What’s on
Find out about events; art and exhibitions; children’s activities and family fun; community and special events; walks and tours taking place in the City of London. Also its green spaces, libraries and at the London Metropolitan Archives.
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- Title:
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Let's talk!
- Date:
- 08/11/2016
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18/12/2018
- Location:
- Barbican Library
- Time:
- 10:30 AM
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12:30 PM
- Cost:
- Free, no booking required
- Event description:
- Do you want more confidence speaking English? Join us every Tuesday to improve your English.
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- Title:
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The Spanish Civil War – a portrait of turmoil
- Date:
- 02/05/2018
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02/05/2018
- Location:
- Barbican Library
: Arts Library
- Time:
- 12:30 PM
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01:30 PM
- Cost:
- Free, but booking advisable
- Event description:
- A look at the origins and course of the war illustrated by the amazing art works and posters that chronicled those turbulent times.
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- Title:
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Writing Course with Rachel Knightley
- Date:
- 05/05/2018
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26/05/2018
- Location:
- Barbican Library
- Time:
- 01:30 PM
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03:30 PM
- Cost:
- £95 for the 4 week course, £18 for a trial session
- Event description:
- A writing course for all genres and levels of experience.
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- Title:
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A walk around Spitalfields
- Date:
- 08/05/2018
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08/05/2018
- Location:
- Barbican Library
: Meeting point is at the Kindertransport Statue outside Liverpool Street Station
- Time:
- 11:00 AM
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01:00 PM
- Cost:
- £8 per person, £7 concessions for over 60s and City of London library members, under 12s free. Payment to the Guide on the day.
- Event description:
- Spitalfields has been an area where immigrants have settled for 400 years, and is a remarkable example of how an area has adapted to the needs of these new residents. Join a City Guide to see how each group has left its mark.
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- Title:
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Morning Sunlight: a painting demonstration by Bill Newton
- Date:
- 09/05/2018
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09/05/2018
- Location:
- Barbican Library
: Arts Library
- Time:
- 12:30 PM
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02:00 PM
- Cost:
- Free, but booking advisable.
- Event description:
- Professional artist and author Bill Newton will demonstrate watercolour techniques by completing a country scene.
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- Title:
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Play reading of ‘To Sir with Love’ by E.L. Braithwaite (adapted for the stage by Ayub Khan Din)
- Date:
- 15/05/2018
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15/05/2018
- Location:
- Barbican Library
- Time:
- 06:00 PM
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09:00 PM
- Cost:
- Free. Booking essential.
- Event description:
- Literature lovers are invited to join us for an evening of reading and refreshments. No acting experience required. Dramatic parts will be drawn from a hat.
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- Title:
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Thomas More’s Utopia and Evil May Day
- Date:
- 16/05/2018
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16/05/2018
- Location:
- Barbican Library
- Time:
- 12:30 PM
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01:30 PM
- Cost:
- Free – just turn up
- Event description:
- Talk by award winning planner Lester Hillman about Thomas More House and how buried in the 'Utopia' are blueprints for urban living.
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- Title:
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A walk around Spitalfields
- Date:
- 26/05/2018
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26/05/2018
- Location:
- Barbican Library
: Meeting point is at the Kindertransport Statue outside Liverpool Street Station
- Time:
- 11:00 AM
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01:00 PM
- Cost:
- £8 per person, £7 concessions for over 60s and City of London library members, under 12s free. Payment to the Guide on the day.
- Event description:
- Spitalfields has been an area where immigrants have settled for 400 years, and is a remarkable example of how an area has adapted to the needs of these new residents. Join a City Guide to see how each group has left its mark.
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- Title:
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Open Reading Group
- Date:
- 29/05/2018
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29/05/2018
- Location:
- Barbican Library
- Time:
- 06:00 PM
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07:00 PM
- Cost:
- Free. Booking essential.
- Event description:
- An opportunity to join one of Barbican Library's regular reading groups for an informal discussion of the Cityread London 2018 book The Muse by Jessie Burton
Open to all who have read the novel. Light refreshments available.
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- Title:
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Inspiration – artists and their muses
- Date:
- 30/05/2018
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30/05/2018
- Location:
- Barbican Library
: Arts Library
- Time:
- 12:30 PM
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01:30 PM
- Cost:
- Free, but booking advisable.
- Event description:
- In this illustrated talk by Alexandra Epps, discover women as muses and as artists in their own right - from the 'stunners' of the Pre-Raphaelites to Picasso's weeping woman to the Mother of American modernism!