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133 upcoming talks, debates, and seminars in London
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Monday, 6 July 2026
Tuesday, 7 July 2026
Borders, Havens and Digital Spaces for Resistance: Black feminist lives in autoethnographic research
Tuesday, 7 July 2026 at 10:00
Speaker: Professor Geniece Crawford Mondé, Professor Ebonie Cunningham Stringer, Dr Jan Etienne
Bloomsbury, Birkbeck University of London, UKAgainst Mind-Blindness: Recognizing and Communicating with Diverse Intelligences
Tuesday, 7 July 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Michael Levin
Seminar Room 10, IoPPN Main Building and OnlineIn-Person Only: Collections Focus - From Parliamentary Crisis to Civil War
FreeTuesday, 7 July 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall LibraryRyan Gander in conversation
Tuesday, 7 July 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Ryan Gander, Kate Bryan
Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington GardensAn Evening with David Sedaris
Tuesday, 7 July 2026 at 20:00
Speaker: David Sedaris
Royal Festival Hall
Wednesday, 8 July 2026
Four dimensions of presidential leadership in South Africa: From Mandela to Ramaphosa
Wednesday, 8 July 2026 at 12:00
SOAS, University of London / B204 (second floor, SOAS Gallery Building)Frida: The Making of an Icon: Exhibition Talk
Wednesday, 8 July 2026 at 13:00
Tate ModernChristopher Wren & the City Churches
FreeWednesday, 8 July 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall LibraryWhose AI Is It Anyway? Data, Sovereignty, and the Geopolitics of Intelligence
Wednesday, 8 July 2026 at 18:30
Can we be rich again? The extraordinary potential of Britain's economy
Wednesday, 8 July 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Jeremy Hunt
London School of EconomicsPanel discussion: How Gaza Changes Everything
Wednesday, 8 July 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Antony Loewenstein, Leila Molana-Allen
Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJFane presents An Evening with Jenson Button
Wednesday, 8 July 2026 at 20:00
Speaker: Jenson Button
Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DSAnish Kapoor in Conversation with Darian Leader
Wednesday, 8 July 2026 at 20:00
Speaker: Anish Kapoor, Darian Leader
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Thursday, 9 July 2026
Professor Marc-David Ruepp - Inaugural Lecture
Thursday, 9 July 2026 at 17:30
Speaker: Marc-David Ruepp, Cathryn Lewis, Sarah Mizielinska
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), Denmark Hill Campus, LondonCEPEO Annual Lecture 2026: The effects of school phone bans – evidence from the US
Thursday, 9 July 2026 at 17:45
In-Person - History and Treasures of Guildhall Library
FreeThursday, 9 July 2026 at 18:00
Guildhall LibraryPanel discussion: Reporting Russia
Thursday, 9 July 2026 at 19:00
How To Academy presents Richard Dawkins
Thursday, 9 July 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Richard Dawkins
Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DSWho Shapes Our Cities?
Thursday, 9 July 2026 at 19:30
Who Shapes Our Cities?
Thursday, 9 July 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: AJ Haastrup, Shawn Adams, Christian Cassiel, Dr Joy White
The Lakeside Room, Level 2, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS
Friday, 10 July 2026
James McNeill Whistler: Exhibition Talk
Friday, 10 July 2026 at 13:00
Tate BritainKaty Hessel Talk: Iconic Female Artists
Friday, 10 July 2026 at 18:30
Tate ModernWhat Makes a Masterpiece? Lachlan Goudie & Simon Schama
Friday, 10 July 2026 at 19:00
Conway HallListening session: Album Art Analysis
Friday, 10 July 2026 at 20:30
Listening session: Album Art Analysis
Friday, 10 July 2026 at 20:30
Speaker: Imani Thomas (Saige Sounds), Lynnée Denise
Barbican Centre, Art Gallery, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS
Saturday, 11 July 2026
Monday, 13 July 2026
British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference 2026: Space and Place in Jewish Studies
Monday, 13 July 2026 at 09:00
Birkbeck Main Building, Malet Street, Birkbeck, University of LondonThe real science of psychoanalysis
Monday, 13 July 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Mark Solms
Screening + Q&A: Into the Darkness, Life Inside Israeli Prisons
Monday, 13 July 2026 at 19:00
Tuesday, 14 July 2026
Rural Housing: community-led delivery and community energy
FreeTuesday, 14 July 2026 at 10:00
Speaker: Dr Tom Moore, Dr Harshavardhan Jatkar
Exhibition Talk: Tracey Emin: A Second Life
Tuesday, 14 July 2026 at 13:00
Tate ModernScreening + Q&A: Birds of War
Tuesday, 14 July 2026 at 19:00
The Terrier of Today: An Evening with John Humphrys
Tuesday, 14 July 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: John Humphrys
Richmond Theatre, The Green, Richmond, London TW9 1QJAn Evening with John Humphrys and Justin Webb
Tuesday, 14 July 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: John Humphrys, Justin Webb
Richmond Theatre, The Green, Richmond, London TW9 1QJ
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
Encounters with Psychoanalysis: The Only Cure
Wednesday, 15 July 2026 at 17:30
Speaker: Professor Mark Solms
Book Launch: 'Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Private Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare' with Steve Feldstein
Wednesday, 15 July 2026 at 18:15
Speaker: Steve Feldstein
King's Building, Strand Campus, LondonPanel discussion: The Satellite Economy
Wednesday, 15 July 2026 at 19:00
The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook, with Robert Peston
Wednesday, 15 July 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Robert Peston
Smith Square Hall, Smith Square, Westminster, London, SW1P 3HACaribbean Landscapes: Paintings and Ecologies
Wednesday, 15 July 2026 at 19:00
Tate BritainComposing Sonic Futures
Wednesday, 15 July 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Roxanne Tataei, THABO, Jessica Ajose (JJESS)
The Lakeside Room, Level 2, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Jeremy Bentham, The London University (a.k.a. UCL), and other stories
FreeThursday, 16 July 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Philip Schofield
Alive: what life is, how it works, and why it matters
Thursday, 16 July 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Melanie Challenger
In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan
Thursday, 16 July 2026 at 18:00
Russell Square: College Buildings / Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT) and OnlineThe Brexit effect: 2016 – 2026
Thursday, 16 July 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Anthony Seldon, Steve Baker, Anand Menon, Madeleine Sumption, Tony Travers
London School of Economics