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14/04/2025

Events in London

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Monday 6 October

* Blackmailed: The Sextortion Killers, investigation into the rise of sextortion scams targeting teenage boys on social media. The journey leads to Nigeria, where the scammers are confronted + Q&A, 7pm, from £5.94, Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place W2 1QJ. Info: Frontline

* Malaria across scales: From global burden to cases on our doorstep, Michael Delves, Jackie Cook, Fitsum Tadesse, Claire Rogers, 5.30 - 6.30pm, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, WC1E 7HT. Info: LSHTM

Tuesday 7 October

* The Revolutionists: The remarkable true stories of the extremists who hijacked the 1970s, Gordon Korera Jason Burke, £14-£32, Kiln Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Road, NW6 7JR. Info: Kiln

Wednesday 8 October

* Launch of Education for Sustainable Futures: Global Citizenship and the Earth Charter, Jiménez, Kartikeya Sarabhai, Mukirae Njihia, Tamy Kobashikawa, 4 - 5.30pm, Institute of Education. Info: IoE

Thursday 9 October

* Heiresses and Rebels, Miranda Kaufmann and Sudhir Hazareesingh explore Caribbean and Atlantic slavery from the perspectives of women slavers and reels, 7pm, £4-£12, British Library, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB. Info: Library

* A Whole Heap of Mix Up - Stella Dadzie: book launch, including conversation with Dadzie, readings and guest appearances, 6.30-8.30pm, ABS Camden - Atrium. Chalk Farm Road NW1 8AH. Info: Launch

* America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region, Marc Lynch, 6.15-7.30pm, King’s College, Strand campus, 30 Aldwych, WC2B 4BG. Info: King’s

Friday 10 October

* The PEN Pinter Prize 2025: Leila Aboulela, 7pm, in-person and free online, £10-£5, British Library, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB. Info: Library

* How is Brazil coping: Sovereignty on Trial in the Age of Electoral Interference, Matias Spektor gives the King’s Brazil Institute’s opening lecture, 6.30-8.30pm, King’s College, Strand campus, 30 Aldwych, WC2B 4BG. Info: King’s

Sunday 12 October

* My Little Black Book: A Blacktionary: An Afternoon with Dr Maggie Semple OBE and Jane Oremosu, discussion on the ever-changing language of race, in celebration of Black History Month, 3-4.30pm, £10, Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road. Info: Foyles

Monday 13 October

* Reparations: A public workshop, Gary Younge, Natalie Sharples, Clemmie James, Lavinya Stennett, Kehinde Andrews, 12.30-5pm, free, Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, NW1 2BJ. Info: Runnymede Trust

* The Lure of Othering, Hardeep Matharu, Peter Jukes, Nafeez Ahmed, Albie Amankona, Karishma Patel, Jake Arnott, Anwar Akhtar, 7.30pm, £10, Cockpit Theatre, NW8 8EH. Info: Byline Times

* Sanctions Don’t Work As A Tool of Foreign Policy, Rebecca Harding, Ian Proud, Edward Lucas, 7pm, £19-£25, Smith Square Hall, SW1P 3HA. Info: Intelligence Squared

* Is President and Supreme Leader Xi Jinping On The Way Out?, Willy Lam, 5 - 6.30pm SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, WC1. Info: SOAS

* 50 Years of the Emergency: Lessons for democracy, Peter Ronald deSouza, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, 5-6.30pm, King’s College, Strand Campus, Strand, WC2R 2LS. Info: King’s

* A Whole Heap of Mix Up - Stella Dadzie: book launch, 6.30-8pm, Brixton Tate Library, Oval, SW2 1JQ. Info: Launch

Tuesday 14 October

* Lyse Doucet on Reporting From the Frontlines, £28-£32, The Kiln, 269 Kilburn High Road, NW6. Info: Kiln

Exhibitions

* Unsilenced: Sexual Violence in Conflict, exhibits include sexual slavery of ‘Comfort Women Corps’ in World War Two and of Yazidi women and girls by ISIS in 2014, Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road SE1 6HZ until 2 November. Info: War Museum

+ Sexual violence in conflict: ‘The cheapest weapon known to man’

* Thirst: In Search of Freshwater, from ancient Mesopotamia and Victorian London to modern-day Nepal and Singapore, the exhibition combines art, science, history, technology and indigenous knowledge to deepen understanding of our relationships with freshwater, free, Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, NW1 2BE until 1 February. Info: Wellcome

+ Thirst: an exhibition bridge over troubled water

* Kerry James Marshall: The Histories, “the most important artist” in the US, who places the lives of Black Americans front and centre, £23.50-£25.50, Royal Academy, Piccadilly, until 18 January. Info: RA

