KQ partners collaboration: Celtic Voices

Poet in the City presents an event exploring the Celtic legacy in contemporary poetry and celebrating a great oral tradition of poetry and performance at the British Museum.

5B45 at DocHouse

Knowledge Quarter partner, Bertha DocHouse is delighted to announce their new community initiative: 5 B 4 5 - great documentaries, any daytime screening, Monday to Thursday, £5 before 5pm!

'Cities, Museums and Soft Power' Book Launch

Knowledge Quarter is delighted to announce the launch of the book 'Cities, Museums and Soft Power' at the British Library on 8th of October 2015 at 18.30. This volume discusses soft power from the vantage point of museums and cultural institutions demonstrating how they are quietly changing the world.
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Marketing your Library

Knowledge Quarter partner, The British Library, is delighted to announce the event 'Marketing your Library'. For any library looking for new ways to engage with their users, please come and join this session as speakers explore ways to interact with library users, be that face to face or through your virtual library services.

Beyond Earth: In search of life

During World Space Week 2015, the Institute of Physics (IOP) will lure Dr Lewis Dartnell, a UK Space Agency Research Fellow, to a tunnel in the depths of King’s Cross to talk about how physics is shaping our hunt for extra-terrestrial life.

Being Human 2015

Knowledge Quarter partners, School of Advanced Study (SAS) at the University of London and Wellcome Trust join in making the Being Human festival possible. Being Human is the UK’s only national festival of the humanities showcasing diversity within the humanities with an injection of creativity and festival fun.

Full programme announced: Curious? powered by the Knowledge Quarter

The full programme of activities has now been announced! Please click here for more information.

Kings Place Festival 2015

KQ partner, Kings Place, presents Kings Place Festival 2015 from the 11 to the 13 of September. There’s something for everyone this year with tickets at just £6.50, plus lots of events are free!

Professor John Mullan opening Emma 200

Austen scholar, Professor John Mullan from KQ partner, UCL, will give a talk on ‘Emma and Jane Austen’s London' at the Emma 200 festival on Thursday 10th of September; opening a weekend of celebrations in the leafy surrounding of Brunswick Square.

Wellbeing Walk Launch Event

The Urban Partners (UP) launch of the Wellbeing Walk on 6th July inagurated a safer, less polluted and calmer route for people walking from Euston to St Pancras/King’s Cross or vice versa and invigorated the local Somers town increasing footfall in the area.