What's on in London on Thursday 1st December 2022

Top events happening London

Museum of Freemasonry Late

The first Thursday of the Month is their Museum Late where they’re open until 8pm for you to enjoy the exhibition galleries. This month, join Librarian, Martin Cherry as he explores one of freemasonry’s best known images, and a favourite …

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5:00pm to 8:00pm
Free
Museum of Freemasonry, Aldwych

RCEA Christmas lecture: creating successful stations to meet the needs of the future

To celebrate the holiday period, reception drinks will be held before the lecture. Successful railway station developments have changed stations from functional, unsafe, and unpleasant experiences into places where the customers’ needs are put first. On top of the need …

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5:30pm to 7:30pm
Free
Pimlico

Foyles Christmas Evening

Some thirty authors of this year’s best books come together for a night of live music, readings, and four floors of signings. Get your books for Christmas signed, hear poets, translators, novelists, memoirists and critics read from their work, and …

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6:00pm to 9:00pm
Free
Soho

Trafalgar Square Christmas tree lighting ceremony

Don’t miss the lighting of the world’s most famous Christmas tree. Since 1947, each year a Christmas tree has been given to the people of London from Norway in gratitude for Britain’s support to Norway during World War II. For …

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Starts at 6:00pm
Free
Trafalgar Square, Trafalgar Square

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Jubilee - St Paul's, the Monarch and the Changing World

June 2022 sees the historic celebration of HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, including a Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral on Friday 3rd June. To mark this unique event, our exhibition Jubilee: St Paul’s, the Monarch and the Changing …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 1st Dec 2022 Closing Soon
£18
St Paul's Cathedral, City of London

A taste of one's own medicine

This exhibition comprised a unique collection of medical satire prints from the mid-18th century to the 1980s. Graphic satire has saturated all levels of society since it emerged as a skilled artform in the 17th century. It developed into a …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 2nd Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Royal College of Physicians Museum, Camden

Outwitting Cancer - Making Sense of Nature's Enigma

An exhibition exploring the trail-blazing research that is turning the tide on cancer. Outwitting Cancer – Making Sense of Nature’s Enigma is an immersive exhibition exploring the latest cancer research taking place at the Crick – Europe’s largest biomedical research …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 3rd Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free
The Francis Crick Institute , Camden

Grime Stories: from the corner to the mainstream

A display honouring the music, people and places central to the grime scene and its roots in East London. Co-curated by one of the first cameramen of grime, Roony ‘Risky’ Keefe, Grime Stories: from the corner to the mainstream is …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 4th Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free

Harry Kane: I want to play football

A display celebrating one of the city’s most iconic sporting heroes, both on and off the pitch. A young Harry Kane once wrote on a school work sheet that he wanted to play football. Fast forward to today: now he’s …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 4th Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free

Lily Mixe

The exhibition will feature a specially commissioned 15 metre mural and an exciting array of new works. The works featured in Butterfly Effect continue the artists on-going exploration of forms in nature and the inter-connectedness of species on planet Earth. …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 4th Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea

Greg Moss: Razing Power

An exhibition documenting the decommissioning and demolition of Fawley Power Station in Hampshire, an iconic example of 20th century industrial architecture Photographer Greg Moss began his long-term project documenting Fawley Power Station in 2013, shortly after the oil-fired facility ceased …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 4th Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Deptford

Football and Religion: Tales of Hope, Passion & Play

Presented by the Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) and the Aga Khan Centre Gallery, this exhibition explores the relationship between football and religion and how the two are often connected, with players praying on …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 4th Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Kings Cross

CONEXIÓN

CONEXIÓN is a large scale installation by Dominican artist and architect Lidia León. CONEXIÓN will occupy the length of the nave, comprising panels constructed from tobacco leaves. Together, the panels form a collage inspired by ancient stained glass windows and …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 9th Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Strand

An open book: the Foyle unfolded

An exhibition of highlights from the Foyle Special Collections Library, featuring rare books, manuscripts and other items from the 16th century to the present day. The Weston Room The Weston Room incorporates many features from the former Chapel of the …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 11th Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Holborn

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