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Talks and discussions
* Jewish Book Week. Programme includes 8 March, Israel behind the headlines, 12.30pm; Across the Divide: Jewish & Arab Israeli Women, 2pm. King’s Place, York Way, N1 9AG until 8 March. Info: Book Week
Monday 2 March
* The profits of war, Iain Overton, Justin Schlosberg, 7pm, from £5.94, Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, W2 1QJ. Info: Frontline
* The Making and Unmaking of a World Order, Rana Dasgupta and Mishal Husain discuss the future of the nation-state system, 6.15 - 7.30pm, £16.80/ £6.f0 livestream, The Conduit, 6 Langley Street, WC2H 9JA. Info: The Conduit
* HIstory, Gaza and the question of genocide, Ussama Makdish asks why when many in the West proclaim the universality of law and human rights, is Muslim and Christian Palestinian life so consistently devalued, 7pm, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, WC1. Info: SOAS
* China’s hetersexual politics: between ambiguities of governance and everyday injustices, Stevi Jackson and Kailing Xie, 5 - 6.30pm, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, WC1
* Climate and development finance in a fast-changing world, Mahmoud Mohieldi,
5.15 - 6.45pm, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, WC1
* The environmental politics of Donald Trump: re-framing Trump’s wars through a focus on energy, Thea Riofrancos, Patrick Schröder, Sean Kenji Starrs, 4- - 5pm, online. Info: Royal Geographical Society
Tuesday 3 March
* The use and abuse of UK ‘counter-terrorism’ powers, Sultana Tafadar KC, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Narzanin Massoumi, Simon Crowther, Alba Kapoor, 7 - 8.30pm, online. Info: Amnesty
* South Africa: A Beaming Hope for the Continent in the Near Dearth of Multilateralism, discussion on the emergence and strengthening of South Africa’s voice on the global scale, 12 - 1.30pm, online. Info: King’s College
* HNPW 2026 – Housing across the HDP [humanitarian–development–peace] nexus: protection, rights and recovery, Jim Robinson, Viktoriia Moskaliuk, Skylar Kogelschatz, Leilani Farha, 1.30 - 3pm, online. Info: Overseas Development Institute
Wednesday 4 March
* Rising Star Africa Prize Lecture: Astronomy and astrophysics as development drivers in Africa, James Okwe Chibueze unveils Africa’s astronomy contributions and how astronomy and astrophysics are development drivers for the continent, 6.30 - 7.30pm, in-person and online, free, Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace SW1Y 5AG. Info: Royal Society
* Herlands, Megha Mohan explores communities where women live and lead on their own terms, from feminist movements in South Korea to women-led co-housing in Europe and the Rain Queens of South Africa, 6.15 - 7.30pm, £16.80, The Conduit, 6 Langley Street, WC2H 9JA. Info: The Conduit
* Minbak launch, British-Korean-Turkish writer Ela Lee on her debut novel, Jaded, which explores themes of consent, race and identity, 6pm, Korean Cultural Centre, Grand Buildings, 1 - 3 Strand, WC2N 5BW. Info: KCC
* Global Culture and Environmental Consciousness in Stevie Wonder's Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants, Kevin K. Gaines, 6 - 9pm, King’s College, Bush House, Room: 8th Floor NorthStrand campus, 30 Aldwych, WC2B 4BG. King’s
* Intimate Partner Violence in South Africa’s Urban Informal Settlements, Andrew Gibbs, 12.30 - 1.15pm, online, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Info: LSHTM
* Why are we Okinawa? A history of violence, book launch with Jon Mitchell, 5pm, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, WC1
* Return of tyranny: Why counterrevolutions emerge and succeed, Killiian Clarke, 1 - 2.30pm, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Gallery Building.
