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Today

2 events

19:30
Music
Tudor 100
Café OTO · E8
Tickets
19:30
Talk
Poetry Club: Anthony Joseph & Rachel Long
The Coronet Theatre · W11
£20Tickets

Tue 29 Sept

3 events

17:00
Talk
Idealist Grad School Fair New York City
SOAS · WC1H
Tickets
18:00
Talk
What’s in a Name? Lorca, Cinema, and the Allure of Personality
King's College London · WC2R
Tickets
19:00
Talk
Traumatized: Catherine Liu in Conversation with William Davis
Foyles · WC2H
£8Tickets

Wed 30 Sept

3 events

18:30
Talk
The Art Worlds of Spain and the United Kingdom
Instituto Cervantes London · WC2R
FreeTickets
18:30
Talk
Do social media platforms make people happier?
LSE · WC2A
FreeTickets
18:30
Talk
Does social media use make people happy?
LSE · WC2A
FreeTickets

Thu 1 Oct

1 event

13:05
Talk
Martino Tirimo (piano)
LSE · WC2A
FreeTickets

Fri 2 Oct

1 event

17:00
Talk
Book Launch: Hungarian Literature as World Literature
Liszt Institute London · WC2E
Liszt Institute London, 17-19 Cockspur St, London SW1Y 5BL
FreeTickets

Mon 5 Oct

1 event

19:00
Talk
Fact in Fiction: A Jewish Soldier in the Wehrmacht
Pints of Knowledge · EC1A
£20.25Tickets

Tue 6 Oct

1 event

19:00
Talk
Dancing in the Third Space: Orientalism, Hybridity, and the Global Stage
Pints of Knowledge · EC1A
£20.25Tickets

Wed 7 Oct

1 event

18:30
Talk
Unveiling Stories: Writers in the general Archive of Indies
Instituto Cervantes London · WC2R
FreeTickets

Thu 8 Oct

1 event

18:30
Exhibition
Dear Home Office… (Letters I’ll never send)
Whitechapel Gallery · E1
Tickets

Sun 11 Oct

1 event

12:50
Film
Lff: Chronovisor
ICA · SW1Y
Tickets

Mon 12 Oct

1 event

18:30
Talk
Sustainable post-crisis development: the need for a human rights approach
LSE · WC2A
FreeTickets

Tue 13 Oct

1 event

19:00
Talk
Book Launch: The Age OF Hobsbawm by Emile Chabal
Housmans · N1
£163Tickets

Wed 14 Oct

1 event

19:00
Talk
Superhero Storytelling: How It Works and Why It Matters
Pints of Knowledge · EC1A
£20.25Tickets

Fri 16 Oct

2 events

19:00
Talk
Nussaibah Younis: Fundamentally
Southbank Centre · SE1
£21Tickets
19:00
Talks / Ideas / Philosophy
Launch of Somali Week Festival 2026
British Library · NW1
£12Tickets

Sat 17 Oct

2 events

10:30
Talks / Ideas / Philosophy
Undergraduate Open Day
SOAS · WC1H
Tickets
12:00
Talk
Shields, Symbols & Secrets: Decoding the Art & Science of Heraldic Design.
Pints of Knowledge · EC1A
£20.25Tickets

Sun 18 Oct

2 events

13:30
Music
Polly Paulusma & Dan Whitehouse: Matinée Show
Green Note · NW1
£20Tickets
16:30
Talk
OzLit Festival: A Family Haunting
Foyles · WC2H
£10Tickets

Mon 19 Oct

1 event

18:30
Talk
Katherine of Aragon's Heart
Instituto Cervantes London · WC2R
FreeTickets

Wed 21 Oct

1 event

19:00
Talk
One Death or Five: Could You Decide?
Pints of Knowledge · EC1A
£20.25Tickets

Thu 22 Oct

1 event

19:00
Talk
How Gambling Hijacked Sport, and Hooked a New Generation of Fans
Pints of Knowledge · EC1A
£20.25Tickets

Sat 24 Oct

1 event

18:00
Music
The Goldberg Variations by Candlelight
St Mary le Strand · WC2R
Tickets

Mon 26 Oct

1 event

12:30
Film
National Emergency Briefing – Community Screening
British Library · NW1
FreeTickets

Thu 29 Oct

4 events · 3 rows

18:00
Talk
Pan-Africanism: a history
LSE · WC2A
FreeTickets
18:30
Talk
Rozie Kelly and Marcia Hutchinson in conversation with Imani Thompson
Daunt Books · W1U
£6Tickets
19:00
Talks / Ideas / Philosophy
Bloomsbury Festival: Sechel and Sensibility
Conway Hall · WC1R
Tickets

Sat 31 Oct

1 event

11:00
Talk
Saturday Seminar: Murder in the Cathedral
Orange Tree Theatre · TW9
Tickets

Sun 1 Nov

1 event

17:00
Talk
The Science of Ocd & Obsessive Thoughts
Seed Talks London · SW9
Location unverified
£17Tickets

Mon 2 Nov

1 event

19:00
Talk
Folklore, Female Aging & The Hag
Seed Talks London · SW9
£13Tickets

Tue 3 Nov

1 event

18:30
Talk
Andrew Davies
Daunt Books · W1U
£6Tickets

Wed 4 Nov

1 event

19:00
Talk
The History & Endurance of Shakespeare
Seed Talks London · SW9
£13Tickets