+ ‘If you say Black, you should see Black’

+ ‘My paintings don’t fit the narrative’: Kerry James Marshall on why he’s depicting black enslavers

* Ancient India: living traditions, the origins of Hindu, Jain and Buddhist sacred art in the nature spirits of ancient India – and how they live on 2,000 years later, from £16, British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG until 19 October. Info: Museum

+ Starring role for snakes in Ancient India exhibition

* Mumbai + London: new perspectives on the ancient world, small exhibit focussed on Greek god Dionysius and India’s Vishnu, British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG until 11 January 2026. Info: Exhibition

* 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

* 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

* Inspiration Africa: Stories Beyond the Artifacts, exploration of V&A galleries through the lens of African heritage, free, second Saturday of every month, V&A, Cromwell Road, SW7. Info: V&A

* African Deeds, showcases a collection that includes diaries, cassette interviews, videos, photos and documents of three generations of family history, inspired by grandfather Thomas’ land title deeds brought from West Africa in 1901, Black Cultural Archives, 1 Windrush Square, SW2 1EF. Info: BCA

* Target Queen, large-scale commission by British-Indian artist Bharti Kher, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre

* Making Egypt, exploring ancient Egypt's creativity and how it continues to influence art, design and popular culture today, £10, Young V&A, Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9PA. Info: V&A

* Wellcome Photography Prize, top 25 entries from categories including health problems in South Africa and climate change, free, Wednesdays–Saturdays, Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, NW1 1AT until 18 October. Info: Exhibition

* Imaging Peace, outdoor exhibition featuring global community peace photography projects, part of ‘Lost & Found: Stories of sanctuary and belonging’, a free programme of arts and ideas at King’s College, Strand, WC2R 2LS. Info: Peace exhibition

* Earth Photo: London, still and moving images on planetary issues, Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, SW7 2AR until 14 October. Info: RGS

* Against Erasure – Photographs from Gaza, the work of 11 Gaza-based photographers, P21 Gallery, 21-27 Chalton Street, NW1 1JD until 10 October. Info: P21

* New Earth Theatre’s Living Archive, the UK’s first public archive dedicated to celebrating British East and Southeast Asian theatre, photographs, scripts, programmes, oral history excerpts and new writing, Shoreditch Town Hall, 380 Old Street EC1V 9LT until 11 October. Info: Town Hall

* Storm, work by the 12 shortlisted Prix Pictet photographers, from climate disasters, displacement to the simmering tensions within divided societies, V&A Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 2R. Info: Prix Pictet

from Tuesday 7 October

* The Presence of Solitude, through film, photography and costume, Taiwanese artist Val Lee explores isolation, solitude and the resulting human connections, free, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road until 11 January. Info: Hayward

from Wednesday 8 October

* Nigerian Modernism, Nigerian artists working before and after the decade of national independence from colonial rule in 1960, Tate Modern, Bankside SE1 9TG until 10 May. Info: Tate

from Thursday 9 October

* Women by Women, Rooted in Resistance, ActionAid exhibition of women who are fighting for their land and future,.by female photographers from Nepal, Cambodia, Brazil and Nigeria, free, Oxo Gallery, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, SE1 9PH until 12 October. Info: ActionAid

from Friday 10 October

* I Still Dream of Lost Vocabularies, examination of political dissent and erasure through the idea of collage, Sabrina Tirvengadum, Sunil Gupta, Qualeasha Wood, Jess Atieno, Sheida Soleimani, free, Autograph, Rivington Place, EC2A 3BA until 21 March. Info: Exhibition

Film

* Brides, two 15-year-old girls attempt to travel to Syria in this compassionate and thought-provoking film, BFI Southbank until 7 Oct; Vues Eltham, Finchley Road, Fulham Broadway, Islington, North Finchley, Piccadilly, Shepherd’s Bush, West End, Westfield London, Westfield Stratford City, Wood Green

* Ghost Trail, thriller in which a Syrian refugee meets his former torturer, 8 Oct Cine Lumiere; 6, 9 Oct, JW3

* Don’t Lets Go To The Dogs Tonight, drama set on a White family’s farm in the final stages of the liberation war, seen through the eyes of an eight-year-old girl, Odeons Luxe Haymarket, Camden, Greenwich, Wimbledon, Cineworlds Wandsworth, Wood Green; Vues Westfield London, Westfield Stratford City

* Taiwanese Cinema: Now and Then, Garden cinema until 15 October

Monday 6 October

from Wednesday 8 October

* BFI London Film Festival, scores of films of all types from all over the world, until 19 October. Info: Festival

