What's on in London on Wednesday 28th February 2024

Top events happening London

Deptford Creek Bird Survey

Join us as we survey the birdlife of the Creek. We will meet at Creekside Discovery Centre and then start surveying at the southern end of the Creek from the land and make our way north to where the Creek …

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10:30am to 12:30pm
Free
Deptford

Ukrainian Donbas: debunking Russia's myths and narratives about the region

The Russian invasion, which started in 2014 with annexation of Crimea and hybrid warfare in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, was backed by a massive propaganda and disinformation campaign describing developments in Donbas as “separatist movements” and denying Russia’s …

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6:00pm to 7:00pm
Free
LSE Library, Holborn

In Conversation - Libby Purves Talks to Stephanie and Claire Calman

Well-known broadcaster, journalist and author Libby Purves OBE will talk to Stephanie Calman, a screenwriter and best selling author and her sister Claire Calman, a novelist about their father, the great irreplaceable cartoonist Mel Calman (1931 – 1994), discussing memories …

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6:30pm to 8:30pm
£20.21
West Kensington

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

See a life-sized Megalosaurus

During February 2024 the Geological Society will be hosting an unusual visitor in the Upper Library at Burlington House. 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the first scientific description of a non-avian dinosaur by William Buckland (1784-1856), Professor of Geology …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 29th Feb 2024 Closing Soon
Free
The Geological Society, Picadilly

Evolution of the Isle of Dogs

Explore the transformation of the Isle of Dogs, its development, its forgotten places and historic buildings, see how people lived in the past. The exhibition of Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archive images rediscovers everyday life, celebrations, street images …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 29th Feb 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Poplar

How to Build a Low-Carbon Home

How can we design our homes to respond to the climate emergency? Discover how architects are reimagining wood, stone and straw to design homes fit for the future. With almost 30% of global carbon emissions caused by the construction and …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 29th Feb 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Design Museum, Kensington

Artificial Silk: From Kew to the World

A special exhibition about a little-known local scientific invention with a huge global impact: the development of artificial silk. Invented in Kew in the early 1900s, viscose rayon is a soft, silky textile made from wood pulp which is still …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 29th Feb 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Museum of Richmond, Richmond

Shakespeare's First Folios: a 400-year journey

On 8 November 1623, a book was entered into the register of the Stationers’ Company of London: Master Blounte, Isaak Jaggard. Entered for their copie ‘ Master William Shakspeers Comedyes, Histories & Tragedyes This marked the publication of Shakespeare’s First …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 29th Feb 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Euston

Mel Calman on Love, Rage and Neurosis

An exhibition of some 100 cartoons by Mel Calman (1931 -1994) from the family’s private collection are to be exhibited and sold in an online auction over two weeks in February. Most famous for his long stints at both The …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 1st Mar 2024 Closing Soon
Free
West Kensington

What's He Doing In There? We Have A Right To Know

An autoethnographic exhibition by Roger K. Burton loosely centred around his design influences and inspiration of three seminal fashion shops PX (1978) and Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren Worlds End (1979), Nostalgia of Mud (1981) With over 50 years’ experience …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 2nd Mar 2024 Closing Soon
£6
Horse Hospital, Clerkenwell

The Fabric of Democracy: Propaganda Textiles from the French Revolution to Brexit

This exhibition explores printed propaganda textiles over more than two centuries, from the French Revolution to Brexit. Curated by design historian Amber Butchart, this exhibition explores printed propaganda textiles over more than two centuries. Discover how fabric designers and manufacturers …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 2nd Mar 2024 Closing Soon
£12.65
Fashion and Textile Museum, Southwark

Oh Boy! Boy's Dress 1760-1930

An exploration into the overlooked world of historical boy’s dress through a collector’s eye. The Fashion and Textile Museum is excited to present Oh Boy! – an exploration into historical boy’s dress. Curated by leading fashion historian Amy de la …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 2nd Mar 2024 Closing Soon
£12.65
Fashion and Textile Museum, Southwark

Discover Liotard and the Lavergne Family Breakfast

For the first time in 250 years, this exhibition reunites the pastel masterpiece by Swiss artist Jean-Etienne Liotard, painted in Lyon in 1754, with the painted version in oil he completed in London almost 20 years later. This is the …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 3rd Mar 2024 Closing Soon
Free
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square

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