What's on in London on Thursday 26th January 2023

Top events happening London

Chain mail making

Join specialist Phil Parkes and discover the history of chain mail. While sipping on complimentary tea and coffee, you’ll learn to use traditional tools to assemble the mail into a keychain to take home. This workshop is suitable for ages …

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1:30pm to 4:30pm
£35
Fulham Palace, Fulham

The London 'Rairey Shows' of 1724

Using a unique London Metropolitan Archives print as its starting point, this lecture takes us on an unusual journey around London in the autumn of 1724. With our Principal Librarian, Dr Peter Ross as our guide, we will encounter criminals, …

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2:00pm to 3:00pm
Free
City of London

The Limits of Diplomacy: Sir Laurie Bristow and Dr Julie Newton in Conversation

Pushkin House invites you to join two esteemed experts, Sir Laurie Bristow and Dr Julie Newton, for a discussion about the global shifts in international politics caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Almost a year has …

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7:00pm to 8:30pm
£20
Bloomsbury

London Romanies

Gypsies, tinkers, travellers. Join historians Anna Hoare and Geoff Simmons to hear the hidden history of one of the city’s most fascinating and forgotten communities. A glimpse of trailer roofs from a train or motor way is the closest most of …

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Starts at 7:00pm
£11.37
Horse Hospital, Clerkenwell

DNA family secrets: genetics, genealogy and forensics (Discourse)

Turi King is the expert geneticist on the hit BBC series DNA Family Secrets. In this talk she will chart the rise in the use of DNA in genealogy and forensics for everything from tracing long lost family members to …

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7:20pm to 8:45pm
£21.14
Mayfair

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Winter Lights festival

Winter Lights festival is the largest of its kind in London, transforming Canary Wharf with over 20 stunning installations, leaving the dark winter evenings aglow. The spectacle showcases light art and interactive installations by some of the most innovative light …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 28th Jan 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Poplar

Futures Past

Futures Past takes the viewer on an immersive journey through the excavated ruins of the future filled with digital and sculptural works, interactive and static assets, as well as AI-generated renderings to contextualise the disparate findings. The gallery becomes a …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 28th Jan 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Poplar

Lucian Freud: The Painter and His Family

The first exhibition of Lucian Freud’s work in the home of his grandfather, Sigmund Freud, and aunt, Anna Freud. The exhibition will feature paintings, drawings, family photographs, books and letters. These works are drawn from galleries and private collections, the …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 29th Jan 2023 Closing Soon
£14
Freud Museum, Hampstead

The Carpenters' Line: Woodworking Heritage in Hida Takayama

This exhibition celebrates the essence of Japanese craftsmanship through the story of an enduring woodworking heritage cultivated in the densely forested Hida region of Gifu Prefecture in central Japan. From the raw materials of the Hida forests and the tools …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 29th Jan 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Japan House London, Kensington

Tutankhamun reimagined

While Tutankhamun’s nine-year reign left a limited impact on ancient Egyptian history, the discovery of his almost intact tomb in 1922 transformed him into one of the most famous pharaohs. One hundred years later, Tutankhamun has become a household name …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 29th Jan 2023 Closing Soon
Free
British Museum, Russell Square

Our Marble Hill 1902 -2022

This outdoor photographic exhibition celebrates how Marble Hill has been enjoyed by the local community since becoming a public park. There are 15 images to explore within the park and a digital display in the Coach House Cafe.

Exhibition ends on Tuesday 31st Jan 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Twickenham

The 18.14 Elephant Moment

In 1814, at the very last Frost Fair, it is reported that an elephant walked across the ice from north to south of the river. South African artist Jason Slabber has brought the ghost of this elephant back to the …

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Exhibition ends on Tuesday 31st Jan 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Southwark

Feeding the Hamlets: Exploring the history of food production in the East End

This exhibition uses the unique collections of Tower Hamlets Archives as a lens through which to explore the borough’s history of producing food. For centuries, the East End’s landscape and social and economic history have been influenced by the growing, …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 4th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Whitechapel

Museum of the Moon

Following the phenomenal sold-out installation of Gaia in the Painted Hall in 2021, artist Luke Jerram returns to the Old Royal Naval College with his incredible artwork Museum of the Moon. Set in the magnificent Painted Hall, the awe-inspiring large-scale display features minute …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
£12.50
Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich

The Ward Revisited

The Ward – Revisited marks 30 years since Gideon Mendel photographed John, Andre, Steven and Ian in the AIDS wards at the Middlesex Hospital. The new video installation both utilises and deconstructs those original images which were the focus of …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Fitzrovia Chapel, Tottenham Court Road

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