* Food policies, social participation and equity: national and international challenges, livestream of event at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro that will share perspectives on hunger, food systems transformation and global policy-making, 8.30am-1pm and 2-6pm. Info: OPPA
Thursday 5 - Friday 6 March
* UK Media Freedom Forum, impacts on media freedom around the world, including the use of lawfare and strategic lawsuits against public participation, transnational repression, misinformation and disinformation, and media literacy, free, City University, Tait building, Northampton Square EC1V 0HB. Info:
Friday 6 March
* The Producer Testimonies: Black Women in Arts, Culture and Heritage, 6 - 9.30pm, £25, Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 2RLK. Info: V&A
* Black Women Speak Volumes, Bernardine Evaristo, Joy Francis, Yvvette Edwardsn and Andi Oliver give voice to the stories of older Black women. 7pm, £12, British Library, 96 Euston Road, NW1. Info: Library
Saturday 7 March
* Migrant Women Who Shaped the City, walking tour, from civil rights activists and famous performers to a Moroccan seamstress and an African American author, uncover how migrant women from Roman London to the modern East End shaped the country's story, 1.30pm, pay what you can. Info: Migration Museum
* National Student Conference for Palestine, 9.30am - 6pm. Info: Palestine Solidarity Organisation
Sunday 8 March
* In Conversation with......International Women's Day Panel, performances and readings by Cash Holland, Zoe Brough, Daisy Chute and Mildred Yuan, 12.30pm, £12, £15 on the door, The Andrew Lloyd Webber Theatre, Arts Educational Schools, London, W4 1LY. Info: Riverside
Monday 9 March
* Broadcasting Apartheid: British Television and the anti-Apartheid Campaign, 1950-1990, Tal Zalmanovich on her new book, 5.30 - 7.30pm, City University, Rhind Building, Clerkenwell campus, St John Street, EC1V 0HB. City University
* Under Pressure - How climate risks shape peace and security, Jeremy Lind, Iffat Idris, Tobias Ide, Jan Selby, Will Reynolds, 1 - 2.30pm, online. Info: Institute of Development Studies
Tuesday 10 March
* Reimagining Refugee Law in Modern Britain, S. Chelvan, 6 - 7pm, City University. Info: Moot Court
* The promise and pitfalls of AI in health, Helen Shah, 5.30 - 7pm, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street WC1. Info: LSHTM
* Being a Black Female Leader, Natalie Campbell, Miranda Brawn, La Toya Quamina, 6.15pm, University of Westminster, Marylebone campus. Info: Westminster Uni
Exhibitions
* Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus, how post Second World War “Emergencies” , as they were termed by the UK, shaped Britain, its former territories and the modern world, Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road SE1 6HZ until 29 March. Info: IWM
+ 28 February, Discussion Day, Yasmin Khan, Rose Miyonga, Maria Hadjiathanasiou, Bethany Rebisz, David Anderson, Huw Bennett, Karl Hack, 2 - 7pm, £30
* Hawaiʻi: a kingdom crossing oceans, a celebration of art and history, £14/ £16, British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG until 25 May. Info: Hawai’i
* A Greenland shadow over a wonderful Hawai’i exhibition
* Botanical Tales and Seeds of Empire & Flora Indica: Recovering the lost histories of Indian botanical art, The Singh Twins examine the global mythologies of plants and the histories of Empire + Flora Indica – work by historical Indian botanical artists, admission with Kew entry fee, Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Kew Gardens until 12 April
+ The Singh Twins light up the links between empire and botany
+ The Singh Twins spotlight Kew’s role in the business of Empire
* Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times In An Instant), Mexican artist Teresa Margolles’ cuboid on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square is a memorial to trans people worldwide
* Nigerian Modernism, Nigerian artists working before and after the decade of national independence from British colonial rule in 1960, Tate Modern, Bankside SE1 9TG until 10 May. Info: Tate
* Sudan: A Visual Art Narrative – Second Generation Exhibition. Almas Art Foundation, Arch 28 Old Union Yard Arches, 229 Union Street, SE1 0LR until 7 March. Info: Almas Art
