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A Flock of Keen-eyed and Far-Seeing Magpies
IbraazW1W
Until 6 Sept
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Cosmic Breath
IbraazW1W
Until 30 Aug
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Creating the world of Wuschel
Goethe-Institut LondonSW7
Until 4 Sept
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BSL Interpreted Tours of Tenderness and Rage
Wellcome CollectionNW1
Until 24 Sept
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Bsl Interpreted Tours of Tenderness and Rage
Wellcome CollectionNW1
Until 24 Sept
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Rakyat Pasti Menang
IbraazW1W
Until 22 Nov
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Embroidery Traditions of Afghanistan
SOASWC1H
Until 19 Sept
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Audio Described Tours of 'Tenderness and Rage'
Wellcome CollectionNW1
Until 19 May 2027
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Majenin – A Palestinian Love Story
The Arab British CentreEC4A
Until 31 Aug
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Hindu Gods Tarot -Iulia Filipovscaia
Watkins BooksWC2N
Today · 12:00
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Handle with Care: Conversations Through Objects
Wellcome CollectionNW1
Today · 12:00
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Inside Out: Echoes
The Photographers' GalleryW1F
Today · 13:00
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Create your own Neighbourhood Walking Tour, with Saira Niazi
Whitechapel GalleryE1
Today · 16:00
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Bint Wip
The Arab British CentreEC4A
Today · 17:30
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A Celebration of the work of Arthur Russell
TheatreshipE14
Today · 19:00
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The Gentle Author’s Tour of Whitechapel
Whitechapel GalleryE1
Tomorrow · 14:00
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Sugar Island
IbraazW1W
Tomorrow · 15:00
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Skoob Books Extravaganza
The Horse HospitalWC1N
Tomorrow · 18:00
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Relaxed morning for Send Families
British LibraryNW1
Mon 10 Aug · 10:00
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Free Event: Songs on the Water
TheatreshipE14
Mon 10 Aug · 19:00
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Summer Scholars Lunchtime Talks
British LibraryNW1
Tue 11 Aug · 13:00
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Lecture: Training the Brain for Calm: Insights from Neuroscience and Spirituality
Nehru CentreW1K
Tue 11 Aug · 18:30
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Gwendoline Riley & Leo Robson: The Palm House
London Review BookshopWC1A
Tue 11 Aug · 19:00
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Wrld Bldr: A Convicts Tour to Hell (music from Export Import)
TheatreshipE14
Tue 11 Aug · 19:00
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Ark Special Seminar - Translational Longevity
King's College LondonWC2R
Wed 12 Aug · 12:00
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Relaxed Openings of The Coming of Age
Wellcome CollectionNW1
Wed 12 Aug · 13:00
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Lights Up and Audio Described Tours of The Coming of Age
Wellcome CollectionNW1
Thu 13 Aug · 10:30
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Canal Tales: Making Masks, Costumes and Procession Props
British LibraryNW1
Thu 13 Aug · 13:00
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JL Circus Hub Conversations: Nikki Rummer
Jacksons LaneN6
Thu 13 Aug · 17:00
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Divine Wounds -Ness Bosch
Watkins BooksWC2N
Thu 13 Aug · 17:00
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Book Launch: Sirus F. Gahan: How Many Times Can I Be Born Again
The Photographers' GalleryW1F
Thu 13 Aug · 18:30
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Unearthing A Classic: The rediscovery of Gaining Ground
FoylesWC2H
Thu 13 Aug · 19:00
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Telling Stories: SF Said
IbraazW1W
Fri 14 Aug · 14:00
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Poplar walking tour
Open CityWC2R
Sat 15 Aug · 10:30
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Walking tour exploring art & architecture at Whitechapel with Kuda Mushangi
Whitechapel GalleryE1
Sat 15 Aug · 11:00
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Walking tour exploring art & architecture in Whitechapel with Kuda Mushangi
Whitechapel GalleryE1
Sat 15 Aug · 11:00
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Cuentacuentos: Totó y el poder de la alegría
