The Three Ayatollahs: An Unbreakable Dynasty?
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 13:00
Purcell Room
History talks in London
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Sunday, 6 September 2026
The Real Housewives of Regency England
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Tom Holland, Marina Hyde
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank CentreAncient Myths: Mary Beard & Josephine Quinn
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 15:00
Speaker: Mary Beard, Josephine Quinn
Queen Elizabeth HallWe Have Ways of Making You Talk
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 16:00
Speaker: Al Murray, James Holland
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
Monday, 7 September 2026
Luke 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 9AGLuke 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
Wednesday, 9 September 2026
Thursday, 10 September 2026
Saturday, 12 September 2026
Monday, 14 September 2026
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
The Isenheim Altarpiece
FreeTuesday, 15 September 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall LibraryReporting From the Front Lines, with Lyse Doucet
Tuesday, 15 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Lyse Doucet
Union ChapelReporting From the Front Lines, with Lyse Doucet
Tuesday, 15 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Lyse Doucet
Union Chapel
Wednesday, 16 September 2026
Is the HIV Pandemic Over?
FreeWednesday, 16 September 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Professor Matt Higgins
Barnard's Inn Hall, HolbornAn Evening with Sebastian Faulks
Wednesday, 16 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Sebastian Faulks
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RLAn Evening with Sebastian Faulks
Wednesday, 16 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Sebastian Faulks
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL
Thursday, 17 September 2026
Peggy Guggenheim: The ‘Poor Little Rich Girl’
FreeThursday, 17 September 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall LibraryBook Talk: 'British Statecraft and the Baltic Sea Region: A Documentary History' with Dr Hugo Bromley and Prof Brendan Simms
Thursday, 17 September 2026 at 18:15
Speaker: Dr Hugo Bromley, Prof Brendan Simms
King's Building, Strand Campus, LondonSlow Looking: Ruby Redstone on James McNeill Whistler
Thursday, 17 September 2026 at 19:00
Tate Britain
Friday, 18 September 2026
Saturday, 19 September 2026
Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Thursday, 24 September 2026
In-Person Only: History and Treasures of Guildhall Library
FreeThursday, 24 September 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall LibraryIdeas of Exile, Refugees and Displacement in the Ancient and Modern Mediterranean
Thursday, 24 September 2026 at 15:00
Speaker: Ideas of Exile, Refugees and Displacement in the Ancient and Modern Mediterranean
24 September 2026, 14:00to25 September 2026, 13:15Shipping on the Road to Net Zero: Lessons from Maritime History
FreeThursday, 24 September 2026 at 20:00
Speaker: Stig Tenold
King's Building, Strand Campus, London
Friday, 25 September 2026
Festival of Astronomical Ideas
FreeFriday, 25 September 2026 at 11:00
Gresham CollegePandora's Box: The Living Archive of Feminist Moving Image Culture, with a screening of The Long Road to the Director's Chair (Vibeke Løkkeberg, 2025)
Friday, 25 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Pandora's Box: The Living Archive of Feminist Moving Image Culture, with a screening of The Long Road to the Director's Chair (Vibeke Løkkeberg, 2025)
25 September 202618:30—20:30
Saturday, 26 September 2026
Sunday, 27 September 2026
Monday, 28 September 2026
Tuesday, 29 September 2026
Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Thursday, 1 October 2026
Ancient Korean Culture & Architecture
Thursday, 1 October 2026 at 12:00
Speaker: You Hong-june, Director of the National Museum of Korea.
Senate House, SOAS University of London / Senate Chamber (S219)Shakespearean England and Views of the Irish Language
FreeThursday, 1 October 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Professor Mícheál Ó Mainnín
Barnard's Inn HallAmerica as a revisionist power (and what it means for the rest of the world)
Thursday, 1 October 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Phillips O'Brien, Peter Trubowitz
London School of Economics (LSE)
Saturday, 3 October 2026
Monday, 5 October 2026
Tuesday, 6 October 2026
Frida: The Making of an Icon: Exhibition Talk
Tuesday, 6 October 2026 at 13:00
Tate ModernWilliam Tyndale
FreeTuesday, 6 October 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall LibraryThe Battle of Cable Street ninety years on: the struggle against fascism and antisemitism, then and now
Tuesday, 6 October 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: The Battle of Cable Street ninety years on: the struggle against fascism and antisemitism, then and now
6 October 202618:30—20:00
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
The Penguin Book of Bengali Short Stories
Wednesday, 7 October 2026 at 17:15
SOAS, University of London / Wolfson Lecture TheatreBeno Rothenberg Memorial Lecture 2026: From Mine to Masterpiece
Wednesday, 7 October 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Dr Siran Liu
What Do You Need a Mathematician For? Perspectives from the 17th Century
FreeWednesday, 7 October 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Professor Volker Remmert
Barnard's Inn Hall, Holborn
Thursday, 8 October 2026
Man’s Real Best Friend: Horses, Art and History
FreeThursday, 8 October 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall LibraryUnveiling Vermeer: The Man and his Masterpieces, with Andrew Graham-Dixon
Thursday, 8 October 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Andrew Graham-Dixon
Conway HallUnveiling Vermeer: The Man and his Masterpieces, with Andrew Graham-Dixon
Thursday, 8 October 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Andrew Graham-Dixon
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL
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