A coffee with Jennifer Higgie and Margarita Gluzberg
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 11:00
Speaker: Jennifer Higgie, Margarita Gluzberg
John Madejski Fine Rooms | Burlington House
London Talks
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Saturday, 5 September 2026
The 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 Rest Is Entertainment: Live
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Richard Osman, Marina Hyde
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank CentreThe Book Club
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Dominic Sandbrook, Tabby Syrett
Purcell Room, 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 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 US: Trump on a Knife Edge
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 16:00
Royal Festival HallThe 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
An introduction to quantum theory 2026 (short course)
Monday, 7 September 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: James Millen
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, HolbornThe ecosystem of life underground
Monday, 7 September 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Frank Ashwood
Royal Institution Theatre, LondonLuke 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
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
Friday, 11 September 2026
Creative Intelligence Summit
Friday, 11 September 2026 at 10:30
In Celebration of Typography Between Poetry and Painting
Friday, 11 September 2026 at 14:00
Tate BritainOut of Fashion: Circularity & Craft Conversations
Friday, 11 September 2026 at 18:30
Conway HallOut of Fashion: Showcasing Circular & Craft
Friday, 11 September 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Dr Safia Minney MBE, Polly Leonard, Gemma Metheringham, Amelia Twine, Niki de Schryver, Tansy Hoskins
Conway Hall, Main Hall (ground floor)
Saturday, 12 September 2026
Curator talk: Richard Dadd
Saturday, 12 September 2026 at 11:00
Speaker: Nicholas Tromans
Benjamin West Lecture Theatre | Burlington GardensSaturday Talks Programme
Saturday, 12 September 2026 at 12:00
Royal Festival HallThe science of Star Trek
Saturday, 12 September 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Jamie Gallagher, Martin Quinn, Joby Razzell Hollis, Meganne Christian, Alfredo Carpineti, Leah SciFi
Royal Institution, London
Sunday, 13 September 2026
Monday, 14 September 2026
Unravelling the magnetic histories of Earth and other terrestrial objects
Monday, 14 September 2026 at 09:00
Speaker: Professor Andy Biggin, Dr James Bryson, Professor Cathy Constable, Professor Wyn Williams
The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AGLondon’s Villages: Belgravia and Knightsbridge
FreeMonday, 14 September 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall LibraryBook Launch: Shared Sacred Sites in South Asia: Negotiating Coexistence and Belonging
Monday, 14 September 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Christophe Jaffrelot, Laurent Gayer, Jusmeet S Sihra
King's Building, Strand Campus, LondonJBS Haldane Lecture 2026: Genetic discoveries illuminating justice
Monday, 14 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Carola Vinuesa
Royal Institution Theatre, LondonThe Sky at Night, Tonight: A New View of the Changing Sky
FreeMonday, 14 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Professor Chris Lintott
Conway Hall
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
The Isenheim Altarpiece
FreeTuesday, 15 September 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall LibraryCracking the Whip: Strings, Chains, and Dinosaurs
FreeTuesday, 15 September 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Professor Alain Goriely FRS
Barnard's Inn HallReporting From the Front Lines, with Lyse Doucet
Tuesday, 15 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Lyse Doucet
Union ChapelBetween the lines: Daniel Susskind
Tuesday, 15 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Daniel Susskind, Katie Prescott
8 John Adam St, London WC2N 6AHReporting From the Front Lines, with Lyse Doucet
Tuesday, 15 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Lyse Doucet
Union Chapel