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Need some inspiration for 21st June? Christopher Wren began work on St. Paul’s Cathedral on this day in 1675, nine years after the disastrous Great Fire of London levelled the city. Why not climb The Monument , which he built close to the spot where the fire broke out in Pudding Lane ?
Theatre shows on 21st June Here’s a guide to all the theatre shows playing in London on Friday 21st June
21 Jun to 20 Jul 2019 Rosmersholm is a twisting political thriller by Henrik Ibsen starring Tom Burke and Hayley Atwell
21 Jun to 31 Aug 2019 9 To 5 uses the music of Dolly Parton to tell the story of three put-upon workers who oust their egotistical office boss
21 Jun to 21 Dec 2019 TINA tells the story of Tina Turner from her humble start in Nutbush to her transformation into a global superstar
21 Jun to 28 Sep 2019 Everybodys Talking About Jamie is all about overcoming prejudice with songs by The Feelings Dan Gillespie Sells
21 Jun to 20 Oct 2019 The Jack Black movie School of Rock has been turned into a West End mind-blowing musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Julian Fellowes
21 Jun to 28 Jul 2019 Palace Theatre will be showing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child -- a brand-new Harry Potter story by JK Rowling
21 Jun to 3 Nov 2019 The writers behind The Play That Goes Wrong are back with The Comedy About A Bank Robbery at the Criterion
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21 Jun to 27 Oct 2019 The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society put on a West End show but will they crack under the pressure?
21 Jun to 14 Sep 2019 Mamma Mia is based on the hit movie starring Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan and uses the songs of ABBA
21 Jun 2019 to 24 May 2020 Roald Dahls Matilda tells the story of a child who rebels against the grown-ups when she discovers her amazing powers
21 Jun to 30 Nov 2019 If you like The Wizard of Oz then you will love Wicked -- it tells the story of what happened to the good and evil witches
21 Jun to 27 Jul 2019 A man is obsessed with a family curse and hires a sceptical young actor to help him exorcise the fear that grips his soul
Music, comedy & film on 21st June Have a night out at one of these rock and pop concerts , comedy gigs , or film shows
21 Jun 2019 Foals European tour will be coming to London in June to plug their new album Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost
Family & Kid’s events on 21st June Here are some good events for kids if you’re taking them to London on the 21st June
21 Jun to 31 Oct 2019 Spend a pleasant afternoon pedalling around in a little hire boat on the Serpentine or catch the sun-powered SolarShuttle
21 Jun 2019 Enjoy a medieval banquet and be entertained by English knights and singing minstrels and King Henry VIII
21 Jun 2019 Heres your chance to enter the animal enclosures and get close to some of the friendliest animals at London Zoo
21 Jun 2019 The Royal Observatory in Greenwich puts on a daily show at their planetarium to show you what will be visible in the sky tonight
21 Jun 2019 NAMCO Funscape is like an indoor funfair with arcade games pool tables 10-pin bowling bumper cars and a sports bar
21 Jun 2019 This cable car offers fantastic views as it carries you across the Thames from the O2 Arena to the ExCel Centre in five minutes
21 Jun to 28 Jul 2019 Palace Theatre will be showing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child -- a brand-new Harry Potter story by JK Rowling
21 Jun 2019 to 24 May 2020 Roald Dahls Matilda tells the story of a child who rebels against the grown-ups when she discovers her amazing powers
21 Jun to 30 Nov 2019 If you like The Wizard of Oz then you will love Wicked -- it tells the story of what happened to the good and evil witches
Art & Museum exhibitions on 21st June How about spending a few hours on Friday in one of London’s art galleries or museums ?
