021-07-31
2021-07-31
Discover the secrets of London in our walking tour of Covent Garden, Kingsway, Lincoln’s Inn Fields and Victoria Embankment.
11:30am to 1:30pm
Covent Garden
2021-07-31
2021-07-31
A new guided walk larded with street theatre, songs and pub stops, exploring the rich history of one of London’s most colourful quarters.
11:30am to 5pm
Aldwych
2021-07-31
2021-07-31
Bloody, Flaming, Poxy London. Plague, Fire & Revolution. The Black Death. Churchyards brimming with bodies. The harvest of Death. The zombie apocalypse – but for real.
2pm to 4pm
Barbican
2021-07-31
2021-07-31
A unique walking tour through London’s magical history with a magical guide — discover the magic side of London beyond Harry Potter.
Starts at 2pm
Whitehall
2021-07-31
2021-07-31
At night the ancient City is deserted. And eerie. Explore its shadowy back streets and dimly lit alleys.
7:30pm to 9:30pm
Barbican
2021-07-31
2021-07-31
10am to 12pm
Whitehall
