Holborn

8 December 2009

London School of Economics WC2A 2AE[map]

This concert recreates the thrill of Handel's great masterpiece with LSE Choir and Orchestra. Including choruses from Handel's Messiah and a selection of Christmas Music.

Open all year Tue - Sat 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Hunterian Museum - Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of England WC2A 3PE[map]

The MacRae Gallery contains specimens from the museums' reserve collections and provides a dedicated space for learning, exploration and study.

2 December 2009

London School of Economics WC2A 2AE[map]

H.E. Mme. Fu Ying shares China's perspectives on climate change. Ying was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the UK in April 2007. This event takes place in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building.

25 November 2009

London School of Economics WC2A 2AE[map]

The consequences of banks' risk taking behaviour will be felt by the public finances of many countries for at least another generation. Risk taking behaviour is the lifeblood of financial markets. How can, and should, it be managed? The speakers are Professor Julia Black, Professor Charles Goodhart, Professor Michael Power and Dr Paul Woolley.

17 December 2009

Guanabara WC2B 5PW[map]

Nine piece latin, funk band based in London.

10 December 2009

London School of Economics WC2A 2AE[map]

The classical event performed by Marina Nadiradze on piano of composer Scarlatti, Chopin and Haydn.

3 December 2009

London School of Economics WC2A 2AE[map]

Martin Blake is head of sustainability at the Royal Mail Group. Victoria Hands is environmental and sustainability manager at LSE. What strategies can individuals use to make organisations more sustainable.

Open all year Mon - Fri 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM; Sat 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Hunterian Museum - Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of England WC2A 3PE[map]

The medal collection at the Royal College of Surgeons contains over 200 items, most of which are art medals commemorating significant people or events. These are not only fascinating for their links to the history of medicine; many are also works of art in their own right. A selection of stylish Art Nouveau plaquettes are a particular highlight of this small exhibition of rarely seen material, which also includes advertising tokens, coins, and awards.

Open all year Sat 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM; Mon - Fri 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Hunterian Museum - Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of England WC2A 3PE[map]

The medal collection at the Royal College of Surgeons contains over 200 items including art medals commemorating significant people or events. A selection of art nouveau blanquettes feature, as do advertising tokens, coins and awards.

Every Ist Tue Of the Month 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM; Tue - Sat 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Closed Bank Holiday

Sir John Soane's Museum WC2A 3BP[map]

The most important pieces include - stone elements from the 14th century House of Lords and Prince's Chamber and Wooden patera from the boss of the 13th century Painted Chamber at the Palace of Westminster, kept by Soane during alterations. The Chamber was destroyed in the 1834 fire and this patera is a unique survival.

18 May 2010 to 5 June 2010

Peacock Theatre WC2A 2HT[map]

The Merchants of Bollywood charts the history of the world’s largest and most prolific film industry, and the dynasty of stars that have been part of it over generations. Featuring a cast of 40 performers and seen by over two million people worldwide, this stage show brings together the colour, energetic music and huge-scale dance scenes of Bollywood, choreographed by one of Bollywood’s best young choreographers, Vaibhavi Merchant.

25 November 2009

London School of Economics WC2A 2AE[map]

A sociological look at the current economic crisis.

Open all year Tue - Sat 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Hunterian Museum - Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of England WC2A 3PE[map]

This new gallery examines how the collections expanded and developed throughout the 19th and 20th Centuries under the guidance of scientists such as Richard Owen, William Flower and Arthur Keith.

Open all year Tue - Sat 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Hunterian Museum - Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of England WC2A 3PE[map]

This new gallery examines how the collections expanded and the Hunterian Museum developed throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. The displays show how the museums were refurbished following the destruction of the College in the Blitz in 1941.

6 October 2009 to 5 December 2009

Hunterian Museum - Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of England WC2A 3PE[map]

Narrative Remains is a developmental arts project exploring how the stories of historical patients can be re-located and spoken anew within a contemporary context. Karen Inghams film and site-specific installation is provoked by the stories behind some of surgeon-anatomist John Hunters anatomical specimens - stories that have, over time, been lost from sight.

Every Ist Tue Of the Month 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM; Tue - Sat 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Closed Bank Holiday

Sir John Soane's Museum WC2A 3BP[map]

Soane's collection of Neo-Classical sculpture is recognised as of immense significance. It includes works by most of the leading sculptors of his day, with an especially fine collection of models by John Flaxman. Soane had the pick of Flaxman's studio after his death and apart from University College London, this is the finest collection of his work, including three rare terracottas made before Flaxman began producing his models in plaster. The collection also includes the model for the celebrated monument to Penelope Boothby in Ashbourne Church, Derbyshire by Thomas Banks.

3 December 2009

London School of Economics WC2A 2AE[map]

In this lunchtime series of lectures, a selection of LSE's academics from across the spectrum of the social sciences explain the latest thinking on how social scientists work to address the critical problems of the day.