5/6/2023 0 Comments Baby ninja turtles 2nd b dayCome October 14, visitors can delight in the swanky glass lift that is bound to make users feel as important as they do elated a state-of-the-art shopping complex and swathes of entertainment options. Just over a year after Battersea Power Station got its very own Tube station, the restoration project is set to finally complete work some 40 years after the power station turned off its lights. Wander around the newly-restored Battersea Power Station (from October 14) Credit: Charlie Round Turner Read more and register to the event here! 7. □ Get inspired at the BYP Leadership Conference, which is put on for thousands of black professionals to share inspiring stories, learn and connect with others. This beautiful venue is playing host to plethora of events to mark Black History Month, from panel discussions on climate and past colonialism to music and poetry to a documentary screening on the church, slavery and reconciliation. □ Head to one of the many events at London’s Union Chapel. Find it at Canary Wharf on October 8, 15 and 21, and read about it here. □ Head to the new speakers’ corner that has just opened ahead of Black History Month, aiming to give a platform to black poets in the city. Find it at London Lighthouse Gallery & Studio. □ Take a trip to The Way They See Us exhibition put on by Sokari Higgwe, which runs from October 1-31 and showcases the work of Jacqueline Suowari in a bid to make the voice of influence black artists have much louder and change the way black art is perceived. With events all month that range from a reggae cookout to a payback funk night, you can’t go wrong here. □ Have a dance at the Night Owl in Finsbury Park, a venue know for its strong support of Black History. October marks Black History Month in the UK, and there’s plenty happening across London for anyone who wishes to celebrate black culture and black-owned business around London. Head to one of these events to celebrate Black History Month Image: The Night Owl ‘Seeing Auschwitz’ opens on October 20 in South Kensington, and you can get your tickets here. Those visiting can access a free, 60-minute audio guide with testimonies from Auschwitz survivors, providing an invaluable combination of words and photographs to gain deep insight to the tragedy. The exhibition offers up the chance, to anyone who wishes, to take a look beyond the photos using the historical context – thinking about what the subject would have endured, who would have been likely to take the photos, and what each photo can and cannot tell us. Taking 100 photographs, sketches and testimonies of the largest Nazi concentration camp, ‘Seeing Auschwitz’ provides a painful but vital look at the criminal atrocity carried out during World War II. Check out the captivating ‘Seeing Auschwitz’ photography exhibition (From October 20) How could you not be when there’s this many things to do? Vamos! 1. Never fret, though: just put that big jumper on and go out for a big old explore of London, as we know you’ll be good at that. Summer has left us with a chilly autumn breeze, with days rapidly growing shorter.
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