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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.

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Knowledge Quarter Private View: Rodin and the art of ancient Greece

The British Museum Great Russell St, 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 Museum. KQ staff and partner organisations will have the opportunity to have an exclusive look at Rodin and the art of Ancient Greece the British Museum's new blockbuster exhibition.

Free, Booking Required

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.

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Charles Dickens: Man of Science

Charles Dickens Museum 48 Doughty Street, London , United Kingdom

Charles Dickens: Man of Science aims to reveal Dickens not only as a scientific enthusiast, but as the key communicator of science in the Victorian age. Displaying his writings alongside artefacts, instruments, and texts of the developing sciences, we share the story of Dickens’s friendships and scientific passions

Free
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Knowledge Quarter Private Tour: Central Saint Martins 2018 Degree Show One

Central Saint Martins 1 Granary Square, King's Cross , London, United Kingdom

Central Saint Martins is delighted to invite staff and friends from Knowledge Quarter organisations to a private tour of our 2018 Degree Show One. The tour will be led by Dean of Academic Programmes, Paul Haywood,

Free, Booking Required
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Sea – Jodie Carey at the Foundling Museum

The Foundling Museum 40 Brunswick Square, London, United Kingdom

Commissioned by the Foundling Museum, Jodie Carey has created three new site-responsive installations in response to the Foundling Hospital story. Displayed within the exhibition gallery and amongst the historic Collection, these monumental pieces are imbued with a sense of remembrance and emotional trace.

Free
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Knowledge Quarter Diversity Roundtable

Alan Turing Institute 96 Euston Road, London, England

The Knowledge Quarter is delighted to invite partner organisations to attend a Diversity Roundtable, facilitated by Gamiel Yafai, Managing Director of Diversity Marketplace.

The event will act as a space for skills sharing and networking between Knowledge Quarter partner organisations to try and see what the challenges facing practitioners in this area are, examples of innovative projects from partners and opportunities for collaborations.

Free

Richard Woods – Upgrade

19 Hoxton Square, N1 6PB 19 Hoxton Square,, London

On 1 June, in a parking space in East London, North London, Richard Woods create Upgrade – a month-long site-specific installation that engages with issues of housing and urban regeneration.

Free
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Women in music: Breaking into the music industry on and off stage with Rebecca Allen and Imelda May.

National Portrait Gallery St. Martin's Pl, London, United Kingdom

Universal Music, the UK’s leading music company have partnered with the National Portrait Gallery for an exclusive insight into the music business with Rebecca Allen, President of Decca Records and singer-songwriter Imelda May, one of biggest-selling UK female artists of the year. The discussion is aimed at anyone wanting to break into the music industry – on and off stage - and will include the opportunity to meet both Rebecca and Imelda.

Free, Booking Required

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