What's on in London on Saturday 26th October 2024

Top events happening London

MADE London: The Design & Craft Fair

This autumn the annual design and craft fair, MADE London returns to its original and long standing venue: One Marylebone, a grand former church beside Regents Park. Around 120 exhibitors will showcase their unique products over four floors of this …

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10:30am to 5:00pm
£15
Camden

Poetry Day!

On the theme of ‘spoken word’, the National Poetry Library’s annual poetry day features readings and a workshop, and shows off the collection’s hidden gems. — The library’s annual Poetry Day is a chance to view the rarities, hidden gems …

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11:00am to 5:00pm
Free
Southwark

RISC OS London Show

Expect to see the latest systems based on the RockChip and Raspberry Pi, plus historic machines from Acorn’s past such as the BBC Micro, Electron, and Archimedes. These will be showing the latest software developments and classic games. There will …

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11:00am to 4:00pm
£7
Wealdstone

Dickens and St Giles - a lifelong fascination

This illustrated talk, presented by Cindy Sughrue, Director of the Charles Dickens Museum, and Lucinda Hawksley, art historian, biographer, award-winning travel writer, and great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens, explores Dickens’s lifelong fascination with the neighbourhood of St-Giles-in-the-Fields. It influenced and …

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11:30am to 12:30pm
Free
Soho

Tour of Kirkaldy's Testing Works including machine run

Your tour around the Works will take about 2-hours 30-minutes including an introductory video, demonstrations of some of the smaller machines in our collection and will feature as its highlight a demonstration of the Universal Testing Machine. — David Kirkaldy’s …

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1:30pm to 4:00pm
£25.63
Kirkaldy Testing Museum, Southwark

St Giles: The Hidden Heart of London

The district of St Giles is not widely recognised today, but it has a dense and tangled history that tells us a great deal about the experience of living in London across the span of time from the twelfth century …

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1:30pm to 2:30pm
Free
Soho

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Hockney and Piero: A Longer Look

Two masterpieces by David Hockney that feature reproductions of Piero della Francesca’s The Baptism of Christ are displayed alongside the original Renaissance painting. This focused exhibition will explore the figurative painter David Hockney’s lifelong association with the National Gallery and …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 27th Oct 2024 Closing Soon
Free
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square

Through a Bauhaus Lens: Edith Tudor-Hart and Isokon

An exhibition of previously unseen 1933-4 photographs by the Viennese, Bauhaus-trained photographer Edith Tudor-Hart – on display to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the opening of the Isokon Flats. The recently discovered prints document the historic construction and opening of …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 27th Oct 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Isokon Gallery, Hampstead

A World of Care: Turner and the Environment

This summer, Turner’s House, thanks to a generous loan of works from Tate, asserts J.M.W. Turner was the first major British artist to engage with man’s effect on the natural world. The exhibition reveals how Turner grappled with the effects …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 27th Oct 2024 Closing Soon
£11
Turners House, Twickenham

Chihuly at Chelsea Barracks

Chelsea Barracks presents the inaugural edition of public art initiative ‘Modern Masters’, a free outdoor programme of contemporary art showcasing a selection of works by renowned American artist Dale Chihuly. Placed throughout Chelsea Barracks in Belgravia, the first exhibition welcomes …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 30th Oct 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Sloane Square

Into the Sublime: The Eidophusikon Reimagined

‘Into the Sublime: the Eidophusikon Reimagined’ is Dr Gillian McIver’s reconstruction and reimagining of the iconic Eidophusikon, a milestone in theatre history. It was created by the eighteenth-century French painter Philip James de Loutherbourg RA, who served as a stage …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 30th Oct 2024 Closing Soon
£3
Bloomsbury

Magna Carta and King John

For the first time, the City of London’s 1297 copy of Magna Carta is on public display at The London Archives. Magna Carta is one of the most famous documents in English history, and the granting of a charter by …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 31st Oct 2024 Closing Soon
Free
The London Archives, Clerkenwell

Chronologies: A Visual History of Brand Evolution

This exhibition shows the decade-to-decade evolution of today’s most iconic brands, including Cadbury’s Milk Tray, Bisto, HP Sauce, Ovaltine and many more. Previously a very popular display at the museum’s previous location in Colville Mews, the Brand Histories are back …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 31st Oct 2024 Closing Soon
£10
Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising, Notting Hill

Godzilla Conquers Japan House London

Godzilla is invading Japan House London this autumn! A two-metre tall statute of the iconic monster is on display in the Shop, as part of our event series celebrating the 70th anniversary of the 1954 film Godzilla. Originally created as …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 31st Oct 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Japan House London, Kensington

Vintage cars and memorabilia on display

A range of vintage car collectibles and some cars themselves will be on display at Bonhams auction house before being sold at auction. Auction viewings are officially for potential buyers, but they’re open to everyone, so it’s a free exhibition …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 1st Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Bonhams, Mayfair

Majazz Project: Palestinian Sound Archive

Discover a project reviving and remixing vintage Palestinian and Arab albums to showcase the richness and diversity of their cultural and musical heritage. Palestinian Sound Archive is a celebration of music, spoken word and album artwork from historic Palestine, mainly …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 1st Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Southwark

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