What's on in London on Saturday 25th May 2024

Top events happening London

Dunkirks at Katherine Docks

St Katharine Docks will be hosting what is thought to be ‘the largest UK gathering of Dunkirk Little Ships in years’ again. The Dunkirk evacuation​, code-named Operation Dynamo, saw the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the …

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11:00am to 5:00pm
Free
Wapping

Soapbox Science

Queen’s Stone on the Southbank will transform into a hub of scientific sharing, as world-leading researchers once again take to their soapboxes to present their research at this free, live event. During the afternoon members of the public can engage …

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1:00pm to 4:00pm
Free
Southwark

Quatermass and The Pit episode showcase

Writer and critic Kim Newman will introduce this unique ‘Made at Riverside’ TV event. Made at Riverside Studios between 1958 and 1959, the BBC’s Quatermass and the Pit is legendary television. Known to have influenced John Carpenter, Stephen King and …

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1:30pm to 6:00pm
£13
Hammersmith

Fleischer Cartoons: The Art and Inventions of Max Fleischer

Screening of a block of newly restored cartoons from the legendary Fleischer Studios featuring Betty Boop, Popeye, Koko the Clown and more. These films have been lovingly restored from original film elements by Max Fleischer’s granddaughter, Jane. Doors open at …

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Starts at 2:00pm
£5.50
Kennington

Teddington RNLI Lifeboat Station open afternoon

Teddington RNLI Lifeboat Station will celebrate the charity’s 200th birthday with a station Open Day and a rare chance to see a historical lifeboat. The former Whitby Lifeboat, William Riley, was built in 1909 and was in service to the …

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2:00pm to 5:00pm
Free
Teddington

Watch as people carry plants home from the Chelsea Flower Show

Watch as people carry plants home from the Chelsea Flower ShowLate in the afternoon of the last day of the Chelsea Flower Show, many of the exhibitors sell off their plants to the visitors. You can either be inside the Show to buy the plants. …or be outside and watch …

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Starts at 4:00pm
Free
Sloane Square

Exploring ancient ecosystems through time

Step into ancient landscapes with award-winning palaeobiologist Thomas Halliday as he guides us through a captivating series of immersive explorations. In this talk, you’ll Immerse yourself in a series of ancient landscapes, from the mammoth steppe of Ice Age Alaska …

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7:00pm to 8:30pm
£17.27
Mayfair

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Nick Waplington: Living Room

Hamiltons debuts the gallery’s first exhibition with Nick Waplington, marking the release of previously unseen image variants and new works from his iconic series Living Room, 1991. Nick Waplington’s first book, Living Room, was published in 1991, and was an …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 25th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Mayfair

Vestment and Flower Festival: The Play's the Thing

St Mary’s church will explore the theme of "liturgy as theatre" as we host a Festival of Flowers and Vestments to celebrate its 150th anniversary. The church will be cleared of pews and filled with spectacular flower displays alongside an …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 25th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Sloane Square

Unravel the Power and Politics of Textiles in Art

Using textiles, fibre and thread, 50 international artists challenge power structures and reimagine the world in this major group exhibition. Textiles cover and protect us, engage our senses, trigger our memories, represent our beliefs, hold our stories. We are wrapped …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 26th May 2024 Closing Soon
£19.50
Barbican Arts Centre, Barbican

Chelsea and Belgravia in Bloom

During the week of the Chelsea Flower Show, loads of shops and streets around Chelsea and Belgravia become a free floral show all of their own. This year’s theme in Chelsea is ‘Flowers on Film, taking inspiration from the characters …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 26th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free

World Press photo exhibition

The World Press Photo Contest highlights the year’s most impactful visual stories, fostering a deeper understanding of pressing global issues. There will be circa 110 photographs on display in the exhibition. The winners were chosen by an independent jury made …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 27th May 2024 Closing Soon
£16.50
Southwark

Frank Auerbach: The Charcoal Heads

A group of hauntingly beautiful, large-scale portrait heads in charcoal by Frank Auerbach – considered some of his early masterpieces – are being presented together for the first time. Produced in the 1950s and 1960s during his early years in …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 27th May 2024 Closing Soon
£14
Courtauld Institute of Art, Strand

A Century of The Ego and the Id

Celebrate the centenary of the publication of Freud’s famous work The Ego and the Id with an interactive mini-exhibition exploring visual metaphors behind the id, ego and superego – concepts that have become household names. It will be an opportunity …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 31st May 2024 Closing Soon
£14
Freud Museum, Hampstead

Celebrating Hackney's Adventure Playgrounds

Created with people who made, used and worked in adventure playgrounds in Hackney, this exhibition features personal stories, photographs and objects from from the 1950s to the present day. They provide a fascinating insight into the creation of adventure playgrounds …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 1st Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Hackney Museum, Hackney

Oliver Enwonwu: A Continued Legacy

The exhibition will feature paintings, drawings and sculpture by Oliver Enwonwu, as well as works by his father, the acclaimed pioneer African modernist artist, Ben Enwonwu. Oliver Enwonwu deviates from his father’s “personal aesthetic that increasingly focused on the temporal …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 1st Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Mall Galleries, St James

Notre Dame de Paris, The Augmented Exhibition

Westminster Abbey is the UK location for the world touring immersive exhibition: Notre Dame de Paris, The Augmented Exhibition. Revealing the story of the French gothic masterpiece, Notre Dame de Paris (Our Lady of Paris) from its earliest origins in …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 1st Jun 2024 Closing Soon
£29
Westminster Abbey, Pimlico

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