* I Still Dream of Lost Vocabularies, examination of political dissent and erasure through collage, Sabrina Tirvengadum, Sunil Gupta, Qualeasha Wood, Jess Atieno, Sheida Soleimani, free, Autograph, Rivington Place, EC2A 3BA until 21 March. Info: Exhibition
* The Land Carries, work by three international artists: Ahmed Akasha (UK), Dina Nur Satti (US) and Yasmin Elnour (Bahrain) responding to material in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology, 1 - 5pm, Petrie Museum, University College London, Malet Place, WC1E 6BT until 16 May. Info: Sudan exhibition
* Collecting and Empire, trail making connections between archaeology, anthropology and the British Empire, British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1. Info: British Museum
* British Library, installation of 6,328 books marks the contributions of migrants to UK, Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1. Info: Installation/ 7887 8888
* Target Queen, large-scale commission by British-Indian artist Bharti Kher, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre
* Beatriz González, the groundbreaking Colombian artist explores the power and impact of the images we encounter every day, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS until 10 May. Info: Barbican
* Charlie Phillips - Somewhere, Somehow, work by the Jamaican immigrant who became one of Britain’s greatest photographers, Riverside Studios, 101 Queen Caroline Street W6 9BN until 9 March. Info: Riverside
* Tixinda, A Snail’s Purple, exhibition about a sea snail whose ink can be milked to produce a purple pigment known as Tyrian or Royal purple, by British-Mexican artist Melanie Smith and Patricio Villarreal Ávila, Peltz Gallery, 43 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PD, until 11 March. Info: Pellz
* Water Pantanal Fire, photography exhibition revealing the fragile beauty of the Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland that sprawls across Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, free, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 2DD until 31 May. Info: Museum
* To Survive To Witness, works by Gaza-based Palestinian artist Marwan Nassar created during the 2023-25 war in Gaza, P21, 21-27 Chalton Street, NW1 1JD until 13 March. Info: P21
* Bouchra Khalili: Circles and Storytellers, the culmination of the French-Moroccan artist and educator’s long exploration of the Mouvement des Travailleurs Arabes and its theatre groups, Al Assifa and Al Halaka, free, Mosaic Rooms, 226 Cromwell Road, SW5 0SW until 14 June. Info: Mosaic
from Thursday 5 March
* Moved to Care: Stories of Health and Migration, explores the contributions of migrants from across the globe to healthcare over the last 150 years, from the 19th century colonial legacy of missionary nurses to the Windrush Generation, free, 20 Cavendish Square, W1G OR until 2 November. Info; Royal College of Nursing
Performance
* Sweatmeats, a touching love story between two South Asian elders begins in a London diabetes clinic when a “scary Indian woman” meets an “irritating Pakistani man”, £10 - £35, Bush Theatre, 7 Uxbridge Road, W12 8LJ, until 21 March. Info: Bush
+ A British-Indian~Pakistani rom com sparked by diabetes
* Ukraine Unbroken, cycle of short plays by Ukrainian and British writers about courage, truth and survival in the face of tyranny, £15 - £39, Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin Street E8 3DL until 28 March. Info: Arcola
Tuesday 3 March
* Imelania, Melania Trump as an avatar of an “acceptably” foreign woman, obscuring and questioning experiences of being foreign in post-Brexit Britain, online, 8pm, part of Camden People’s Theatre’s Sprint 2026. Info: CPT
Tuesday 3 - Thursday 5 March
* Suppliants of Syria, interactive multimedia performance exploring asylum, media and democracy + post-show discussions, with live music; 3, 5 March, Rama Alcoutlabi; 4, 7 March, Rihab Azar; 6 March, Sounds Like Home international women's choir; 8 March, Amies Freedom Choir; £15/ £30, Hoxton Hall, 130 Hoxton Street N1 6SH. Info: Border Crossings
Wednesday 4 March
* El Gran Varón (Work In Progress), “A politically urgent performance blending testimonies, humour, and archives to confront HIV stigma, colonial legacies, and institutional violence among Latin American migrants in Europe”, 7.15pm, £10, part of Sprint 2026, Camden People’s Theatre, 58 - 60, Hampstead Road, NW1 2PY. Info: CPT
Tuesday 10 March
* Collective Authorship - Hotel Britannia, whodunnit by Zakiyyah Deen, Soria Hamidi and Isabella Leung, 7pm, £7, Riverside, 101 Queen Caroline Street,
