What's on in London on Thursday 9th February 2023

Top events happening London

Imperial Lates: Drugs

Take a trip through the science of marvellous medicines, notorious narcotics, and everyday cravings at our latest evening of discovery. From artistic re-imaginings of the brain on psychedelics, to talks on science of microdosing and the under-representation of women in …

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6:00pm to 9:00pm
Free
South Kensington

Sugar Daddies and Sickle Cell Patients: Unpacking the Evolution of Homosexuality

Many biologists consider human homosexuality to be an evolutionary puzzle. If there are indeed such things as gay genes, how can they spread through a population if homosexuals do not reproduce? In this talk, Pieter Adriaens will debunk a number …

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6:00pm to 7:30pm
Free
Picadilly

Wren Conversations: Wren and his Contemporaries

Led by Harry Mount, architectural historian and editor of The Oldie, the evening will include a discussion about the context Wren was working in, and other key figures of the period, such as Nicholas Hawksmoor, Robert Hooke and Grinling Gibbons; …

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6:00pm to 7:30pm
£25
City of London

Journeys of Recovery

Hear from three former soldiers as they discuss the personal journeys they have been on to rebuild their lives after suffering physical and mental injuries in the line of duty. For all who have suffered a life-changing physical or mental …

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Starts at 6:30pm
£5
National Army Museum, Chelsea

Is There Anybody Out There?

Are we alone in the universe or is there extra-terrestrial life out there? Join us for this panel discussion and hear what the experts have to say. The question of whether life is unique to our own planet has fascinated …

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7:30pm to 8:45pm
£10
Science Museum, South Kensington

Fly Me! Mrs Sage & The Mile High Club

18th-century actress Letitia Sage brought va-va-voom to the balloon when she set out to be the first Englishwoman to fly. But with more unexpected twists than a hit farce, a Georgian playwright could not have given the Mrs Sage balloon …

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8:00pm to 10:00pm
£16.76
Kennington

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

DRÔLE: An Exhibition of Rare Clown Costume & Ephemera

Time to rein in the clowns! They’ve unearthed some of the rare costumes and ephemera collection, safely guarded by The Clowns Gallery for Clowns International, the organisation behind the Grimaldi Church Service, as well as Herbert Migdoll’s photography of The …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 11th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Horse Hospital, Clerkenwell

'A Sense of Wonder': The Curious Robot World of Matt Dixon

Discover a magical and playful world inhabited by a series of rusty robots at Pitzhanger this autumn. Within utopian and dystopian landscapes, encounter the robots as they experience the best of human emotions: wonder, kindness, empathy, friendship, and love. Experience …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 12th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
£12
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, Ealing

In Plain Sight

‘In Plain Sight’ is a major new exhibition exploring the different ways we see and are seen by others. It questions the central place that sight holds in human society through the different experiences of sighted, partially sighted and blind …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 12th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Wellcome Collection, Camden

Making Modernism

Making Modernism is the first major UK exhibition devoted to pioneering women working in Germany in the early 1900s: Paula Modersohn-Becker, KÓ“the Kollwitz, Gabriele Münter and Marianne Werefkin. Celebrated in their native homelands, this exhibition will introduce their innovative paintings …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 12th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
£19
Royal Academy of Arts, Picadilly

Tiny Traces: African & Asian Children at London's Foundling Hospital

Explore newly uncovered stories of African and Asian children in the care of the eighteenth-century Foundling Hospital. Tiny Traces presents a rich history of London life from 1739-1820, a key period in Britain’s colonial past. Follow the stories of more …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
£10.50
Foundling Museum, Clerkenwell

This is England

See portraits of the full England football squad and manager by artist Matt Small. One month before the World Cup in Qatar, This is England features the most successful national men’s team since the World Cup winners of 1966, after …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater, City of London

Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt

A major exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. — For centuries, life in ancient Egypt was a mystery. We could only glimpse into this hidden world, until the discovery of the Rosetta Stone …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
£20
British Museum, Russell Square

The Horror Show! A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain

Through some of our country’s most provocative artists, this exhibition presents an alternative perspective on modern Britain. Told in three acts – Monster, Ghost and Witch – it takes audiences on a heady ride through the past 50 years of …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
£16.50
Somerset House, Strand

Turner on Tour

For the first time in a century, two ground-breaking paintings by Turner are coming home for a special exhibition. The pair – ‘Harbour of Dieppe: Changement de Domicile’ and ‘Cologne, the Arrival of a Packet-Boat: Evening’ – left Britain for …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
Free
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square

Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924 - Today

Delve into the dreamlike relationship between Surrealism and design in this century-spanning celebration of surrealist objects of desire. The exhibition covers nearly 100 years, and close to 350 objects are on display. For the first time in a major UK …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
£18.50
Design Museum, Kensington

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