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Battle of Ideas day tickets

28 Oct 2017 –14 Oct 2018

An annual festival of over 90 sessions, Battle of Ideas will return to the Barbican in 2017 for another weekend of free-thinking and lively debate.

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Battle of Ideas weekend tickets

28 Oct 2017 –13 Oct 2018

An annual festival of over 90 sessions, Battle of Ideas will return to the Barbican in 2017 for another weekend of free-thinking and lively debate.

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Hundred by Milo Made Ceramics

23 Apr –2 May 2018

‘Hundred’ is a project, perhaps better described as an undertaking, consisting of one hundred individually hand-crafted mugs by ceramicist Milo Liren Mckeand.

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Members' Photography Walk

28 Apr 2018, 10:00

If you love the Barbican’s architecture and want to capture some of that Brutalist aesthetic, then sign up to this architectural photo walk.

 

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On Bike Building: A Panel Discussion

3 May 2018

Get tips, tricks and inspiration from leading bike-builders in this panel discussion, chaired by The Bicycle Academy.

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Desert Island Pics - Alec Soth

3 May 2018, 19:00

Part of a long-running touring series of Photoworks talks, acclaimed Magnum photographer Alec Soth reveals the eight photographs he would take with him to a desert island. 

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Moulded Polystyrene Workshop With Silo Studio

5 May 2018

Experiment, play and learn using this innovative material in Silo Studio's hands-on crash course.

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Weaving Demo with Christabel Balfour

9 –13 May 2018

Watch Christabel Balfour weave an inspired rug design in the Barbican Shop.

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Architecture on Stage: de Vylder Vinck Taillieu

10 May 2018, 19:00

Join Belgian architects Jan De Vylder, Inge Vinck and Jo Taillieu in conversation

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Weaving Workshop with Christabel Balfour

13 –27 May 2018

Weave you way through our Brutalist architecture and get inspired as you learn the techniques of hand-weaving in Christabel Balfour's weaving workshops.

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