Thu17Sep
Literary House Guided Tour: Morning
An early guided visit inside Dickens’s former home, before normal museum opening.
Discover Bloomsbury / What’s on
What’s on
The Bloomsbury
cultural calendar.
Talks, exhibitions, collection sessions and bookshop evenings. Find a public invitation into the neighbourhood’s cultural life.
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Wed16Sep
Americas@UCL200 Conference
A day of academic panels on democracy, inequality, health and the environment across the Americas.
Sat19Sep
Open House Festival 2026 at Sir John Soane’s Museum
A chance to enter the library and study rooms of No.14, usually closed to general museum visitors.
Fri18Sep
Show & Tell: Gay Coming of Age in Haud Nominandum Collection, Again!
A public session with books from Jonathan Cutbill’s collection, exploring gay coming-of-age literature and queer bibliographies.
Wed23Sep
“The Relentless Eye”: Combined prosodies of film and verse in Tony Harrison’s film poetry
Dr Agata Handley considers how Tony Harrison’s poems and films developed together, drawing on his production notebooks.
Mon28Sep
Across the Generations: 90 Years of the Care System
John Caldicott and Isabelle Kirkham compare experiences of care across generations, followed by audience questions.
Wed16Sep
If God is the Answer, What is the Question?
Christopher Insole and Stephen Law discuss the philosophical questions behind arguments about God.
Thu24Sep
Wellcome Collection Lates: The Friendship Effect
An evening of music, performances, conversations and workshops exploring friendship and wellbeing.
Thu17Sep
America Now! A Special Relationship?
A discussion of how history and current politics shape the relationship between Britain and the United States.
Fri02Oct
The Magic of Obsidian, with Sarah-Jane Jay
An evening about obsidian’s place in magical traditions, including a guided meditation.
Wed30Sep
Bloomsbury Folklore Club — Baba Yaga
Stories, music and a talk about Baba Yaga, followed by questions.
Wed16Sep
Capturing the Transformation of Bloomsbury
Festival photographer Stuart Keegan joins current and former festival leaders to discuss twenty years of changing Bloomsbury.
Thu17Sep
The Magical Influence of Roman Egypt — In-Person Talk
Jules McArthur introduces the changing religious and magical traditions of Egypt under Roman rule.
Thu17Sep
Frame Rush — Screendance Festival 2026
Two programmes of dance films, followed by conversations with participating filmmakers.
Until31Oct
Take a Seat: Conversations on My Mother’s Bench
An outdoor audio installation invites visitors to sit, listen and consider the conversations connected with a memorial bench.
Until31Oct
Two Centuries Here
A multi-space exhibition exploring two centuries of UCL in the heart of its Bloomsbury campus.
Until13Feb
Broken, Burnt, Buried: Ritual Lives of Objects in Ancient Egypt
A display about the deliberate breaking, burning and burial of objects in ancient Egyptian ritual life.
Until03Oct
The Department of Euterpe (1926 – 2026)
A sound installation invents a department of the Warburg, bringing its archive and institutional history into a listening room.
Until11Oct
The Bartlett Autumn Show 2026
An exhibition of work by postgraduate architecture students, with projects and models across the school.
Tue06Oct
Textile Marathon Forum and Discussion
A forum on textiles, reuse and creative practice, following the Textile Marathon residency at the library.
Tue06Oct
Radical Poster Design with Craig Yamey
An evening about radical poster design and its relationship with political and cultural movements.
Tue06Oct
London Review Bookshop late-night shopping
An evening opportunity to browse the bookshop after its usual daytime opening.
Wed07Oct
Listen
A musical performance by the Aphasia New Music Group, bringing creative collaboration and communication to the stage.
Thu08Oct
Marks of a Maker: In conversation
A discussion of the Petrie Museum’s coffin conservation project, including research into wood, pigments and imaging.
Thu08Oct
A Feeling for Poetry
An evening of poetry, reading and conversation at Goodenough College.
Thu08Oct
Mad Song play Steve Reich
The ensemble Mad Song performs music by Steve Reich in an evening festival concert.
Fri09Oct
Threads in Common: Textiles as Witness in Wartime
A session exploring textiles as records of experience, solidarity and witness during wartime.
Sat10Oct
The London Welsh Autumn Market
A market celebrating Welsh culture with independent makers, food traders and crafts.
Sat17Oct
Charles Dickens Ballad Walk · 17 October
A walk through Dickens’s Bloomsbury, combining local history with songs and spoken commentary.
Sun18Oct
Charles Dickens Ballad Walk · 18 October
A second dated opportunity to explore Dickens’s Bloomsbury through a guided ballad walk.
Sun18Oct
What If? · afternoon performance
An interactive song performance in which audience votes shape a story set during the First World War.
Sun18Oct
The Imperial Night Sky · 18 October
An evening with UCL astronomers, using the rooftop setting to explore the night sky.
Wed21Oct
The Imperial Night Sky · 21 October
A further dated evening of astronomy with UCL experts at the Imperial’s rooftop.