What's on in London on Thursday 17th November 2022

Top events happening London

Breakspear: the unknown English pope

Nicholas Breakspear has been overlooked for centuries, even though his achievements outshone those of his contemporary, Thomas Becket. Born in poverty and probably illegitimate, Breakspear rose to become the only Englishman to ascend the throne of Saint Peter, ruling over …

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5:30pm to 7:00pm
Free
Lambeth Palace Library, Southwark

Travel journals and the history of horology

Join Peter de Clercq for a lecture exploring the value of travel journals as sources for studying the history of horology. Travel journals have been written for centuries and have often also been published, either in contemporary editions or in …

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5:30pm to 7:00pm
Free
British Museum, Russell Square

Imperial Lates: Tiny Science

Highlights include: -From stricter regulations and recyclable bio-alternatives, to demonstrating human health risks, our expert panel discuss ways to keep microplastics out of our environment and lungs. -A new Higgs – what will the Large Hadron Collider find next? Learn …

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6:00pm to 9:00pm
Free
Hampstead

Gardens In My Life with Arabella Lennox-Boyd

Arabella Lennox-Boyd is indisputably the international doyenne of garden designers, recently described by House & Garden magazine as ‘a world-renowned horticultural tour-de-force.’ Through a career spanning half a century she has created magical gardens all over the world with a …

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Starts at 7:00pm
£18
South Kensington

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Augenblick Press: Rain Time

Augenblick Press presents a collection of photographs documenting the self-portraiture of one woman’s penchant for deep-sea submersion via the burgeoning world of rubber fetishism

Exhibition ends on Thursday 17th Nov 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Horse Hospital, Clerkenwell

Lands of Unknown Warriors

An exhibition of new paintings by John Woodman inspired by the landscapes from which the Unknown Warrior was chosen. The Unknown Warrior was buried in Westminster Abbey in 1920, representing all who died in the First World War with no …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 19th Nov 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Westminster Abbey, Pimlico

Londoners Underground: Private Worlds in Public Places

The culmination of a five year-long project observing the lives of Londoners – the ordinary and not-so-ordinary – doing that most mundane and democratic of London activities: taking the tube. A portrait of a city in transit, this exhibition celebrates …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 23rd Nov 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Barbican Arts Centre, Barbican

Phantom Stamps

Phantom Stamps is a collaborative project imagined by Stanley Gibbons, to bring the world of stamp collecting to a brand-new audience. The stamp seller has been working with 5 artists to take the format of traditional postage stamps (and, more …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 26th Nov 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Strand

Enchanted Woodland

Open over three weekends only, this is one of London’s largest illuminated winter woodland displays. The display fills the woods around Syon Park’s lake and (usually) includes displays on the main building as well. Typically can take 1-2 hours to …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 27th Nov 2022 Closing Soon
£15
Syon House, Brentford

Jubilee - St Paul's, the Monarch and the Changing World

June 2022 sees the historic celebration of HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, including a Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral on Friday 3rd June. To mark this unique event, our exhibition Jubilee: St Paul’s, the Monarch and the Changing …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 1st Dec 2022 Closing Soon
£18
St Paul's Cathedral, City of London

A taste of one's own medicine

This exhibition comprised a unique collection of medical satire prints from the mid-18th century to the 1980s. Graphic satire has saturated all levels of society since it emerged as a skilled artform in the 17th century. It developed into a …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 2nd Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Royal College of Physicians Museum, Camden

Outwitting Cancer - Making Sense of Nature's Enigma

An exhibition exploring the trail-blazing research that is turning the tide on cancer. Outwitting Cancer – Making Sense of Nature’s Enigma is an immersive exhibition exploring the latest cancer research taking place at the Crick – Europe’s largest biomedical research …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 3rd Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free
The Francis Crick Institute , Camden

Grime Stories: from the corner to the mainstream

A display honouring the music, people and places central to the grime scene and its roots in East London. Co-curated by one of the first cameramen of grime, Roony ‘Risky’ Keefe, Grime Stories: from the corner to the mainstream is …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 4th Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free

Harry Kane: I want to play football

A display celebrating one of the city’s most iconic sporting heroes, both on and off the pitch. A young Harry Kane once wrote on a school work sheet that he wanted to play football. Fast forward to today: now he’s …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 4th Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free

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