What's on in London on Saturday 19th November 2022

Top events happening London

Blackheath and Greenwich Amnesty Book Sale

The local group has collected thousands of books from a variety of sources, including publishers and book reviewers as well as individual donors. The quality of books – many of which are brand new – are exceptionally high, and there …

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10:00am to 4:00pm
Free
Greenwich

Steam train passing through south London

A note that a steam train will pass around south London this morning and afternoon. The locomotive will leave Victoria station at 11am and return later in the afternoon at 4:50pm. The route will be confirmed closer to the date, …

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11:10am to 4:50pm
Free

Winter ice festival

Wrap up warm and come along with your family or friends for a day to experience ice sculpting experts alongside interactive workshops. In Jubilee Park you will find a frozen ice trail of 15 specially carved ice sculptures, each one …

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12:00pm to 7:00pm
Free
Poplar

Barnet "Physic Well" openings

Volunteers from Barnet Museum are continuing to arrange special openings of Barnet Physic Well, giving everyone free access to this little known part of Barnet’s heritage. Please be aware that the Physic Well is in a relatively small room underground …

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2:00pm to 4:00pm
Free
Arkley

Son et lumière night show at the Tower of London

The Tower of London will be covered with a huge video art installation on four evenings. The organisers, Unboxed, are a bit coy about what the video will be about, but it seems to be related to the night sky, …

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5:30pm to 9:30pm
Free
Tower of London, Tower Hill

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

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

Lily Mixe

The exhibition will feature a specially commissioned 15 metre mural and an exciting array of new works. The works featured in Butterfly Effect continue the artists on-going exploration of forms in nature and the inter-connectedness of species on planet Earth. …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 4th Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea

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