Thu 5 Nov

1 event

18:30
Talk
Sustainability and behavioural change: a discussion
LSE · WC2A
FreeTickets

Fri 6 Nov

1 event

11:30
Theatre
Doctoral Open Day: Music, Sound and Vision
British Library · NW1
£10Tickets

Sat 7 Nov

1 event

19:00
Talk
Panel Talk: Publishing AS Collective Infrastructure with Minor Compositions
Housmans · N1
£163Tickets

Sun 8 Nov

2 events

10:30
Talk
Irish Folklore & Witchcraft Summit
Seed Talks London · SW9
Location unverified
£24Tickets
10:30
Talk
Irish Folklore & Witchcraft Summit [ire]
Seed Talks London · SW9
Location unverified
£26Tickets

Mon 9 Nov

2 events · 1 rows

10:30
Talk
US Politics Today
British Library · NW1
FreeTickets

Wed 11 Nov

2 events

14:00
Talk
Remembering Arnold Whittall (1935-2026): A celebration of his life and work
King's College London · WC2R
Tickets
19:30
Theatre
Freud's Last Session
Tabard Theatre · W4
£20Tickets

Thu 12 Nov

2 events

18:30
Talk
Echoes of the Past, Voices of the Present
Armenian Institute London · EC1N
FreeTickets
19:30
Theatre
Freud's Last Session
Tabard Theatre · W4
£20Tickets

Fri 13 Nov

3 events · 2 rows

10:30
Talk
US Politics Today
British Library · NW1
FreeTickets
19:30
Theatre
Freud's Last Session
Tabard Theatre · W4
£20Tickets

Sat 14 Nov

2 events

18:00
Theatre
Freud's Last Session
Tabard Theatre · W4
£20Tickets
19:30
Theatre
Howl: Experimental Music and Drawing Session
Theatreship · E14
£11.01Tickets

Wed 18 Nov

2 events

18:30
Talk
Can global value chains go green? Trade, investment and the net-zero development challenge
LSE · WC2A
FreeTickets
19:30
Theatre
Freud's Last Session
Tabard Theatre · W4
£20Tickets

Thu 19 Nov

2 events

18:30
Theatre
Art Futures: Platforms for Dissent
Whitechapel Gallery · E1
Tickets
19:30
Theatre
Freud's Last Session
Tabard Theatre · W4
£20Tickets

Fri 20 Nov

1 event

19:30
Theatre
Freud's Last Session
Tabard Theatre · W4
£20Tickets

Sat 21 Nov

1 event

18:00
Theatre
Freud's Last Session
Tabard Theatre · W4
£20Tickets

Sun 22 Nov

3 events

15:00
Talk
AuDHD & Burnout [sgp]
Seed Talks London · SW9
Location unverified
£28.95Tickets
17:00
Talk
AuDHD & Burnout [aus]
Seed Talks London · SW9
Location unverified
£32.95Tickets
19:00
Talk
AuDHD & Burnout [NZ]
Seed Talks London · SW9
Location unverified
£38.95Tickets

Mon 23 Nov

1 event

18:30
Talk
Adhd & Procrastination
Seed Talks London · SW9
Location unverified
£17Tickets

Wed 25 Nov

1 event

19:30
Theatre
Freud's Last Session
Tabard Theatre · W4
£20Tickets

Thu 26 Nov

1 event

19:30
Theatre
Freud's Last Session
Tabard Theatre · W4
£20Tickets

Fri 27 Nov

1 event

19:30
Theatre
Freud's Last Session
Tabard Theatre · W4
£20Tickets

Sat 28 Nov

1 event

18:00
Theatre
Freud's Last Session
Tabard Theatre · W4
£20Tickets

Wed 9 Dec

1 event

13:00
Talk
Lunchtime talk: The origins of carols
Westminster Abbey · SW1P
£5Tickets

Sat 9 Jan

1 event

11:00
Talk
Saturday Seminar: Cranford
Orange Tree Theatre · TW9
Tickets

Tue 19 Jan

1 event

19:00
Talk
Paradise Lost
Wilton's Music Hall · E1
£9

Fri 22 Jan

1 event

11:30
Talk
Doctoral Open Day: British and European Collections from Antiquity to 1800
British Library · NW1
£10Tickets

Sat 30 Jan

1 event

20:00
Talk
For the Love of Great Writing: The Tls at 125
Southbank Centre · SE1
£29Tickets

Fri 26 Feb

1 event

11:30
Talk
Doctoral Open Day: Asian and African Collections
British Library · NW1
£10Tickets

Fri 19 Mar

1 event

11:30
Talk
Doctoral Open Day: Modern Collections from 1800 to 1950
British Library · NW1
£10Tickets

Sat 3 Apr

1 event

11:00
Talk
Saturday Seminar: King Lear & Richard II
Orange Tree Theatre · TW9
Tickets

Fri 23 Apr

1 event

11:30
Talk
Doctoral Open Day: Europe, Americas and Oceania
British Library · NW1
£10Tickets

Fri 21 May

1 event

11:30
Talk
Doctoral Open Day: Contemporary and Digital Collections
British Library · NW1
£10Tickets

Sat 22 May

1 event

11:00
Talk
Saturday Seminar: The Vortex
Orange Tree Theatre · TW9
Tickets

Sat 26 Jun

1 event

11:00
Talk
Saturday Seminar: Sapling
Orange Tree Theatre · TW9
Tickets