Capital Stories

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Purcell Room

2012: A Story to Tell

Thursday 5 July 2012 Thursday 5 July 2012

The visionary architect Cedric Price once imagined a 'Fun Palace' occupying the site now taken over by the 2012 Olympic park.

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The visionary architect Cedric Price once imagined a 'Fun Palace' occupying the site now taken over by the 2012 Olympic park.

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Blue Room, Spirit Level

Richard Milward

Friday 6 July 2012 Friday 6 July 2012

Richard Milward presents his new novel, Kimberly's Capital Punishment, where reading becomes performance art as he tells the story of Kimberly Clark and her redemption - or possibly her damnation...

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Richard Milward presents his new novel, Kimberly's Capital Punishment, where reading becomes performance art as he tells the story of Kimberly Clark and her redemption - or possibly her damnation - on the streets of London.

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St. Paul’s Pavilion

Ronan Bennett, David Lammy MP, Harriet Sergeant & Gillian Slovo London: One Year On

Saturday 7 July 2012 Saturday 7 July 2012

It began with the death of Mark Duggan at the hands of the police, and it ended with burnt buildings, looting across the capital and country, as well as recrimination.

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It began with the death of Mark Duggan at the hands of the police, and it ended with burnt buildings, looting across the capital and country, as well as recrimination.

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Level 5 Function Room

Asian Bloomsbury

Sunday 8 July 2012 Sunday 8 July 2012

Come and find out how Bloomsbury, the bohemian hub of early 20th-century moderns, was imbued at its heart by India.

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Come and find out how Bloomsbury, the bohemian hub of early 20th-century moderns, was imbued at its heart by India.

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Level 5 Function Room

Londoners

Sunday 8 July 2012 Sunday 8 July 2012

Craig Taylor's book 'Londoners' is an extraordinary work of oral history in which the city speaks for itself.

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Craig Taylor's book 'Londoners' is an extraordinary work of oral history in which the city speaks for itself.

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Level 5 Function Room

Tobias Jones

Sunday 8 July 2012 Sunday 8 July 2012

Tobias Jones journeys through the deep south of Italy in his new book, Blood on the Altar, which he discusses at this event.

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Tobias Jones journeys through the deep south of Italy in his new book, Blood on the Altar, which he discusses at this event.

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Level 5 Function Room

Andrew Martin: A Passenger's History of the Tube

Wednesday 11 July 2012 Wednesday 11 July 2012

Novelist Andrew Martin blends reportage, humour and personal encounter in 'Underground, Overground: A Passenger's History of the Tube', in which he explores the oldest, most sprawling and...

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Novelist Andrew Martin blends reportage, humour and personal encounter in 'Underground, Overground: A Passenger's History of the Tube', in which he explores the oldest, most sprawling and illogical metropolitan transport system in the world.