Curated by Dr Jacqueline Riding, Basic Instincts explores Georgian attitudes to love, desire and female respectability through the radical paintings of Joseph Highmore. A highly successful artist and Governor of London’s Foundling Hospital, Joseph Highmore (1692-1780) is best known as a portrait painter of the Georgian middle class.
The Foundling Museum displays a series of five previously unseen sculptures by acclaimed artist Rachel Kneebone, providing a resonant counterpoint to their exhibition Basic Instincts. Rachel Kneebone is a British artist whose intricate works address and question the human condition.
During the German occupation of the Channel Islands 1940-1945, many thousands of people were persecuted, including slave labourers, political prisoners and Jews. Their story has been largely omitted from a British narrative of ‘standing alone’ against Nazism and celebrations of British victory over Germany.
The Knowledge Quarter is delighted to invite staff from Knowledge Quarter organisations to the next in our series of private breakfast views. It will be on this occasion hosted at the British Museum. KQ staff and partner organisations will have the opportunity to have an exclusive look at Scythians warriors of ancient Siberia, the British Museum's new blockbuster exhibition.
When did you last spend an enjoyable afternoon thinking about tax? Now you can make that dream a reality! You are invited to an afternoon of informative fun and tax saving ideas with Green Accountancy. Come and join the party and you'll get to know your SEIS from your LLPs. And take away a great story about the taxation of grants to share with your friends.
Join the Royal College of Physicians for a special free evening event devoted to the remarkable Sir Thomas Browne. Hear a talk on the famous 17th century polymath by leading expert Dr Kevin Killeen, and take the final opportunity for a late visit to the acclaimed exhibition 'A cabinet of rarities': the curious collections of Sir Thomas Browne’.
EIT Digital would like to invite you to Intelligent Mobility: the future of transport. This year’s event will explore how Intelligent Mobility (IM) will affect the transport industry and will address wider societal trends – including a growing and ageing global population, climate change, the rapid depletion of our traditional energy resources, and increasing urbanisation.
You are invited to a free evening of fun science....and this time the theme is all about Wellbeing! Visit the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) site in Camden, Wednesday, November 22nd, 17.30-22.00 (drop in event) for an evening of activities.
The scourge of homelessness and rough sleeping have been around for centuries, yet the stories of people who lack access to housing, sustenance or security are largely missing from the history books. On 22 November, theatre company Cardboard Citizens, in partnership with the Institute of Historical Research at the School of Advanced Study, UoL, will look to answer the question, ‘How can we find ways to listen to the voices of those who lack access to housing, sustenance or security?’.
Join the Churches Conservation Trust this November as their Vice President, acclaimed historian and broadcaster, Dr Bettany Hughes, weaves a tale of one the world’s greatest - and most ancient - cities. The city with three names - Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul - resonates as an idea, as well as a place.