Talks and lectures
Talks and Lectures in London: 88 events this week (24 Sept to 27 Sept)
Talks and lectures in London this week, all in person. Author events, science and history lectures, panels and debates, with the date and venue on every listing.
Get the app Dave Rowntree from Blur - Live in Conversation
The Life and Times of Agatha Christie: a Talk
Walk and Talk with Yoked Fitness’ Older Adults Group
Carbon: Our Flexible Friend that Built the Natural World
Book Launch, Talk & Signing, Andy Aitchison: Incarcerated
Will Guidara & Rory Sutherland
Cookham To Cannes
#Sundays | Zoo Bar Student Tickets
Gentle, Angry Women + Director Q&A
Carlo Rovelli: Lessons on Physics and Philosophy
Wellcome Collection Lates: The Friendship Effect
FHK Henrion - Designing from Home
Designing from Home
Man to Man
Islington Health and History Walks: Highbury Fields
Target Stopped: The History of the Modern Tank
Old age and a good death
Hyde Park Nursery Walking Tour
It Walks Around The House At Night - Pre-show talk with writer and director
Harlots, Strumpets and Tarts, Oh My! Tour + Museum
Discourse: Physics and philosophy: On the equality of all things
Live Band Karaoke - Clapham
Saturday All Day Gaming!
Windmill Open Days
Young Rangers
Ealing Art Group at BEAT
Together on Cable Street 90: Free banner making workshops
Innovation and energy for a sustainable future
Curator Tour - Underground and Surface
Harlots, Strumpets & Tarts Walking Tour
Highgate Wood guided walks
Ayoka Fashion Show Workshop at St Margaret's House
ESEA Heritage Month - Chinese in London Walking Tour
PAUPERS, PRIORIES & PRINTING - Architecture Down the Lower River Fleet
Photographing Palestine
Rhythms of the Loom: Weaving Songs
Ayoka Second Hand Fashion Show at St Margaret's House
Mudlarking & world trade with Alessio Checconi
Singles Magic Mixer @ Amazing Grace (Ages 30-55)
Bat Walks in Osterley Park
The story of birds
Barometric Rhythm Machine
Smithfield - Guts & Glory
World Cyanotype Day Celebration
Yes! Art 2026 - 60+ Artists Under One Roof
Kids' Club: Hoppers
London has long been a city built on talking things through. Its museums, universities, libraries, bookshops, and learned societies run a steady programme of public lectures, author events, panels, and debates, and on most weeks the choice of talks in London is genuinely wide. You can spend an evening with a writer, a scientist, a historian, or an economist, often for the price of a paperback.
This guide brings together talks and lectures happening across the capital, all of them in person. Every listing shows its date and venue, so you can see what fits your week and where you would need to be, whether that is a grand hall, a bookshop back room, or a university lecture theatre open to the public.
The appeal of a London lecture is the breadth. One evening might offer a deep dive into a single painting, the next a frank conversation about climate, identity, or the news cycle, and the next an author reading from a book that has just landed. The format suits the curious as much as the expert, and many events leave room for questions from the floor.
Use the list below as a way into that world rather than the final word. It refreshes as venues add new dates, so a quiet week can turn into an evening of real ideas with very little effort, which is exactly what a city this dense with institutions ought to offer.
Venues to know
- Royal Institution (inc Faraday Museum) 2 events this week
- Union Chapel 1 event this week
- Wellcome Collection 1 event this week
- Barbican Library 1 event this week
- This event is available in person and online via webcast. Barnard’s Inn Hall Barnards Inn Holborn London 1 event this week
- Isokon Gallery 1 event this week
How we pick
OnlyHere tracks live listings from over a hundred London venues, councils, and programmers, refreshed nightly. Picks favour events with confirmed dates, real venues you can find on a map, and editorial notes written by us, not the promoter. Prices and dates come from the listing itself; we never guess.
Frequently asked questions
Where can I find talks and lectures in London?
London talks and lectures run at museums, universities, libraries, independent bookshops, and learned societies across the city, covering everything from science and history to literature, politics, and the arts. The page above gathers events tagged as talks happening this week, with the date and venue on each one so you can plan around your week.
Are London talks and lectures open to the public?
Many are. Plenty of museum talks, bookshop author events, and public lecture series welcome anyone who books a place, and some university lectures are open to the public too. A few events are members-only or aimed at students, so it is worth checking the description and any booking detail before you set out.
How much do talks and lectures in London cost?
It varies widely. Some library and museum talks and many bookshop events are free or low-cost, while flagship lectures and ticketed series at the larger institutions charge more, and the popular author events sell out ahead. Because every OnlyHere listing shows its price, you can see at a glance which talks are free and which need a ticket.
What kinds of talks and lectures are on in London?
The range is broad: author readings and literary events, science and technology lectures, history and art talks, current affairs panels and debates, and conversations tied to exhibitions and new books. Some are single evenings, others run as series across a term. The listing above shows what is on this week so you can pick by topic and date.
How many talks and lectures in london are listed right now?
There are 88 events listed on this page right now. It updates daily.