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Tuesday, 28 July 2026

Book talk: The Revolutionists
Tuesday, 28 July 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Jason Burke
Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ
History Politics Activism

Tuesday, 4 August 2026

Before & After the Great Fire
Free
Tuesday, 4 August 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall Library
History Geography

Wednesday, 5 August 2026

In-Person Only - Guildhall Library Collections Focus: Crime Broadsides
Free
Wednesday, 5 August 2026 at 14:00
Speaker: Sarah Hume
Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH
History Literature Media

Thursday, 6 August 2026

Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Wednesday, 12 August 2026

In-Person Only - Guildhall Library Collections Focus: London Theatre
Free
Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Melanie Strong
Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH
History Performing Arts Literature

Thursday, 13 August 2026

City Limits: Whitechapel
Free
Thursday, 13 August 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall Library
History Geography Architecture

Tuesday, 18 August 2026

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Free
Tuesday, 18 August 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall Library
Art History

Wednesday, 19 August 2026

In-Person - History and Treasures of Guildhall Library
Free
Wednesday, 19 August 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH
History Literature

Thursday, 20 August 2026

The Expressive Power of Bronze: The Sculptures of Elisabeth Frink
Free
Thursday, 20 August 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall Library
Art History

Friday, 21 August 2026

James McNeill Whistler: Exhibition Talk
Friday, 21 August 2026 at 13:00
Tate Britain
Art History

Saturday, 22 August 2026

Colson Whitehead: Cool Machine
Saturday, 22 August 2026 at 19:45
Speaker: Colson Whitehead
Purcell Room
Literature History

Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Thursday, 27 August 2026

In-Person Only - Guildhall Library Collections Focus: Chinese Cookbooks
Free
Thursday, 27 August 2026 at 14:00
Speaker: Holly Turner
Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH
Food & Drink History Anthropology

Wednesday, 2 September 2026

In the realm of the last man
Wednesday, 2 September 2026 at 18:45
Speaker: Francis Fukuyama
London School of Economics
Politics History Philosophy

Thursday, 3 September 2026

Francis Fukuyama on the New World Order
Thursday, 3 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Francis Fukuyama
Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, London, N1 2UN
Politics History Philosophy

Friday, 4 September 2026

Saturday, 5 September 2026

Sunday, 6 September 2026

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 9AG
Politics Military & War History

Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Frida: The Making of an Icon: Exhibition Talk
Tuesday, 8 September 2026 at 13:00
Tate Modern
Art History Activism

Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Cello - In Search of a Voice
Free
Wednesday, 9 September 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Dr Kate Kennedy
Barnard's Inn Hall
History Music Anthropology

Saturday, 12 September 2026

Curator talk: Richard Dadd
Saturday, 12 September 2026 at 11:00
Speaker: Nicholas Tromans
Benjamin West Lecture Theatre | Burlington Gardens
Art History Medicine & Health

Tuesday, 15 September 2026

Reporting From the Front Lines, with Lyse Doucet
Tuesday, 15 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Lyse Doucet
Union Chapel
Media Military & War History

Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Thursday, 17 September 2026

Slow Looking: Ruby Redstone on James McNeill Whistler
Thursday, 17 September 2026 at 19:00
Tate Britain
Art History

Friday, 18 September 2026

James McNeill Whistler: Exhibition Talk
Friday, 18 September 2026 at 13:00
Tate Britain
Art History

Tuesday, 22 September 2026

Frida: The Making of an Icon: Exhibition Talk
Tuesday, 22 September 2026 at 13:00
Tate Modern
Art History Activism

Monday, 28 September 2026

Where is Queer Love in the Shoah History?
Free
Monday, 28 September 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Dr Anna Hájková
Barnard's Inn Hall
History Sex & Gender Human Rights

Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Women of Bath and Willesden: Ordinary Women in English Literature
Free
Wednesday, 30 September 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Professor Marion Turner
Barnard's Inn Hall, Holborn
Literature History Sex & Gender

Thursday, 1 October 2026

Shakespearean England and Views of the Irish Language
Free
Thursday, 1 October 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Professor Mícheál Ó Mainnín
Barnard's Inn Hall
History Language Literature

Monday, 5 October 2026

What is the Purpose of Yoga: Transcendence or Transformation?
Free
Monday, 5 October 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Professor Sir Jim Mallinson
Barnard's Inn Hall
History Religion Philosophy

Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Thursday, 8 October 2026

Friday, 9 October 2026

Curator talk: Painting the French Riviera
Friday, 9 October 2026 at 11:00
Speaker: Ann Dumas
Benjamin West Lecture Theatre | Burlington Gardens
Art History

Wednesday, 14 October 2026

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