This free public artwork, created in partnership with disabled-led theatre company Graeae, celebrates young disabled actors and sparks important conversations...
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London Sculpture Week 2026, bringing together the Fourth Plinth, East Bank, Frieze Sculpture, Sculpture in the City and The Line, takes place from 19 to 27...
Discover the extraordinary and sometimes disturbing stories of animals connected to Clerkenwell on this free walking tour.
A 24 year old Clerkenwell resident with ambitions to open a cinema in Islington has an exciting new film season at The Garden Cinema
Two months since opening, the national centre for illustration has welcomed over 15,000 visitors into its mix of free and paid spaces.
We Go Way Back is an exhibition exploring how ancient DNA is revealing new insights into human evolution, migration, culture and disease.
A new sculpture by New York based artist Tschabalala Self will be unveiled on London's Fourth Plinth on 10 September 2026.
Any Questions? – one of BBC Radio 4’s flagship programmes, will be broadcast from St. Mark’s Church, Myddelton Square in EC1 on Friday 31 July 2026.
The winners of this year's Family Learning Awards have been announced, with the Museum of the Order of St John being Highly Commended in the Early Years...
Frank Bowling: Driven to Draw, opens today at The Royal Drawing School
London Museum announced this week that it will open the doors to its new permanent galleries in Smithfield’s General Market on 28 November 2026, marking a new...
One of Clerkenwell's most historic sites has begun a new chapter as the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration opens its doors at New River Head.
Discover more at the Museum of the Order of St John with the Bloomberg Connects app.
Surya Anthony talks to Professor Lucy Munro about her incredible discovery...
New analysis from City Hall has revealed that flagship women’s sporting events held in London last year alone attracted 1.4million in-person fans and...
The Clerkenwell Community Photography Competition is back!
Get a preview of the Green Clerkenwell Trail in North Clerkenwell this month
The next event in the fantastic ‘Reds on the Green‘ series
The Marx Memorial Library & Workers’ School, the leading centre research and education on Marxism and socialist history, has secured £16,000 in grant funding...
The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration finally opens its doors to the public today.
Islington families rallied together for a picnic protest outside their council headquarters on Wednesday as they urged the local authority to stop a nursery...
We Go Way Back, an exhibition exploring how ancient DNA is revealing new insights into human evolution, migration, culture and disease, will open at the...
The current special exhibition continues at the Charles Dickens Museum with a series of free talks
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