What's on in London on Thursday 13th July 2023
Top events happening London
Hancock - The Lad Himself
More than a Pageful – Transforming the life of a British comedy icon into a graphic novel: A talk with the creators behind HANCOCK: THE LAD HIMSELF. Join B7 Comics in association with the Cartoon Museum for 45-minute panel discussion …
6:30pm to 8:00pm£10Cartoon Museum, New Oxford Street
More than a Pageful – Transforming the life of a British comedy icon into a graphic novel: A talk with the creators behind HANCOCK: THE LAD HIMSELF. Join B7 Comics in association with the Cartoon Museum for 45-minute panel discussion …
An introduction to cosmic inflationFor years, there has been a broad consensus in the cosmology community that the ‘hot big bang’ was the central point in the history of the Universe. But the question remains, what came before the big bang? Join astronomer David …
7:00pm to 8:30pm£17.03Mayfair
For years, there has been a broad consensus in the cosmology community that the ‘hot big bang’ was the central point in the history of the Universe. But the question remains, what came before the big bang? Join astronomer David …
Ten exhibitions that are closing soon
Punks, Princes and Protests: The Chronicles of Feliks Topolski RAThe exhibition showcases Feliks Topolski’s lifelong commitment to reportage, using the occasion of Charles III’s coronation to highlight how the artist oscillated between the Establishment and Counter-Culture. Topolski’s artistic and social core was his Studio on the South Bank, occupied …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 15th Jul 2023 Closing SoonFreeSouthwark
The exhibition showcases Feliks Topolski’s lifelong commitment to reportage, using the occasion of Charles III’s coronation to highlight how the artist oscillated between the Establishment and Counter-Culture. Topolski’s artistic and social core was his Studio on the South Bank, occupied …
1980s People Power: The Campaign for St Leonard's HospitalA small temporary exhibition looks at Hackney Health Emergency, a successful people-led campaign to save St Leonard’s Hospital in Shoreditch from closure in 1983-84. The exhibition, 1980s People Power – The Campaign for St Leonard’s Hospital, co-curated with members of …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 15th Jul 2023 Closing SoonFreeHackney Museum, Hackney
A small temporary exhibition looks at Hackney Health Emergency, a successful people-led campaign to save St Leonard’s Hospital in Shoreditch from closure in 1983-84. The exhibition, 1980s People Power – The Campaign for St Leonard’s Hospital, co-curated with members of …
KateÅ™ina Å edá: I Would Name My House the Swallow's NestKateÅ™ina Å edá’s first solo exhibition at Bosse & Baum and solo projects since 2011, presents models of houses originally realised for the garden of a home for the elderly in Lower Austria, and presents a view of the project Herzlich …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 15th Jul 2023 Closing SoonFreePeckham
KateÅ™ina Å edá’s first solo exhibition at Bosse & Baum and solo projects since 2011, presents models of houses originally realised for the garden of a home for the elderly in Lower Austria, and presents a view of the project Herzlich …
Freud's Antiquity: Object, Idea, Desire An exhibition exploring the crucial role that Freud’s collection of antiquities played in his development of the concepts and methods of psychoanalysis. Freud’s study at 20 Maresfield Gardens contains a vast array of figurines, books and artwork that either originate …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 16th Jul 2023 Closing Soon£14Freud Museum, Hampstead
An exhibition exploring the crucial role that Freud’s collection of antiquities played in his development of the concepts and methods of psychoanalysis. Freud’s study at 20 Maresfield Gardens contains a vast array of figurines, books and artwork that either originate …
Treasures from Faraway: Medieval and Renaissance Objects from the Schroder collectionIn the latest of its series of In Focus displays, Strawberry Hill House shines a spotlight on how diverse natural materials, from coconuts to rock crystal, along with trade networks with Asia and the Far East created new opportunities for …
Exhibition ends on Wednesday 19th Jul 2023 Closing Soon£16Strawberry Hill, Twickenham
In the latest of its series of In Focus displays, Strawberry Hill House shines a spotlight on how diverse natural materials, from coconuts to rock crystal, along with trade networks with Asia and the Far East created new opportunities for …
Totalitarian PropsThis exhibition explores and investigates certain acts of tyranny, particularly within the context of the Pan-Africanism ideal and Pan-Arabism dream. It looks at how state, government and utopian dictatorships developed modalites of population mass-control and utilised surveillance mechanisms. By playing …
Exhibition ends on Wednesday 19th Jul 2023 Closing SoonFreeSouthwark
This exhibition explores and investigates certain acts of tyranny, particularly within the context of the Pan-Africanism ideal and Pan-Arabism dream. It looks at how state, government and utopian dictatorships developed modalites of population mass-control and utilised surveillance mechanisms. By playing …
Hackney 300,000 BCHackney Museum is inviting residents to step back in time with its new temporary exhibition ‘Hackney 300,000 BC: Meet the Neanderthal neighbours and curious creatures of the borough’s Old Stone Age’. The exhibition provides a rare glimpse into pre-historic Hackney …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 22nd Jul 2023 Closing SoonFreeHackney Museum, Hackney
Hackney Museum is inviting residents to step back in time with its new temporary exhibition ‘Hackney 300,000 BC: Meet the Neanderthal neighbours and curious creatures of the borough’s Old Stone Age’. The exhibition provides a rare glimpse into pre-historic Hackney …
Zaha's Moonsoon: An Interior in Japan This exhibition explores the design story of the Moonsoon bar and restaurant (1979-80), Zaha Hadid’s first completed project outside of the UK. Drawing on the rich archival material from ZHF, the exhibition offers a rare insight into the conception of …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 22nd Jul 2023 Closing SoonFreeClerkenwell
This exhibition explores the design story of the Moonsoon bar and restaurant (1979-80), Zaha Hadid’s first completed project outside of the UK. Drawing on the rich archival material from ZHF, the exhibition offers a rare insight into the conception of …
DollsAn exhibition of dolls created during the lockdown by the artist John Lee Bird. Spread over 3 floors of the Ugly Duck premises there will be 800+ dolls (I’m still counting) and large-scale paintings, collages and drawings, lino cuts, sculptures, …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 23rd Jul 2023 Closing SoonFreeSouthwark
An exhibition of dolls created during the lockdown by the artist John Lee Bird. Spread over 3 floors of the Ugly Duck premises there will be 800+ dolls (I’m still counting) and large-scale paintings, collages and drawings, lino cuts, sculptures, …
UnfamiliarCarefully chosen and curated by physician associate Debbie Jegede, and photographer Theo Deproost, these seemingly inert objects have been transformed through photography to show altered perspectives that challenge our understanding and impression of them. The photographs will be displayed alongside …
Exhibition ends on Friday 28th Jul 2023 Closing SoonFreeRoyal College of Physicians Museum, Camden
Carefully chosen and curated by physician associate Debbie Jegede, and photographer Theo Deproost, these seemingly inert objects have been transformed through photography to show altered perspectives that challenge our understanding and impression of them. The photographs will be displayed alongside …