London 1938: Defending ‘Degenerate’ German Art

The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide 29 Russell Square, London, United Kingdom

The Wiener Library’s exhibition tells the story of the Third Reich’s campaign against ‘degenerate’ art and this response in London in 1938. The exhibition features a number of the original artworks from the New Burlington Galleries’ exhibition, including works by Emil Nolde and Max Slevogt, presented with the stories of their lenders in 1938. The show will also include items from The Wiener Library’s unique archival collections.

Free

Summer Get Together

The Skip Garden Tapper Walk, London, United Kingdom

For the second year in a row, the Skip Garden is throwing open it's gates for an evening of music and food, while raising funds for The Starfish Project.

£16.31

LIFT Festival: Faustin Linyekula

The Place 17 Duke's Road , London , United Kingdom

Scored with fragments of Mozart’s requiem, metronomic taps on a typewriter and live vocals by South African Hlengiwe Lushaba, Linyekula’s piece is a poetic, political fairy tale.

£13 – £17

Dorothy L Sayers Bloomsbury – Guided Walk

Holborn Station Kingsway, London

Dorothy L Sayers, one of the “golden age” of crime writers between the first and second world wars, lived and worked in Holborn and Bloomsbury – as did her alter ego, Harriet Vane and other familiar characters from the novels and short stories. See places from which she took inspiration for her detective fiction; find out more about Sayers' characters and about the woman who brought them all to life.

£8 – £10

Make Music Day!

Cecil Sharp House 2 Regent's Park Rd, London, Camden

In partnership with the English Fold Dance and Song Society Mind in Camden are inviting Camden residents to their FREE Musical Instrument workshop taking place at Cecil Sharp House. You’ll have a chance to try out a range of different musical instruments or you can bring one of your own.

Free, Booking Required

The Politics Festival

Kings Place 90 York Way, London, United Kingdom

Politics has never been more unpredictable, more alarming or more interesting. With the latest developments in the Brexit saga, and democracy feeling the strain on a global scale, The Politics Festival (22–24 Jun) returns to Kings Place to ask what might happen next and what should happen.

Varies

Mental Health Awareness Training

The Wesley Euston Hotel & Conference Venue 81-103 Euston St, Kings Cross, London, United Kingdom

C&I Wellbeing is providing a day of Mental Health Awareness Training for senior managers on Friday, 22nd June 2018.  The day will run from 9:30am to 5:30pm, and will be held at the Wesley Hotel, near Euston Station. This specific training for managers will help them to support their team’s mental health and to develop a culture that encourages people to be open and to ask for help if they are experiencing difficulties.

£250.00

Why the First Novel written in English by a Muslim Woman Matters Today

LSBM 7 Bedford Square, London

At a time when more diverse voices are being heard and celebrated in the creative industries and beyond, the LSBM Lighthouse Programme is delighted to host a special event on the re-publication after 74 years of one of the first novels in English by a Muslim woman: Iqbalunnisa Hussain.

Free, Booking Required

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