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21 Jun to 29 Sep 2019 The National Gallery will be showing two masterpieces by the Spanish painter Bartolome Bermejo
21 Jun to 13 Aug 2019 The Royal Academys Summer Exhibition is the largest open art exhibition in the world attracting 12000 entrants
21 Jun to 8 Sep 2019 The British Librarys Leonardo da Vinci exhibition will bring together pages from three of his extraordinary scientific notebooks
21 Jun to 8 Sep 2019 The Tate Modern will be putting on a major retrospective of the work by Russian avant-garde artist Natalia Goncharova
21 Jun to 8 Sep 2019 This group exhibition will explore the idea of gender fluidity with artworks that challenge the accepted definitions of gender
21 Jun to 26 Aug 2019 A major new exhibition at Tate Britain that covers the entire career of abstract painter Frank Bowling from the 1960s to the present day
21 Jun to 26 Aug 2019 An exhibition of Japanese manga art exploring its cultural crossover and the global appeal of anime and cosplay dressing up
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21 Jun to 17 Nov 2019 An exhibition about food exploring how it gets from the farm to our dinner plate and asking how we can achieve a sustainable food future
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21 Jun to 8 Nov 2019 See some of Sir John Soanes designs and learn how the architect was inspired by the ancient world
21 Jun to 27 Aug 2019 This exhibition will explore the history of writing from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs right up to our modern communication tools
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21 Jun to 11 Aug 2019 Sean Scullys new work on display at the National Gallery was inspired by JMW Turners atmospheric painting The Evening Star
21 Jun to 21 Jul 2019 The British Museum will be putting on the largest exhibition of Edvard Munchs prints in the UK for nearly half-a-century
21 Jun 2019 to 16 Feb 2020 An exhibition of dresses by the iconic fashion designer Mary Quant who became synonymous with the Swinging Sixties
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21 Jun to 14 Jul 2019 A small exhibition that uses digital technology to transform the librarys collection of historic maps to create fictional cityscapes
21 Jun to 11 Aug 2019 The 40 paintings in this important exhibition will represent the largest collection of paintings by Vincent Van Gogh in the UK for 10 years
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21 Jun to 7 Jul 2019 An exhibition of photographs by Chris Steele-Perkins who has captured families living in their London homes
21 Jun to 7 Jul 2019 The National Gallery will be putting on a rare exhibition of sixty works by the Spanish Impressionist painter Joaquin Sorolla
21 to 23 Jun 2019 The RA will be showing one of Phyllida Barlows large-scale installations in the new Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Gallery
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21 Jun to 4 Aug 2019 An exhibition of 65 rarely seen Rembrandt prints and drawings to mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch Masters death
21 Jun to 14 Jul 2019 Some of the finest designs and dresses by Christian Dior tracing the impact that his fashion house has made over the last seventy years
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21 Jun to 4 Aug 2019 The British Museum will be marking the anniversary of Cooks Pacific voyage by looking at it from the Islanders perspective
21 to 30 Jun 2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year returns to the Natural History Museum with this exhibition of the top 100 photos
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21 to 28 Jun 2019 The Bank of England Museum will be putting on an exhibition of work by Feliks Topolski about the Debden printing works
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21 Jun to 15 Sep 2019 This exhibition explores the connection between some of Britains oldest cultural organisations and transatlantic slavery
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21 Jun to 14 Jul 2019 Magic Realism is an exhibition of paintings created during the Weimar Republic years between World Wars I and II
Royal & Religious events on 21st June See inside some beautiful buildings with one of these Royal or religious events
21 Jun 2019 Visit the State Apartments at the worlds oldest inhabited castle which has been home to the Royal Family for a thousand years
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21 Jun 2019 You can enjoy a choral Evensong service at Westminster Abbey which combines a traditional mass with a choir
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21 Jun 2019 If you attend a choral Evensong service at St Pauls Cathedral then you can see a small part of the Cathedral for free
Political & Military events on 21st June Parades are always popular with tourists, so here are some military events and political debates
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21 Jun to 4 Aug 2019 An exhibition of artists postcards that have been used to highlight political and social issues from the 1960s onwards
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7 Jan to 18 Dec 2019 Visit Parliament for free and watch MPs debating in the House of Commons and House of Lords
21 Jun 2019 Enjoy a private tour of the Churchill War Rooms and experience Winston Churchills wartime bunker from behind the glass
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21 Jun 2019 The Dismounting Ceremony (or 4 OClock Parade) is a short ceremony that takes place every day at Horse Guards
21 Jun 2019 One of the best ways of seeing the Tower of London is alongside a Yeoman Warder (better known as the Beefeaters)
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21 Jun 2019 Changing the Guard at Horse Guards is similar to Buckingham Palace but its less crowded and takes place every day
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21 Jun 2019 The Ceremony of the Keys is the traditional locking up of the Tower of London and has been taking place every night for 700 years
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21 Jun 2019 Watch the long arm of the law in action at the Old Bailey where members of the public can sit in the gallery and watch a case
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21 Jun 2019 Why not try something a bit different -- how about going to the Royal Courts of Justice and watching a real-life court case?