Instituto Cervantes LondonWC2R
Sat 15 Aug · 11:00
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Behind the Scenes at Bonsai Treehouses
The London SocietyN1
Sat 15 Aug · 11:00
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Flow and Write: Yoga and Creative Writing
Keats HouseNW3
Sun 16 Aug · 10:45
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Bsl tour of Encantados and Sacred Groves
South London GallerySE5
Sun 16 Aug · 13:00
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Knit and Knatter (soas Library Knitting Club) in the Gallery
SOASWC1H
Mon 17 Aug · 13:00
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Alice Hattrick in conversation with Tom de Freston
Daunt BooksW1U
Tue 18 Aug · 19:00
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Getting Batty at Battersea
Linnean Society of LondonW1J
Tue 18 Aug · 20:00
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Harvest Family Day
Museum of the HomeE2
Wed 19 Aug · 10:00
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An Invitation from The London Society and Liberty
The London SocietyN1
Wed 19 Aug · 17:30
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JL Circus Hub Conversations: Lina Johansson
Jacksons LaneN6
Thu 20 Aug · 17:00
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Florals & Fizz
William Morris SocietyW6
Thu 20 Aug · 17:30
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2026 Philippine Studies Conference: 'Archipelagic Tongues — Philippine Languages and Meaning-making, Austronesian Worlds and Global Futures'
SOASWC1H
Fri 21 Aug · 09:30
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Guided Tours
William Morris SocietyW6
Fri 21 Aug · 10:00
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Bsl Interpreted Tours of The Coming of Age
Wellcome CollectionNW1
Fri 21 Aug · 10:30
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Telling Stories: Ayesha Gamiet
IbraazW1W
Fri 21 Aug · 13:00
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Medusa Gorgon's Deadly Side Eye: Games, Crafts and Draw-along!
FoylesWC2H
Fri 21 Aug · 14:00
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JL Circus Hub Friday Focus: Companies & Collaboration
Jacksons LaneN6
Fri 21 Aug · 15:00
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Coline Atterbury: I'm Afraid of Virgina Woolf Too - A Work in Progress
Austrian Cultural Forum LondonSW7
Fri 21 Aug · 18:00
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Mosquitoes Warnings
Wellcome CollectionNW1
Sat 22 Aug · 10:00
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London’s sewers walking tour
Open CityWC2R
Sat 22 Aug · 11:00
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Mike King’s Sunday Sessions
Toulouse LautrecSE11
Sun 23 Aug · 13:00
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Self-Guided Visit: Fairy Tales
British LibraryNW1
Sun 23 Aug · 20:00
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Family Station: Summer Holidays
British LibraryNW1
Mon 24 Aug · 11:00
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Meditation: Raksha Bandhan Celebrations
Nehru CentreW1K
Tue 25 Aug · 18:30
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L’italiana A Londra: opera to the conquest of the English audiences
Italian Cultural InstituteSW1X
Tue 25 Aug · 18:30
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Women Pioneers
Instituto Cervantes LondonWC2R
Tue 25 Aug · 18:30
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The Cauldron: Simon Sebag Montefiore in Conversation with Matthew D'Ancona
FoylesWC2H
Tue 25 Aug · 19:00
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Smiles Don't End with Bats at Mile End
Linnean Society of LondonW1J
Tue 25 Aug · 19:45
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Goethe-Kino: When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before by Sonja Heiss
Goethe-Institut LondonSW7
Wed 26 Aug · 19:00
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Skill Up Visits: Making with Waste at Global Generation
RIBAW1B
Thu 27 Aug · 11:00
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Kids at Keats: Make a Nightingale
Keats HouseNW3
Thu 27 Aug · 14:00
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Mathematical Colloquium: Weierstrass Bridges by Alexander Schied
King's College LondonWC2R
Thu 27 Aug · 15:30
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JL Circus Hub Conversations: Daisy Minto
Jacksons LaneN6
Thu 27 Aug · 17:00
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Dub Sound Systems, Dhikr on Loudspeakers and the Politics of Amplification
IbraazW1W
Thu 27 Aug · 18:00
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Bsl Tour: East of Aldgate Pump
Whitechapel GalleryE1
Thu 27 Aug · 18:30
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Claudia Rankine & Victoria Adukwei Bulley: Triage
