What's on in London on Wednesday 27th November 2024

Top events happening London

The Story of Britain’s Black Nurses

From ancient and medieval Africa, through colonisation and enslavement, through wars and times of great change, to the creation of the NHS and beyond, the story of nursing has also been the story of Britain’s Black nurses. Join author Kandace …

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5:30pm to 7:00pm
Free
Harley Street

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Journey to the West: Art by Kaler Q Huang

Journey to the West presents a new series of paintings weaving together archival images of the Chinese Labour Corps during the First World War, literary references, and biblical stories. Paintings on silk, porcelain sculptures and watercolour studies question how labour …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 27th Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Camden

Camden Highline WIP

Camden Highline WIP offers a behind-the-scenes look at the charity transforming a disused railway line into a new urban green space for London, through the lens of local documentary photographer, Paul Romans. Paul is a local photographer who been following …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 28th Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Camden

The Black Dog: Crypt Residency

In British folklore, the Black Dog acts as a revenant: resurfacing again and again throughout our history. The Dog appears in many forms, categorised by folklorist Theo Brown as: The Barguest, a shapeshifter, ominous and belligerent, often connected with burial-sites …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 30th Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Camden

Mapping the Tube: 1863-2023

This exhibition explores the evolution of London’s Tube system and the iconic London Underground map over 160 years. The exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see and purchase hand-drawn and annotated manuscripts by Harry Beck on the 50th anniversary of …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 30th Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Chelsea

In Focus: The Flying Nightingales

This exhibition tells the stories of the ordinary women, trained in the nursing style of Florence Nightingale, who were thrust into the arena of war during D-Day. During the War, the Royal Air Force Air Ambulance Unit – dubbed the …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 30th Nov 2024 Closing Soon
£12
Florence Nightingale Museum, Southwark

Women of the RNLI

Life savers, fundraisers, trailblazers: discover the vital roles that women play in saving lives at sea. Women of the RNLI at the National Maritime Museum celebrates the work of women in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Featuring striking photography, personal …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 1st Dec 2024 Closing Soon
Free
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

Radical Rediscovery: Feminist Theatre in Britain 1969-1992

An exhibition celebrating a pivotal period of influential output from women theatre makers and playwrights. Radical Rediscovery: Feminist Theatre in Britain 1969-1992 explores far reaching social changes that impacted the arts and set the stage for an explosion of female …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 1st Dec 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Peckham

In Uniform: Stories of Nurses and their Clothing

This exhibition delves into the complex narratives woven into the fabrics, designs, and accessories that have adorned generations of nurses. Set in a former hospital chapel, the exhibition reflects on the vital role nurses play in our society, with the …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 1st Dec 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Fitzrovia Chapel, Tottenham Court Road

The 70:14:50 Project UK

An exhibition of new work by four artists, Hanna Ali, Roman Manfredi, Violeta Sofia and Paloma Tendero. From a unique focus on the Black motherhood experience to themes of equity and solidarity shown through a women/non-binary football team, the 70:15:40 …

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Exhibition ends on Tuesday 3rd Dec 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Kennington

Old masters exhibition prior to sale - inc newly discovered Van Dyke

Ahead of their sale, there will be an exhibition of Old Master paintings at Christie’s auction house. Included will be Anthony van Dyck’s Andalusian Horse – his first grand-scale depiction of a lone horse – has an additional element of …

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Exhibition ends on Tuesday 3rd Dec 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Christie's, St James

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