Dorothy L Sayers, one of the “golden age” of crime writers between the first and second world wars, lived and worked in Holborn and Bloomsbury – as did her alter ego, Harriet Vane and other familiar characters from the novels and short stories. See places from which she took inspiration for her detective fiction; find out more about Sayers' characters and about the woman who brought them all to life.
Aeffect have launched four workshops within the theme of Futureality that are open to the public, with only 20 limited places available per workshop for professionals, designers and researchers who are facing the future oriented, strategic decisions in their practice.
Inspired by the Crick's current exhibition, Deconstructing Patterns, they're running a series of free poetry workshops that explore the spectrum of science and patterns studied by researchers at the Crick.
In partnership with the English Fold Dance and Song Society Mind in Camden are inviting Camden residents to their FREE Musical Instrument workshop taking place at Cecil Sharp House. You’ll have a chance to try out a range of different musical instruments or you can bring one of your own.
Politics has never been more unpredictable, more alarming or more interesting. With the latest developments in the Brexit saga, and democracy feeling the strain on a global scale, The Politics Festival (22–24 Jun) returns to Kings Place to ask what might happen next and what should happen.
C&I Wellbeing is providing a day of Mental Health Awareness Training for senior managers on Friday, 22nd June 2018. The day will run from 9:30am to 5:30pm, and will be held at the Wesley Hotel, near Euston Station. This specific training for managers will help them to support their team’s mental health and to develop a culture that encourages people to be open and to ask for help if they are experiencing difficulties.
Central Saint Martins is delighted to invite staff and friends from Knowledge Quarter organisations to a private tour of our 2018 Degree Show Two. The tour will be led by Dean of Academic Programmes, Anne Smith, with disciplines stretching from design and fashion to drama and cultural enterprise. Whatever the material or process, you will find work challenging the world to be a better, bolder place.
Keen to play light-hearted drawing games and test your visual thinking powers? Want to do that while meeting like-minded folk over a drink?
Then join for this fast-paced evening of inky fun hosted by Scriberia's Academy team. They'll set the kind of tests they play in-house to keep your pens lively and your minds sharp.
The members of Camden Tour Guides Association welcome their fellow Knowledge Quarter partners for an exclusive breakfast guided walk around the historic St Pancras Old Church, its fascinating churchyard and over the new slender and refined Somers Town Bridge into the exciting Kings Cross City Quarter and London's most unique park.
At a time when more diverse voices are being heard and celebrated in the creative industries and beyond, the LSBM Lighthouse Programme is delighted to host a special event on the re-publication after 74 years of one of the first novels in English by a Muslim woman: Iqbalunnisa Hussain.