Classical music on 21st June Friday sounds like a good day to go and watch an opera, ballet or listen to some classical music
21 to 29 Jun 2019 Opera Holland Park is putting on a production of Verdis opera about a baleful prophecy and murderous love triangle
21 Jun 2019 This guided tour of the Royal Albert Hall will take you inside one of the balcony boxes for a fantastic view of the famous auditorium
Sightseeing tours on 21st June When was the last time you sat on the top-deck of a sightseeing bus , or enjoyed a boat trip up the Thames ?
21 Jun to 3 Nov 2019 Jasons Trip runs a beautiful painted 100-year old canal boat down the Regents Canal from Little Venice to Camden Lock
Every day (except Jan) Forget the sightseeing buses and jump on your bike and see the sights and landmarks of London from your saddle
21 Jun 2019 The See London By Night bus tour will show you Londons most famous landmarks beautifully lit up in the night sky
21 Jun 2019 The Ghost Bus Tour will take you on a journey through Londons gruesome past and into the dark heart of the capital
21 Jun 2019 A trip on a Thames Rocket is something youll never forget speeding down the river underneath the Londons bridges
21 Jun 2019 City Cruises offer one-way return or all-day boat trips between Westminster and Greenwich stopping off at Tower Bridge
21 Jun 2019 Spend a leisurely afternoon on a TRS river cruise from Big Ben to Greenwich and see some of the sights along the river
21 Jun 2019 This traditional open-top bus tour will take in all the best landmarks and attractions with a free river cruise and guided walk
21 Jun 2019 The Original Tour is one of Londons most popular sightseeing buses and its also a great way to travel around the capital
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21 Jun 2019 Walk the streets of Whitechapel and try and discover the identity of the Victorian murderer Jack the Ripper - if you dare!
21 Jun 2019 Have a tour of William Shakespeares Globe and learn what Elizabethan life was like for the worlds most famous playwright
21 Jun 2019 This guided tour of the Royal Albert Hall will take you inside one of the balcony boxes for a fantastic view of the famous auditorium
21 Jun 2019 One of the best ways of seeing the Tower of London is alongside a Yeoman Warder (better known as the Beefeaters)
21 Jun 2019 If you dont fancy spending money on an open-top sightseeing bus then theres a cheaper alternative — the No 11 bus
21 Jun 2019 This guided walk will take you around some of the most memorable streets and locations that Charles Dickens used in his novels
Sports events on 21st June Here are some football tours, cricket games and rugby matches being played on Friday 21st June
21 Jun 2019 Cricket fans will love having a look around the home of cricket with this tour of Lords Cricket Ground and the MCC Museum
21 Jun 2019 Walk in the footsteps of your football heroes with a guided tour of Stamford Bridge and the Chelsea Museum
21 Jun 2019 Walk in the footsteps of your Arsenal heroes on a tour of the stadium and pitch and visit the Arsenal Museum
21 Jun 2019 Join a Wembley Stadium Tour and see the changing rooms and pitch and walk up the stairs to the Royal Box and pretend to lift the FA Cup
Other London events on 21st June Here are some other London events that will be taking place on Friday
21 Jun to 31 Oct 2019 Hire out a deck-chair in one of Londons Royal parks and have a nice relaxing sit-down and do a bit of people-watching
21 Jun to 12 Oct 2019 Here is a list of the scheduled lift times for Tower Bridge so you can see the roadway open and close and grab a photo
21 Jun 2019 Bateaux London offers you great cuisine and live entertainment onboard the boat as it sails serenely down the Thames
21 Jun 2019 Thames Clippers offer one-way return or all-day trips along a 15-mile stretch of the river between Putney and Greenwich
21 Jun 2019 Put on your best clothes and enjoy an elegant Afternoon Tea in the famous Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon at Fortnum & Mason
21 Jun 2019 Dress up in your Sunday best and enjoy an afternoon tea at the Ritz Hotel in the luxurious surroundings of the Palm Court
21 Jun 2019 Sign-up to be a zoo-keeper at London Zoo for a day and get close to the animals and help to feed them and muck them out
21 Jun 2019 Climb to the top of The O2s tented roof and enjoy a spectacular 360-degree view of the London skyline from the viewing platform
21 Jun 2019 Ride around on one of Londons old 1960s double-decker buses (the one with a conductor and an open platform at the back)
21 Jun 2019 The driverless Docklands Light Railway train allows you to sit right at the front giving you a fantastic view of the track ahead
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21 Jun 2019 If weaving your way in and out of the busy London traffic on a hire bike sounds like fun then how about hiring a Boris Bike for the day?