+ The Global South at the BFI London Film Festival

Thursday 9 October

* Zindagi Tamasha, in which a single dance sparks public outrage, laying bare the weight of judgment in a conservative society, part of Unspoken, A Mental Health Festival, Rich Mix. Info: Tongues on Fire

Saturday 11-Sunday 12 October

* London Pakistani Film Festival, 11 Oct, Indus Echoes, stories connected to the Indus, Chikkar; authorities are propelled into action after a horrific crime in Punjab, 12 Oct, Umro Ayyar - A New Beginning, a legend reawakes, 40 Days, a couple embark on a perilous journey from Central America to the US–Mexico border, £5, Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA. Info: Festival

from Sunday 12 October

* Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, South African photographer Ernest Cole was the first to expose the horrors of apartheid to a world audience. His book House of Bondage, published in 1967 when he was only 27, led him into exile in New York and Europe, never to find his bearings + Q&A with Charmaine Simpson, 5pm, Lexi + 14 Oct, 8.45pm,15 Oct, 6.10pm

* Blknws: Terms and Conditions, an era- and genre-spanning history of the Black diaspora, 12 Oct, BFI Southbank; 13 Oct, ICA; 19 Oct, Curzon Soho * Under the Open Sky, observational documentary offering a rare insight into a nomadic camel-herding family in the desert lands of western India, Curzon Bloomsbury

Performance

* Uprooted - Ephemeral Ensemble, a tropical-punk, ecofeminist rallying cry inspired by the voices of displaced Latin American peoples and frontline environmental defenders, £3-£19, New Diorama Theatre, 15 - 16 Triton Street, NW1 3BF, until 25 October. Info: New Diorama

* Scenes From The Climate Era, vignettes of conversations around the climate crisis that shape our everyday lives, communities and the biological world around us, £22-£5, The Playground Theatre, Latimer Road W10 6RQ until 25 October. Info: Playground

Monday 6 October

* Scenes From 77* Years (staged reading), Palestinian-Irish playwright Hannah Khalil draws on family and friends’ lives to paint an alternative picture of Palestine – one rarely glimpsed in mainstream media; In aid of the Gaza Formula Fund, 7pm, £15, Theatro Technis, 26 Crowndale Road, NW1 1TT. Info: Theatro Technis

Thursday 9 October

* Spoken Words, Jae Poetry, Mya Onwugbonu, Mr Reed, and Tia-Zakura, 7-9.30pm, from £6.13, Fulham Pier, Stevenage Road SW6 6HH. Info: Poetic Unity

Friday 10 October

* Drum, two rising Ghanaians in London, photographer James Barnor and broadcaster Mike Eghan meet and manoeuvre through their perception of identity, success, assimilation and home, artsdepot, 5 Nether Street, N12 0GA. Info: artsdepot

+ Banging the Drum for Ghana

Saturday 11 - Sunday 12 October

* Radio Live: A New Generation, in each performance, Aurélie Charon interviews two different people - from Gaza (Amir Hassan), Syria (Karam al Kafri), Rwanda (Yannick Kamanzi) and Ukraine (Oksana Leuta). They talk about their daily lives, revealing a moving ode to resilience; pay what you can but £20 recommended, Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, SW11 5TN. Info: Arts Centre

Monday 13-Wednesday 15 October

* Palestine: Peace de Resistance, as a Palestinian born in exile, only to be displaced from his country of birth by yet another war, Sami digs deep into his ties to resistance and Palestinian identity – and still finds space for the silliest of faces. Can resistance be funny?, Theatre 503, 503 Battersea Park Road, SW11 3BW. Info: Theatre 503

TV and radio

Sunday 5 September

* Desi DNA, celebrating the Bollywood film, Sholay, 7.30pm, BBC4

* Blackmailed: The Sextortion Killers, inquiry into online scammers, with Nigerians again in the spotlight, 9pm, BBC3

* Goodness Gracious Me: 20 Years Innit, a look back at the programme that made British Asian comedy mainstream, 10.30pm, BBC4

* Network East: Meera Syal - A Trip Through The Archives, affectionate, comedic reflection, 11.10pm, BBC4

* The Split, British Jews’ views on the conflict in Gaza, 1.30pm, Radio4

Monday 6 September

* Global Eye, current affairs, 7pm, BBC2

* Io Capitano, two Senegalese migrants take the dangerous journey to Europe, 11.35pm, Film4

* Fresh Cuts 2025: In Convo, conversations about Black British life and culture, 11..40pm, ITV1