W6 9BN. Info: Theatre experiment
Film
* My Father’s Shadow, two brothers connect with their father in this drama set against the backdrop of the 1993 Nigerian presidential election, BFI Southbank, Picturehouses Finsbury Park, Hackney, Ritzy
+ A father’s shadow - and the shadow of a Nigerian coup
+ Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù: ’If the west doesn’t say a film is good, that doesn’t mean it’s no good’
* The President’s Cake, despite hardships in 1990s Iraq, Saddam Hussein requires every school to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday. So 9-year-old Lamia must use her wits to gather ingredients for the cake or face punishment; Finsbury Park Picturehouse + 2, 3, 5 March, Lexi
+ A girl, a boy, a rooster and a cake for Saddam
* It Was Just An Accident, Jafar Panahi’s award-winning Iranian black comedy thriller is a powerful indictment of state-sponsored terror and a moving drama of individuals seeking to rebuild their lives after being subject to it, Curzon Bloomsbury
+ Twice-jailed Panahi spins a moral tale for our authoritarian times
* No Other Choice, a man’s desperation to secure a new job finds him exploring unique ways to eliminate his competitors, in South Korean director Park Chan-wook’s madcap thriller; cinemas all over town
* The Secret Agent, Brazilian political thriller about an academic on the run in the dangerous, dictatorial 1970s; cinemas all over town until 15 March Lexi; National Film Theatre, Riverside
* BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, genre-defying debut feature from artist and filmmaker Khalil Joseph, from £12.50, Wednesday, Saturdays and Sundays, 180 Studios, 180 Strand, Surrey Street WC2R 1EA until 27 March.
* Amores Perros, three stories of animalistic desire drive this modern Mexican classic, the debut of Alejandro González Iñárritu, 3pm, BFI Southbank + 5, 9 March
Tuesday 3 March
* Hostage, the story of British photojournalist John Cantlie, who was kidnapped in Syria and fell into the hands of a group of British extremists who would later become known as The Beatles, 7pm, from £5.94, Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, W2 1Qj. Info: Frontline
Wednesday 4 March
* Multiculturalism Goes Mainstream, a look back at the moment TV programming began to shift to a more populist approach, 8.30pm, £12.20 - £2, BFI Southbank
Thursday 5 March
* Amores Perros, three stories of animalistic desire drive this modern Mexican classic, the debut of Alejandro González Iñárritu, 3pm, BFI Southbank + 9 March
from Thursday 5 March
* Palestine Comedy Club, six Palestinian comedians tour a stand-up show exploring the humour that surrounds the complexity of Palestinian identity, Curzon Bloomsbury + 6, 8, 12 March; Rich Mix 7 March; Genesis Cinema 10 March
+ Have you heard the one about the six Palestinians who walk into a theatre?
from Friday 6 March
* Everest Dark, as the death toll on the world's highest peak rises, a legendary Nepali climber leads an elite Sherpa team on a life-threatening mission to retrieve fallen climbers from Everest’s Death Zone. Everest through the eyes of people who call it home, Curzon Bloomsbury + 7, 8, 11 March
Tuesday 10 March
* Gaza Eyewitnesses, a film by Palestinian artists based on on-the-spot testimonies + Q&A with Hossam Al Madhoun, 7 - 9pm, £4, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, WC1B 5DQ. Info: Film
TV and radio
Monday 2 March
* Global Eye, current affairs magazine, 7pm, BBC2
* A Place in Politics for British Muslims, 4pm, Radio4
* How did we get here?, series on the origins of the Middle East conflict, 8pm, Radio4
Tuesday 3 March
* Red Light to Limelight, documentary about Kolkata sex workers who have formed an arts collective, 10.20pm, BBC4
Wednesday 4 March
* Hostage, three-part documentary about the kidnap of a British photojournalist by British jihadis in Syria, 9pm, BBC2
* Slim’s Guide To Life, series in which a 53-year-old stand-up looks back at his Black British teenagerdom, 11pm, Radio4
Thursday 5 March
* Alexander Armstrong in India, yet another travelogue series - but perhaps it’s a small sign of improvement that it’s not called ‘Alexander Armstrong’s India’, 8pm, Channel5
Friday 27 February
* Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question, 5.05pm, 9.50pm, PBS America
Thanks to volunteer Daniel Nelson (editor of Eventslondon.org) for compiling this list.