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More info for Team America: World Police?
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Literature & poetry

Team America: World Police?

Why does the US remain so central to global conflicts? Two Goalhanger experts dig deep
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for The Rest Is Science: Live
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Literature & poetry

The Rest Is Science: Live

Get set to have your mind blown by chart-topping podcast hosts Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for The Book Club
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Literature & poetry

The Book Club

The new literary podcast goes live for the first time, with Dominic Sandbrook and Tabby Syrett
Purcell Room
More info for The Rest Is Entertainment: Live
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Literature & poetry

The Rest Is Entertainment: Live

Get gossiping with Richard Osman and Marina Hyde in this live show of their popular podcast
Royal Festival Hall
More info for Stanley Tucci: Film, Food and Me
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Literature & poetry

Stanley Tucci: Film, Food and Me

Join for a deliciously entertaining conversation between Gary Lineker and Stanley Tucci
Royal Festival Hall
More info for The Three Ayatollahs: An Unbreakable Dynasty?
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Literature & poetry

The Three Ayatollahs: An Unbreakable Dynasty?

The hosts of Empire and one of Britain's foremost experts on Iran look at a nation at a crossroads
Purcell Room
More info for The Real Housewives of Regency England
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Literature & poetry

The Real Housewives of Regency England

Join Tom Holland and Marina Hyde for a tour of Regency England’s most glamorous, drama-fuelled women
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for Ancient Myths: Mary Beard & Josephine Quinn
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Literature & poetry

Ancient Myths: Mary Beard & Josephine Quinn

Two of Britain's brightest classical minds venture through the ancient world’s most enduring tales
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for The Rest Is Politics US: Trump on a Knife Edge
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Literature & poetry

The Rest Is Politics US: Trump on a Knife Edge

Be a part of the discussion about the political future of the United States with the popular podcast
Royal Festival Hall
More info for We Have Ways of Making You Talk
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Literature & poetry

We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Don’t miss the world’s biggest World War Two podcast as it hits the London stage for the first time
Purcell Room
More info for The Rest Is Quiz
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Literature & poetry

The Rest Is Quiz

The sharpest minds in British podcasting take to the stage for one epic quiz night
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for The Rest Is Politics: Off the Record
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Literature & poetry

The Rest Is Politics: Off the Record

Tune in to this live show of the nation’s most popular political podcast
Royal Festival Hall

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Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
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Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms

A summer favourite returns to our site with water fountains to splash around and cool down in.

Shopping
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Shopping

A vibrant range of inspiring books, homeware, prints, accessories and more.

Klaus Weber: Thinking Fountains
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Thinking
Fountains

Water cascades and spouts over Klaus Weber’s bronze figures.

Modified Social Benches
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Modified Social Benches

Benches that challenge the space and distance we place between one another.

William Pye's Zemran
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William Pye's Zemran

Pye’s beautiful stainless steel sculpture sits overlooking the Thames.

Natura Nostra Forest
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Natura Nostra Forest

Our growing pocket forest creating a natural oasis.