What's on in London on Thursday 23rd March 2023

Top events happening London

Book Launch - Animal Architecture: Beasts, Buildings and Us

A conversation with author Paul Dobraszczyk to launch his new book, Animal Architecture, which explores how we might design with animals and the other lives that share our spaces. About Any building can be inhabited by nonhumans. We’ve seen spiders …

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6:30pm to 8:00pm
Free
Euston

At the limits of astrophysics

Much of modern astronomy sounds a lot like science fiction – gravitational ripples in the fabric of spacetime, supermassive black holes hiding at the centre of galaxies, habitable exoplanets within the reach of our telescopes’are there any limits to what …

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7:00pm to 8:30pm
£17.03
Mayfair

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

The Beauty of Transience - A Journey through the Seasons of Japan

Japan’s position in the mid-latitude region, surrounded by sea and subject to shifting air masses, means that the country, albeit stretching a long distance from north to south, has four clearly distinct seasons. While the existence of four seasons is …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 24th Mar 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Picadilly

The Future of Traditions, Writing Pictures: Contemporary Art from the Middle East

The exhibition is collaboratively produced by guest curated by Rose Issa and Bob Annibale and explores three generations of artists, from Iran and the Arab world, from the early pioneers of a vernacular ‘Lettrism’ movement to those incorporating the written …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 25th Mar 2023 Closing Soon
Free
SOAS Gallery, Euston

Stereoscopy Is Good For You: Life in 3-D

This show exhibits new 3-D photography from Brian May’s latest publication ‘Stereoscopy Is Good For You: Life in 3-D’. At the centre of the exhibition is a project two years in the making, the work of over a hundred modern …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 25th Mar 2023 Closing Soon
£5
Trafalgar Square

Blood & Battle: Dissecting the Life of William Beatty

The life and work of renowned 19th-century naval surgeon and physician, Sir William Beatty, is explored in all its fascinating – and often grisly. The exhibition marks 200 years since Beatty took up the post of Physician to the Royal …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 25th Mar 2023 Closing Soon
£6
Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre, Greenwich

Magnificent Maps of London

The historical map collections at London Metropolitan Archives show the development of the city in incredible detail, from the late sixteenth century to the present day. Beginning with the first attempts to chart the streets of the City of London, …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 29th Mar 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Clerkenwell

Women of the Bethnal Green at Work

As part of Oxford House’s heritage programme, we are delighted to present a brand new exhibition of portraits by photographer Sarah Ainslie. From tradeswomen, to community organisers, faith leaders, artists, and shopkeepers; this exhibition showcases and celebrates the many women who contribute to life in Bethnal …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 31st Mar 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Bethnal Green

Enslavement: Voices from the Church Archives

This exhibition accompanies the Church Commissioners’ public report on historic links between Queen Anne’s Bounty (one of the Church Commissioners’ predecessors) and transatlantic chattel slavery. Letters, books and documents are displayed to show some of the links between the Church …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 31st Mar 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Lambeth Palace Library, Southwark

The Ideal Book: William Morris & the Kelmscott Press

Some of the most intricate and exquisite book decorations in the history of publishing have gone on display in Hammersmith. A new exhibition about the Kelmscott Press – the 19th century designer William Morris’s printing operation. It focuses on the …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 2nd Apr 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Hammersmith

Treason: People, Power & Plot

Opening with the original Treason Act of 1352, elements of which are still on the statute books today, this exhibition explores stories as diverse as the charges brought against Anne Boleyn in 1536, the trial and execution of Charles I …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 6th Apr 2023 Closing Soon
Free
National Archives, Richmond

Spain and the Hispanic World

This landmark exhibition, with over 150 dazzling and fascinating pieces, explores the art and culture of the Hispanic world. Discover the rich story of Spanish and Hispanic art and culture from antiquity to the 20th century: from masterpieces by Goya, …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 10th Apr 2023 Closing Soon
£24.50
Royal Academy of Arts, Picadilly

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