London Review BookshopWC1A
Thu 27 Aug · 19:00
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Celebration of Makers Talk The Hands that Made the Victorian World
Two Temple PlaceWC2R
Thu 27 Aug · 19:00
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Netherwood: Jake Arnott in Conversation with Travis Elborough
FoylesWC2H
Thu 27 Aug · 19:00
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Salon NO.137: London Lodgers - Part 1
The Horse HospitalWC1N
Thu 27 Aug · 19:00
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Thant Myint-U
Daunt BooksW1U
Thu 27 Aug · 19:00
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Meena Kandasamy in conversation with Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Daunt BooksW1U
Thu 27 Aug · 19:00
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Making Two Temple Place The architect John Loughborough Pearson
Two Temple PlaceWC2R
Fri 28 Aug · 19:00
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Family Station: Casa do Livro
British LibraryNW1
Sat 29 Aug · 11:30
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Celebration of Makers Talk A History of City & Guilds of London Art School
Two Temple PlaceWC2R
Sun 30 Aug · 17:30
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Origin Story Live! at Union Chapel
Union ChapelN1
Tue 1 Sept · 19:00
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Call ME BY Your Name: André Aciman and Sarah Maxwell with Barry Pierce
FoylesWC2H
Tue 1 Sept · 19:00
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Louisa Young in conversation with Elizabeth Morris
Daunt BooksW1U
Tue 1 Sept · 19:00
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Going Ham for Bats at Hampstead Heath
Linnean Society of LondonW1J
Tue 1 Sept · 19:30
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The Globe Talks: Love's Labour's Lost
Shakespeare's GlobeSE1
Wed 2 Sept · 17:00
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The Remarkable Breadfruit | Botany, Culture and Politics
Linnean Society of LondonW1J
Wed 2 Sept · 18:00
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EPICo Conference 2026
British LibraryNW1
Wed 2 Sept · 18:00
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The Sociological Review Foundation’s Public Lecture 2026 with Angela Saini
SOASWC1H
Wed 2 Sept · 18:00
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Alex Hyde in conversation with Lizzy Stewart
Daunt BooksW1U
Wed 2 Sept · 18:30
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In the realm of the last man
LSEWC2A
Wed 2 Sept · 18:45
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Days OF Love And Rage: Anand Gopal in Conversation with Sally Hayden
FoylesWC2H
Wed 2 Sept · 19:00
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Textiles Through Time Guided Tour
Museum of the HomeE2
Until 29 Sept
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Behind the Scenes at Bold Tendencies
The London SocietyN1
Thu 3 Sept · 14:00
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Start-up Stars: Turning skills into start-ups
British LibraryNW1
Thu 3 Sept · 18:00
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Amy Abdelnoor in conversation with Nussaibah Younis
Daunt BooksW1U
Thu 3 Sept · 18:30
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Jana Prikryl & Richard Ayoade: The Channel
London Review BookshopWC1A
Thu 3 Sept · 19:00
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Francis Fukuyama on the New World Order
Intelligence SquaredWC2N
Thu 3 Sept · 19:00
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John Berger: From Life
British LibraryNW1
Thu 3 Sept · 19:00
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Talker is 10.
Café OTOE8
Thu 3 Sept · 19:30
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Dream Up: Questione di Karma, with Gianluca Gotto
Conway HallWC1R
Thu 3 Sept · 19:30
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London Interzone: Burroughs & Beats Rewired
The Horse HospitalWC1N
Fri 4 Sept · 10:00
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Pints, Dentures & Rock ’n’ Roll
Irish Cultural CentreW6
Until 5 Sept
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Under 5s day at Keats House
Keats HouseNW3
Sat 5 Sept · 11:00
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Bsl Tours of ‘The Coming of Age’ with Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq
Wellcome CollectionNW1
Sat 5 Sept · 13:00
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Introducing... The Bohème Hot Club
Toulouse LautrecSE11
Sat 5 Sept · 20:30
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Elisa Giardina Papa: She Flickered In and Out of History
Italian Cultural InstituteSW1X
Sun 6 Sept · 07:30
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