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Monday 26 October
This week in London,
picked for you
6 picks + one Londoner Perk.
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Free to do, worth knowing about.
The Operating Theatre: 250 Years of Surgery in Hospitals
Paintings, photographs and hospital plans trace 250 years of operating-theatre history, from surgery before anaesthesia and antisepsis to modern NHS teams and changing medical technology.
Lincoln’s Inn Fields · 10 Sep – 31 Oct 2026 · Free
Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London in Art
More than 45 artworks, photographs, films, objects and oral histories reveal how artists recorded wartime London, from Tube shelters and damaged docks to displacement, shortages and everyday resilience.
Lambeth · 20 March – 1 Nov 2026 · Free
This week
On now and worth knowing about.
Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery
Explore the life and imagination of the Queen of Crime through letters, notebooks, manuscript drafts, recordings, photographs and objects including Christie’s typewriter.
King’s Cross · 30 Oct 2026 – 20 June 2027 · £20–£25
Darbar Festival 2026
Indian classical music takes over the Barbican through concerts, talks, a pop-up bazaar, documentary screenings, masterclasses, meditation, breathwork and yoga accompanied by live music.
Barbican · 24 Oct – 1 Nov 2026 · Free & paid events
Date idea
For a memorable day (or night).
London Month of the Dead
More than 60 talks, cemetery walks, workshops and performances explore death and the city across London, with events taking place in historic cemeteries and unusual venues.
Across London · 1 Oct – 1 Nov 2026 · Tickets vary
Wildcard
A less obvious pick to try this week.
Dickensian London: The Magic Lantern City
Discover the real and imagined London that shaped Charles Dickens through atmospheric displays and objects including his walking stick, the Oliver Twist manuscript and an original sketch of Fagin.
Bloomsbury · 21 Oct 2026 – 18 April 2027 · £14, children £8
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