500 years of medicine. Today: Are teenagers really irrational?

Royal College of Physicians 11 St Andrew’s Place, Regent’s Park, London,, United Kingdom

On the face of it, teenagers can seem as though they behave irrationally and impulsively, taking excessive risks. Yet neuroscience reveals that something much more complex may be going on.  Join Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore of UCL as she explains her research into the development of the adolescent brain in humans.

Free, Booking Required

Make at the Lethaby Gallery

Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins, UAL Granary Building, 1 Granary Square, London, United Kingdom

From 3 –7 July, the Lethaby Gallery will host a programme of workshops, talks, and events dedicated to the actions of making, sharing, learning and listening. Equipped with creative, digital and non-digital tools, the gallery will be open to the public throughout the week, encouraging a productive learning environment through community. 

Free

Graduate Performances 2018 at The Place

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

The Place present their Graduate Performances 2018. See exciting work from the next generation of dance makers in this selection of the best student choreography from this year.

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Happiness Workshop – What Does Happiness Mean to You?

Old Diorama Arts Centre 201 Drummond St,, London

Have you got 1 hour to think about how happy you are and what could make you more happy? We are delighted to invite you to a free happiness workshop on Thursday 12 July 9:30am-10:30am at Old Diorama Arts Centre in Euston (nearest station: Warren Street).

Free, Booking Required

Community Champions: Environment

The Skip Garden Tapper Walk, London, United Kingdom

The Community Champions project is a series of events designed to bring Knowledge Quarter (KQ) partners together with local charities and community groups, in order to encourage KQ partners to develop collaborative projects around the themes of youth, employability, environment, wellbeing and nexus. This particular event will cover the built environment, accommodation, internal and external play spaces, parks and nature.

Free, Booking Required

Echoes of Holloway Prison at the Islington Museum

Islington Museum 245 St John Street, London, England

Holloway Prison has been an important landmark in Islington for over 150 years. Thousands of women passed through its doors until it closed in 2016. This exhibition explores their stories.

Free

Women and Children Firsts – Guided Walk

Russel Square Station Bloomsbury, London

 In Victorian Britain, a women's place was considered to be in the home and children were treated as "expendable". On this walk through some of Bloomsbury's Squares, we hear about the first hospital specifically for children; a hospital founded thanks to the efforts of two sisters seeking care for their grandmother who had suffered a stroke and meet some the women pioneers of medicine and science.

Free, Booking Required

The Place presents Family Dance Day

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

Family Dance Day is jam-packed full of surprises that will entertain and inspire children and parents alike, you’d be mad to miss the most exciting family event in London this summer!

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