Colin Grant: What We Leave We Carry
Wednesday, 26 August 2026 at 19:45
Speaker: Colin Grant
Purcell Room
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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
Walthamstow
FreeTuesday, 1 September 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall LibraryBook Launch: Transnational Diaries
Tuesday, 1 September 2026 at 17:00
Speaker: Book Launch: Transnational Diaries
1 September 202616:00—17:30Witnessing War: Theatre's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine (4 years on)
Tuesday, 1 September 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Olga Danylyuk, Kasia Lech, Amanda Stuart Fisher, Polina Polozhentseva, Molly Flynn
Room 211, Birkbeck Central Building, WC1E 7HY
Wednesday, 2 September 2026
Frida Kahlo at Tate Modern
FreeWednesday, 2 September 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall LibraryThe Sociological Review Foundation’s Public Lecture 2026 with Angela Saini
Wednesday, 2 September 2026 at 18:00
SOAS Gallery / SOAS Gallery Lecture TheatreInaugural Lecture Series: Professor Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh
Wednesday, 2 September 2026 at 18:00
How 'woke' is EDI?
Wednesday, 2 September 2026 at 18:00
Portcullis House / Macmillan RoomIn 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
Drop in and draw
FreeFriday, 4 September 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Folk Club
The John Madejski Fine Rooms | Burlington HouseThe 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 CentreThe Rest Is History: Live
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 16:00
Royal Festival HallTeam America: World Police?
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 16:00
Speaker: Anthony Scaramucci, David McCloskey
Queen Elizabeth Hall Southbank CentreThe Rest Is Science: Live
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Hannah Fry, Michael Stevens
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank CentreThe Book Club
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Dominic Sandbrook, Tabby Syrett
Purcell Room, Southbank CentreThe Rest Is Entertainment: Live
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Richard Osman, Marina Hyde
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
Sunday, 6 September 2026
Stanley Tucci: Film, Food and Me
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Stanley Tucci, Gary Lineker
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank CentreThe Real Housewives of Regency England
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Tom Holland, Marina Hyde
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank CentreThe Three Ayatollahs: An Unbreakable Dynasty?
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 13:00
Purcell RoomAncient Myths: Mary Beard & Josephine Quinn
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 15:00
Speaker: Mary Beard, Josephine Quinn
Queen Elizabeth HallThe Rest Is Politics US: Trump on a Knife Edge
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 16:00
Royal Festival HallWe Have Ways of Making You Talk
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 16:00
Speaker: Al Murray, James Holland
Purcell Room, Southbank CentreThe Rest Is Politics: Off the Record
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Rory Stewart, Alastair Campbell
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank CentreThe Rest Is Quiz
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Richard Osman, Marina Hyde
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
Monday, 7 September 2026
Why Do We Need Empathy? (Provost Lecture)
FreeMonday, 7 September 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeWhy Do We Need Empathy?
FreeMonday, 7 September 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Professor Jane Shaw
Barnard's Inn Hall, HolbornLuke Harding and Alastair Campbell: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest
Monday, 7 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Luke Harding, Alastair Campbell
Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG
Tuesday, 8 September 2026
Healthy buildings, healthy homes, healthy lives: Evidence for better health and wellbeing
Tuesday, 8 September 2026 at 12:00
Frida: The Making of an Icon: Exhibition Talk
Tuesday, 8 September 2026 at 13:00
Tate ModernCurator’s talk: Broadsides: Speaking to the people
FreeTuesday, 8 September 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall Library
Wednesday, 9 September 2026
Thursday, 10 September 2026
Neurodiversity in Business - Online Webinar Launch
Thursday, 10 September 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Neurodiversity in Business - Online Webinar Launch
10 September 202612:00—13:00In-Person Only: History and Treasures of Guildhall Library (Evening)
FreeThursday, 10 September 2026 at 18:00
Guildhall LibraryPaul Smith: Threads
Thursday, 10 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Paul Smith
Queen Elizabeth Hall