Bloomsbury Festival 2016
Created with over 100 local partners including many Knowledge Quarter members, the annual Bloomsbury Festival returns this October. For five days from 19-23 October, Bloomsbury’s streets, parks, museums, galleries, laboratories, public and (normally) private buildings will be full to the brim with artistic, scientific and literary events for all ages and tastes.
Somers Town Festival - Diana Foster interviews Steve Denholm
Artist Diana Foster presents this year's Somers Town festival with an interview to Steve Denholm, musician, maverick, chair of Somers Town Art (START) who has run the festival for over 19 years. This year the festival runs on Saturday 9th July with two music stages, a Somers Town photography competition prize, Pearly Queens, live bands on two stages, with a Bengali stage and a strong participation of many Knowledge Quarter partners.
FOUND: One inspiring collaboration by Caro Howell
Caro Howell, director of the Foundling Museum, presents FOUND. An exhibition freighted with anecdote and emotion, in which artists, writers and musicians were asked to respond to the theme of ‘found’ with a new or existing work, or a found object of significance to them, looking for something that in order to be found, it must first be lost.
IoM3 celebrates national Women in Engineering Day
To celebrate National Women in Engineering Day, Knowledge Quarter's partner IoM3 offers a free download of the Materials World app June issue, a must-have app for engineers and those working or studying in the sciences.
The Innovation District: Lessons from Europe by Chris Green, Director, SQW
Chris Green, director of the Knowledge Quarter's partner SQW, presents an insightful blog on Innovation Districts. Chris develops an analysis of two European examples, drawing important lessons both specifically in relation to the creation of innovation districts and more generally to the long term regeneration of our cities.
Great Parchment Book Awarded Unesco Memory of the World Status
Knowledge Quarter's partner, London Metropolitan Archives, is delighted to announce that on 21 June 2016 the Great Parchment Book of the Honourable the Irish Society was inscribed to the UK register of the UNESCO Memory of the World.
Alina Velias appointed PhD researcher at the Knowledge Quarter
The Knowledge Quarter is pleased to announce the appointment of Alina Velias, who has joined the Knowledge Quarter for a 3-month research project on the the Knowledge Quarter economic impact.
Camden STEAM Commission
The Knowledge Quarter in partnership with Camden Council and the Wellcome Trust is launching a commission to raise aspirations and improve access to the great opportunities for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths (STEAM) careers within the borough.
Contact us
Alternatively, please call
Jodie Eastwood on 020 7412 7116