What's on in London on Wednesday 5th June 2024

Top events happening London

Going Underground - Exploring the Crystal Palace Subway

This is a chance to immerse yourself in the Crystal Palace Subway and see the work that has been taking place for the last two years. Visitors will be invited to explore this spectacular underground entrance way to the Crystal …

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2:30pm to 7:00pm
Free

Witch-Hunting in European and World History

This lecture confronts the worldwide phenomenon of the persecution of suspected witches, now a serious, contemporary problem condemned by the UN in 2021. It will show what has been unusual about Europe in this global pattern, and why the notorious …

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6:00pm to 7:00pm
Free
Holborn

The climate crisis: What's the future for unlisted historic buildings?

– A SAVE, Donald Insall Associates & LFA Panel Discussion Chair: Henrietta Billings (Director of SAVE Britain’s Heritage) Panellists: Robin Dhar (Chairman of Donald Insall Associates), Tyler Goodwin (Founder and CEO of Seaforth Land), Simon Sturgis (Founding director of Targeting …

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6:30pm to 7:45pm
£9.38
Clerkenwell

London's Knowledge Quarter: Commissions and Omissions in Bloomsbury and Beyond

The Survey of London celebrates its 130th anniversary in 2024 with the launch of an annual lecture tackling an aspect of the city’s built environment where past, present and future meet, and embracing the principle that the city belongs to …

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6:30pm to 8:00pm
£10
Euston

Round Churches: Re-presenting Jerusalem

An evening lecture in partnership with the St John Historical Society. Four round churches survive in England. They have an architectural atmosphere unique to themselves. They were built to re-present in England the Rotunda of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, …

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7:00pm to 8:00pm
Free
Museum of the Order of St John, Clerkenwell

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Monster Mayhem at The Mall

Watch in wonder as The Mall Wood Green comes alive with a series of giant inflatable sculptures. With exotic flowers sprouting from entrances, mysterious tentacles emerging from the car park, and strange colourful creatures watching your every move, you’re encouraged …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 9th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Wood Green

Acts of Resistance: Photography, Feminisms and the Art of Protest

Photography has long been associated with acts of resistance. It is used to document action, share ideas, inspire change, tell stories, gather evidence and fight against injustice. This group exhibition at the SLG, organised in collaboration with the V&A, spans the Main Gallery and …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 9th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Peckham

Ceramics Summer Show in Peckham

Showcasing around 100 up-and-coming artists and designers working with ceramics, it is an opportunity to see a range of handmade work, meet the makers and see the studios where the work itself is made. All work on display is for …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 9th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Peckham

Fanciful Figures

anciful Figures turns visitors’ attention to ‘staffage’, the small human and animal figures in architectural drawings, which became increasingly popular during the eighteenth century. Drawing on the drafting practices of past and present, the exhibition illustrates staffage’s ability to animate …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 9th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Sir John Soane's Museum, Holborn

M&S Marble Arch Reimagined

An exhibition of Middlesex University MA Interiors work that reimagines the opportunities of existing buildings for sustainable redevelopment. Marks and Spencer Marble Arch flagship store, on Oxford Street, has become central to the debate around adaptive reuse and retrofitting our …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 13th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Hendon

Greening the Campus: Towards a more biodiverse Marylebone

Explore and be part of an ideas exhibition, for the redesign of the public realm outside the University of Westminster’s Marylebone Campus. The street frontage of University of Westminster’s Marylebone Campus is heavily used by 7500 students, as well as …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 15th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Camden

At Home in Hackney: A community photographed 1970-today

From 1970s activism to the current party scene, the exhibition displays five decades of Hackney life through a camera lens. Featuring work from established and emerging photographers connected with Hackney, including Tom Hunter, Hackney Flashers, Neil Martinson, Dennis Morris, Rachel …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 15th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Hackney Museum, Hackney

Rediscovering gems

Gems were the picture book of the ancient Mediterranean world. Depicting deities, famous individuals, animals, objects, and scenes from myth or daily life, these small artworks have made a significant impression throughout history. Classical gems have been highly prized by …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 15th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
British Museum, Russell Square

Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron Portraits to Dream In

Photographers Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron are two of the most influential women in the history of photography. They lived a century apart – Cameron working in the UK and Sri Lanka from the 1860s, and Woodman in America …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 16th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
£8.50
National Portrait Gallery, Soho

Christopher Hope-Fitch: Brutalism in Colour

Brutalism sheds its grey reputation and is given a polychromatic reimagining at Gareth Gardner Gallery during London Festival of Architecture. Photographer Christopher Hope-Fitch presents his long-term project ‘Brutalism in Colour’, revealing the multitude of textures, geometries and hidden colours within …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 16th Jun 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Deptford

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