All Day

“Dangers and Delusions”? Perspectives on the women’s suffrage movement.

UCL main library 23-25 Gower St, Kings Cross, London

Displaying items from UCL Special Collections, this exhibition examines the actions and reactions attending the women's suffrage movement from the 1860s up to the Representation of the People Act 1918. Satirical commentaries including Laurence Housman's Anti-Suffrage Alphabet are set alongside campaign literature and petitions for and against legislative change.

Free

Living Frankenstein

Senate House Malet Street, London

Dare to join us on Wednesday 23 May and explore Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, an epic thriller brought to life through immersive performances, talks, workshops and activities. Listen to chilling ghost stories by candlelight as you tread carefully through Victor Frankenstein’s lab, learn about the scientific and medical innovations of the period, and play with a historical vampire slaying kit from the 19th-century.

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