Join the fellows of the Learned Society of Extra Ordinary Objects in their temporary HQ at Somerset House for an evening fuelled by the spirit of storytelling through design.
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After dominating the jazz charts, winning a couple of R&B Grammys, and recording with the likes of Norah Jones, Mos Def, Q-Tip and Snoop Dogg what do you do next?
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Join the fellows of the Learned Society of Extra Ordinary Objects in their temporary HQ at Somerset House for an evening fuelled by the spirit of storytelling through design.
/whats-on/learned-society-late-august
Join us for a screening of Pirates, the 2021 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Reggie Yates in his feature directorial debut.
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Join the fellows of the Learned Society of Extra Ordinary Objects in their temporary HQ at Somerset House for an evening fuelled by the spirit of storytelling through design.
/whats-on/learned-society-late-september
Drop in and join The Library of Change for conversations around some of the the books that have inspired different artworks across the Earth Day Season 2019.
/whats-on/library-change
The longtime fishing practices of the Faroe Islands are threatened by animal rights activism, plummeting wildlife populations and rising mercury levels.
/whats-on/unorthodocs-islands-and-whales
See the most exciting magazines from outside the mainstream. Shortlisted titles from this year’s Stack Awards will be available to read in the Utopia Treasury.
/whats-on/stack-magazines-utopian-takeover
Mutant Promise presents a series of three events looking at video games, interactive storytelling and the audio environments they allow us to inhabit.
/whats-on/mutant-promise-going-platinum
Join us for an evening with the curators of The Missing Thread as they introduce a seminal film in Black British cinema.
/whats-on/the-missing-thread/the-missing-thread-talks-events/bold-presents-babylon
A festival of research from the frontiers of art history, curation and conservation.
/whats-on/res-fest-2018
Somerset House Director Jonathan Reekie CBE selects his cultural highlights of 2018.
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An ontological adventure into voice recognition, language, semiotics, sensory experience, immersive sound and imagination.
/blog/recognition-podcast-nick-ryan
Our director's cultural highlights of 2022.
/blog/reekies-round-up-2022
Somerset House invites local schools to join a free day of creativity and inspiration in conjunction with the landmark exhibition Get Up, Stand Up Now.
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The Horror Shop features exclusive special editions and products by Jake and Dinos Chapman, Sue ... accessories by Tatty Devine, Pam Hogg, RM Leathers and Model Traitor, and The London Leatherman. The Horror ... Shop is edited by Faye Dowling ’s alternative art store Goth Shop. The Horror Show! The Horror Shop ...
/whats-on/the-horror-show/christmas-horror-shop
An independent 19th century woman’s fearless attempt at self-expression lies at the heart of the great director Jane Campion’s sensual and visually striking period drama.
/whats-on/film4-summer-screen/the-piano
Cannes prize-winning The Cinema Travellers is a journey with the traveling cinemas of India, which bring the wonder of the movies to faraway villages annually.
/whats-on/unorthodocs/cinema-travellers
A major exhibition celebrating 20 years of one of contemporary fashion's most influential and enigmatic designers.
/whats-on/maison-martin-margiela-20-exhibition
The story of seven people at different levels of the income scale trying to make their way on the unequal worlds of the UK and the USA.
/whats-on/unorthodocs-divide
