Design Club at the BMJ

The BMJ offices at BMA House Tavistock Square, London, United Kingdom

On Saturday 12 May, BMJ is hosting a Design Club for 9 to 17 year-olds, who will design a helpful mobile app for a user of their choice. Mentors from Design Club will guide young people through the process of thinking about user needs, then sketching, building, and testing a mobile prototype. 

Free

The Francis Crick Institute Presents: Pint of Science Festival 2018

Star of Kings pub 126 York Way, London

The 2018 Pint of Science festival promises to be bigger and better than ever before. For the fourth year running the Crick will be brewing up three nights of talks and games based on the theme of 'Our Body', bringing research from the lab bench to the bar stool.

Crick researchers will be swapping the lab for the pub and discussing the cutting-edge interdisciplinary research that takes place at the institute over a pint. Come and quench your thirst for knowledge with three evenings of fascinating talks on cancer, the nervous system and microscopy at the Star of Kings pub.

Placeless people: writing, rights and refugees

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies 17 Russell Square, London, United Kingdom

This lecture discusses how writers such as Arendt, Orwell, Simone Weil, Dorothy Thompson, and Samuel Beckett responded to the mass displacements of the last century, and anticipate many of the issues we confront today. Sceptical about the ability of human rights to legislate for refugees, yet committed to universal justice, these writers challenge us to imagine new terms for placelessness in modern times.

Free

Living Frankenstein

Senate House Malet Street, London, United Kingdom

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.

Knowledge Quarter Private View: Captain Cook at the British Library

The British Library 96 Euston Rd, Kings Cross , London , United Kingdom

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 Library. KQ staff and partner organisations will have the opportunity to have an exclusive look at James Cook: The Voyages the British Library's new blockbuster exhibition.

Free, Booking Required

Poetry and Lyrics Festival

Kings Place 90 York Way, London, United Kingdom

Over a weekend in June, musicians and poets spanning genres from classical and folk to contemporary, world and hip hop come together for a programme of concerts, live music, talks, workshops and readings. This year we’ll be celebrating how poetry and lyrics have articulated great moments of change throughout history, experiencing the legacy of famous classic poets on composers and songwriters, hosting a party premiering new poetry commissions inspired by one of hip-hop’s biggest names, and much more...

Varies

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