Plot Twist: An Evening with Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy
Monday, 10 August 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Harlan Coben, Bill Nighy
London Talks
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Monday, 10 August 2026
Reporting From the Front Lines, with Lyse Doucet
Monday, 10 August 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Lyse Doucet, Peter Frankopan
Francis Fukuyama on the New World Order
Monday, 10 August 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Francis Fukuyama, Martin Wolf
Raising Hare: An Evening with Chloe Dalton
Monday, 10 August 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Chloe Dalton
The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook, with Michael Gove
Monday, 10 August 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Michael Gove, Jonny Dymond
Carlo Rovelli: Lessons on Physics and Philosophy
Monday, 10 August 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Carlo Rovelli
War is Interested In You: The Threat of World War Three, with Gideon Rachman
Monday, 10 August 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Gideon Rachman
Luke Harding and Alastair Campbell: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest
Monday, 10 August 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Luke Harding, Alastair Campbell
An Evening with Katherine Rundell
Monday, 10 August 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Katherine Rundell
The Age of Change
Monday, 10 August 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Jeremy Hunt, Dr. Angela Spatharou, Kamal Ahmed
Unveiling Vermeer: The Man and his Masterpieces, with Andrew Graham-Dixon
Monday, 10 August 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Andrew Graham-Dixon
Elif Shafak: In One Brief Moment All Eternity
Monday, 10 August 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Elif Shafak
An Evening with Pachinko author Min Jin Lee: American Hagwon
Monday, 10 August 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Min Jin Lee
An Evening with Sebastian Faulks
Monday, 10 August 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Sebastian Faulks
An African History of Africa, with Zeinab Badawi
Monday, 10 August 2026 at 20:00
Speaker: Zeinab Badawi
Zadie Smith: Dead and Alive
Monday, 10 August 2026 at 20:00
Speaker: Zadie Smith
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
ARK Special Seminar - Translational Longevity
Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Yu-Xyan Lyu
King's College London (Hybrid - in person and on Teams)In-Person Only - Guildhall Library Collections Focus: London Theatre
FreeWednesday, 12 August 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Melanie Strong
Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH
Thursday, 13 August 2026
Monday, 17 August 2026
Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
In-Person - History and Treasures of Guildhall Library
FreeWednesday, 19 August 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HHRescheduled - Guildhall Library Collections Focus: London Theatre
FreeWednesday, 19 August 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Melanie Strong
Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH
Thursday, 20 August 2026
Friday, 21 August 2026
Saturday, 22 August 2026
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Thursday, 27 August 2026
In-Person Only - Guildhall Library Collections Focus: Chinese Cookbooks
FreeThursday, 27 August 2026 at 14:00
Speaker: Holly Turner
Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HHMathematical Colloquium: Weierstrass Bridges by Alexander Schied
Thursday, 27 August 2026 at 16:30
Speaker: Alexander Schied
Strand Building, Strand Campus, London, STR 526 (previously S5.20)
Friday, 28 August 2026
Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Wednesday, 2 September 2026
How 'woke' is EDI?
Wednesday, 2 September 2026 at 18:00
Portcullis House / Macmillan RoomThe Sociological Review Foundation’s Public Lecture 2026 with Angela Saini
Wednesday, 2 September 2026 at 18:00
SOAS Gallery / SOAS Gallery Lecture TheatreIn the realm of the last man
Wednesday, 2 September 2026 at 18:45
Speaker: Francis Fukuyama
London School of Economics
Thursday, 3 September 2026
Friday, 4 September 2026
The Rest Is History: The Ultimate Victorian Adventure
Friday, 4 September 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Tom Holland, Dominic Sandbrook
Royal Festival HallMagick in Seven Objects
Friday, 4 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Waters
Conway Hall, Main Hall (London)The Rest Is Classified: Live
Friday, 4 September 2026 at 19:00
Queen Elizabeth HallThe Rest Is Money: Live
Friday, 4 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Robert Peston, Steph McGovern
Purcell RoomThe Rest Is Football: Bursting Onto the Stage
Friday, 4 September 2026 at 20:30
Speaker: Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Micah Richards
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank CentreSherlock & Co.
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 00:00
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
Saturday, 5 September 2026
A coffee with Jennifer Higgie
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 11:00
Speaker: Jennifer Higgie, Margarita Gluzberg
John Madejski Fine Rooms | Burlington HouseThe Rest Is Politics: The Special Relationship
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 13:00
Royal Festival HallEmpire: Live
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: William Dalrymple, Anita Anand
Queen Elizabeth HallFootball Cliches: Live
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare, David Walker
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre