What's on in London on Thursday 22nd August 2024

Top events happening London

St Mary's Church Lewisham Open Days

Visit parts of the church that are not fully accessible to the public. This includes the crypt and well under the church and also the ringing chamber in the tower of the church. Tour of surrounding gardens and information displays …

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Starts at 11:00am
Free
Lewisham

Victorian Vices

Victorian Vices For good reason the Victorians are often decribed using words like “repressed”, “moralistic” and “prudish.” But there was another side to the Victorian vices: drink, sex and gambling. Join us for this lecture which will explore these themes …

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12:30pm to 1:30pm
£5
Clerkenwell

The Investigation of Serial Killers

Former Metropolitan Police D.C.I. Steve Gaskin reveals how the murky business of serial killing investigation is undertaken. What is serial killing? How is it managed? How do you look after staff? What are the pressures like? He undertook a cold …

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Starts at 6:30pm
£12
Bow Street Police Museum, Covent Garden

Pole to Pole - Electric Vehicle Expedition

British adventurers, Chris and Julie Ramsey, were the first people in history to drive from a magnetic north location to the South Pole. Hear how they fared, from start to finish. The Pole To Pole team, comprised of husband and …

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7:00pm to 8:30pm
Free
Picadilly

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Ahmed Mater: Chronicles

The first mid-career retrospective of one of the most influential Arab contemporary artists of this century. Curated by Dr. Ridha Moumni, Chairman, Christie’s Middle East and Africa and organised thematically, the exhibition traces Ahmed Mater’s expansive career, from his first …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 22nd Aug 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Christie's, St James

Beryl Cook / Tom of Finland

This exhibition brings together the work of these two cultural icons for the very first time. At Studio Voltaire, fleshly excesses are explored in pairings that underscore their works as playful and political. In pairing their work, including archival materials …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 25th Aug 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Studio Voltaire, Clapham

Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music

For centuries, Black communities have created music in the UK, melding global influences into a Black British sound that has echoed through generations. Beyond the Bassline at the British Library, the first major exhibition of its kind anywhere in the …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 26th Aug 2024 Closing Soon
£15
British Library, Camden

Victorian London in Photographs

This temporary outdoor exhibition showcases The London Metropolitan Archive’s extraordinary range of photographs from Queen Victoria’s reign which record the city and its people in stunning detail. The arrival of photography in London in 1839 changed the way people saw …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 29th Aug 2024 Closing Soon
Free
St Paul's Cathedral, City of London

Women and the Church of England

This exhibition marks the 30th anniversary of the ordination of 1200 women to the priesthood in the Church of England, the 80th anniversary of the priesting of Florence Li Tim-Oi, and the 10th anniversary of the legislation passing which allows …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 29th Aug 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Lambeth Palace Library, Southwark

Revolution: Nature in the time of change 1776–1848

The decades around 1800 are regarded as a time of momentous change in the social, political and economic makeup of human society. Natural history is no exception. Between the time of the American Revolution in 1776 and the revolutions of …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 30th Aug 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Picadilly

Visceral Beauty

Visceral Beauty is a group exhibition that explores the fascinating visual qualities of our bodies. We go through life in them, yet we often feel estranged from our own bodies and their inner workings. A body is not just an …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 30th Aug 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Whitechapel

Light, Colour & the Cosmology of Pigment

This exhibition celebrates the School of Traditional Arts’s unique engagement with pigment, and how it has been extended and explored in the work of its tutors, students, and alumni worldwide. The exhibition will include 150 pieces of artwork by tutors …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 30th Aug 2024 Closing Soon
Free
The Garrison Chapel, Sloane Square

Abstractions: Studies from the National Theatre

The iconic, brutalist architecture of the National Theatre building on London’s South Bank has been documented by photographer Amelia Lancaster for over 20 years. These images can now be seen inside the very building they depict at a free exhibition, …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 31st Aug 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Southwark

Entheon

This exhibition from art hub Illusionaries, Entheon invites the public to embark on an immersive journey into the realms of humanity and spirituality. Renowned for their profound exploration of the human condition, New York-based artists Alex Grey and Allyson Grey’s …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 31st Aug 2024 Closing Soon
£25
Poplar

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