What's on in London on Thursday 14th November 2024

Top events happening London

Gun salutes in Green Park and Tower of London

Two sets of military gun salutes will take place today to mark the Birthday of HM The King The first will take place in Green Park (41 rounds). Gun salutes in the Royal Parks usually take place at 12pm but …

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11:30am to 2:00pm
Free

You Mean the World: Nursing in a Climate Crisis Exhibition Launch (BSL)

Join them for the launch of our new exhibition on nursing in the climate crisis. Enjoy free refreshments and a chance to look around the exhibition, alongside arts activities and talks on the history and future of nursing in the …

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5:00pm to 8:00pm
Free
Harley Street

Leadenhall Market's Christmas lights switch on

The Lord Mayor of London will kickstart Christmas at Leadenhall Market. The annual switch-on ceremony will take place from 5.30pm, with the Lord Mayor’s speech and Christmas lights switch on at 6pm, unveiling Leadenhall Market’s 18ft giant real Christmas tree. …

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5:30pm to 6:30pm
Free
Leadenhall Market, City of London

Tomorrow’s Art? With Ai-Da Robot

Ai-Da is the world’s first ultra-realistic artist robot. A pioneer of AI art, she brings Donna Haraway’s cyborg into focus, developing art into tomorrow’s world. Come and meet Ai-Da at The Courtauld, and learn about her art and practice. During …

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6:00pm to 7:30pm
Free
Farringdon

SAS Daggers Drawn

Bestselling author Damien Lewis introduces his new book, which tells the story of the SAS mission to confront Hitler’s armoured legions deep behind enemy lines in the summer of 1944. As the Battle for Normandy was unfolding in the summer …

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6:30pm to 7:30pm
£10
National Army Museum, Chelsea

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

The King’s Foundation Future Textiles 10th Anniversary Exhibition

In celebration of The King’s Foundation’s Future Textiles programme celebrating its tenth anniversary, this exhibition tells the story of Future Textiles and the talent it has nurtured over the last decade. Future Textiles was first initiated by His Majesty The …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 15th Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
The Garrison Chapel, Sloane Square

Engineers Create

Bringing together examples of ideas and designs to develop and promote the culture of engineering. A third tranche of this creative exhibition of recent research and projects by members of the Engineering Club. The gallery is a quirky underground space …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 16th Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
The Crypt Gallery, Camden

Rena Papaspyrou: Images Through Matter

This exhibition marks the London debut of Rena Papaspyrou, one of Greece’s foremost post-war artists. Since the 1960s, Papaspyrou has drawn inspiration from the architecture of her Athens neighborhood, using found materials like bricks, tiles, mosaics, and sections of old …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 16th Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Marylebone High St

Precious

Los Angeles-based artist Su Yu-Xin’s first solo exhibition in the UK. The exhibition consists of a series of dynamic paintings that examine the history of migration and the vicissitude of pigments through a geological perspective. Portraying sea caves, shells, and …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 16th Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Fitzrovia

Zaha Hadid: Paper Museums

The Zaha Hadid Foundation’s exhibition Zaha Hadid: Paper Museums showcases paper reliefs from its collection and their significance to Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA). The exhibition offers a rare insight into how paper reliefs were important to the design and presentation …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 16th Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Clerkenwell

The Royal Signals Veteran: A Photographic Journey

Explore an exhibition from the Royal Corps of Signals showcasing what it means to be a veteran today. ‘Veteran’ is a word that carries weight. Service, sacrifice, age… these expectations can form a mental image of someone who fits a …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 16th Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Pimlico

Green Grads

A two-day display of design ideas with an environmental theme. Ideas from the Green Grads vary widely, with some projects already up and running and others set to go. You’ll find “leathers” from seaweed, vessels from eggshells, a repairable kettle, …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 17th Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Bethnal Green

Best of The Drawing Year 2024 at Christie's

Christie’s is pleased to host the The Royal Drawing School for a selling exhibition of contemporary drawings and works on paper by students studying on The Drawing Year postgraduate-level programme. The exhibition offers a range of work, rich in observation, …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 17th Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
St James

'Her booke' Early Modern Women and their Books

This exhibition will highlight material owned, written, commissioned, and translated by women during the long early modern period. It celebrates the ways in which women and their books were an integral part of England’s devotional, intellectual, and bibliographical cultures. Beginning …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 21st Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Lambeth Palace Library, Southwark

ING Discerning Eye Annual Exhibition

An exhibition of 685 small to medium sized artworks that reflect the breadth and range of contemporary art from across the UK. They’re selected from over 6,000 submissions — and are on sale with a free exhibition to view.

Exhibition ends on Saturday 23rd Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Mall Galleries, St James

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