🎨 The Guardian (@theguardian.com) cartoonist Ella Baron’s exhibition reveals the unseen toll of the #UkraineWar through intimate drawings and testimonies—capturing trauma, memory & hope.🖊️ “There’s nothing left to draw of an amputated limb but memories.” — Ella Baron 🔗Register: bit.ly/4g99jJJ

My exhibition ‘Battles of the Mind’, explores trauma & imagination through drawings I made in Ukraine in collaboration with Médecins Sans Frontières & The Guardian. Join me for the launch at King's College London Bush House this Thursday 18th September by registering here 🖤 tinyurl.com/dvhfnfc9

🗣️ Is AI a tool for enhancing creativity or does it pose a threat to authentic human expression? Join us and @aiatkings.bsky.social for the discussion featuring @drkatedevlin.bsky.social, @clemicollett.bsky.social, Genevieve Liveley and Sarah Perry. 🗓️ 21 May 2025 ⏰ 19:30-20:45 🎟️ Register ⤵️

Gaming, media and digital arts professionals - join our Arts & Creativity Hub at the Informatics Industry Showcase 2025 to explore how AI is transforming creativity! 🎮🎨 📅 11 June ⏰ 14.00 - 17.00 📍Bush House, WC2B 4BG Register ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/informatic...

Fascinating insights tonight for opening of the King’s Festival of Artificial Intelligence @aiatkings.bsky.social and brilliant programme of events 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/serie...

Johanna Walker, Lucy Bell, James Joshua Otto, @mtrc.bsky.social and Jennifer Ding will follow the performance of Humans in the Loop with a panel discussion. Supported by @kingsnmes.bsky.social and King's Culture. Tickets: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-l...

👏 Congratulations to Sofía Ramírez Sandoval (CMCI MA) and Lilien Ezeugwu (CMCI PhD), who have been selected as King’s Student Fellows for the Venice Fellowships Programme, supported by the British Council and @kingscmci.bsky.social. Read more about their creative projects 🔽

Love hearing expert musical input from Dr Flora Willson 🎶 🎭 @kingsmusic.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social for the epic opera Turandot @royaloperahouse.bsky.social

Join a hands on workshop with artist & anthropologist Liz Hingley (SIM project) and explore some of the intricate ties between smartphones, mobility, and belonging 🔨📲🌏 The map was part of London Design Festival at #V&A last year. www.kcl.ac.uk/events/bonds... @kingsartshums.bsky.social

The UK Chancellor will set out the #SpringBudget this week. Dr Daniele Girardi (@kcl-spe.bsky.social) explains how the Spring Statement works and what is expected to be announced… #KingsQs 🧵⬇

The Oxford Street consultation is still open, and I’m urging all Londoners to have their say on the proposed plans for one of the city’s most iconic locations. You have until 2 May 2025 to share your views:

The Eye Bach Choir welcomes you along to this May 18th afternoon performance in Suffolk with works by 20th & 21st century composers 🎶💛Conductor Benedict Collins Rice. Early 🐤 ticket discount available. Buffet refreshments included 🍰🍓 eyebachchoir.co.uk/forthcoming-...

Imaging Peace now open on the Strand - new outdoor exhibition featuring global community peace photography projects by Dr Tiffany Fairey @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social produced by King's Culture 📸🌏 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/imaging... (c) Ro Yassin Abdumonab/ Rohingyatographer

Waymarkers to open in The Curiosity Cabinet @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social a living exhibition and intimate archive from artist & anthropologist Liz Hingley/ the SIM Project, sharing stories of mobility and belonging 📸🌏📱 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/waymark... @kingsartshums.bsky.social @kingsdh.bsky.social

This time last year we were GLOWing on the Strand 💚 for International Women’s Day @kingsdigitallab.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social #digitalart #iwd #artists #outdoorart #immersive

NEW: Men and women belonging to Gen Z are more divided than those of any other generation on key questions about feminism, gender roles and women’s rights Read our new 30-country study with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social for #IWD2025: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/gen-z-m... 🧵⬇️

“It can feel like we are on the verge of the World War Three. And broken Britain is quite depressing, isn’t it? Before, I’d have been really worried. Now I’m just happy to go down with the ship. My job from now on is just to try and keep up the good vibe” ❤️❤️ tinyurl.com/55ac3k6z

Publishing today! 'The Strand: A biography' is the first history of one of London's most extraordinary streets, revealing how it grew in importance over millennia until everything that mattered converged on the Strand. Available now in this stunning hardback edition. #London

Two young ladies walking along a pavement holding the skirts up to avoid the rain The Strand near Charing Cross Station London, 1900 s Credit & Photo by Museum of London /Heritage Images/science Photo Library

St Mary le Strand is a striking Baroque church in London, designed by James Gibbs and completed in 1724. It stands elegantly on a traffic island along the Strand, originally intended as one of Queen Anne’s “Fifty New Churches”. #historicarchitecture

🇺🇦 On 27 February, the exhibition ‘Ukraine: Architectures of Despair and Hope’ opens at Europe House in London. Curated by Dr Gabriele Salciute Civiliene @kingsdh.bsky.social, it sheds light on the fragility of architecture and the resilience of Ukrainians. Read more ⬇️ #Ukraine

Hearing about Edible Incredible 🌱 brilliant scheme and community of growers & food mapping across #Lambeth borough and the UK 🌱 part of Vital Communities london.sciencegallery.com/vital-signs

A ring and its world: Anglo-Saxon Exeter and Devon, 29 March 2025, 10.30-4.15pm, RAMM and Cathedral, £25/30 A day of exploration of everything Anglo-Saxon, including a chance to see rare charters, objects and coins from the period, as well as this stunning ring! rammuseum.org.uk/whats-on/a-r...

COLLECT 2025 - the leading international art fair for contemporary craft and design 27 Feb - 02 Mar 2025 www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/col...

Self-healing roads, made from biomass waste and designed using AI, could offer a solution to the country’s £143 million pothole problem www.kcl.ac.uk/news/self-he... 🛣️ @kingsnmes.bsky.social

So, so chuffed that the wonderful charity Medicinema is getting BAFTA's Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award tonight, and proud to know some of the folk who work for it. More cinemas in hospitals, please! 👏👏 #Baftas www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...

St Mary-le-Strand with Somerset House (which then housed the Royal Academy of Art) shown to the right nestling within a splendid terrace heading east towards Temple Bar, by Thomas Malton #London May 1781

As the #AIActionSummit begins today, King's College London academics from kingsnmes.bsky.social and kingsartshums.bsky.social shared their expectations for the event, and hopes for the development and use of AI in society. @aiatkings.bsky.social

Upcoming lecture at RAMM! 25 February 2025 2–3pm From the Ottoman World to Exeter: The Untold Story of RAMM’s Natural History Collections - Dr Semih Celik Head to @rammuseum.bsky.social website and click on What's On - Talks and Lectures - to book your ticket (members £8, standard £10)

‘Worse than the 1980s’ – that’s the arts sector now. It’s not a good look for a Labour government www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Historic book of town's witch trials to be displayed - 300 year-old book of witch trials held in Bury St Edmunds will go on display later this month www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"We need to completely shatter the idea that full-time work has to be 40+ hours. A 30-hour workweek would make it possible for more women to go into leadership" @heejungchung.bsky.social quoted in Forbes on outdated work norms keeping women out of leadership roles www.forbes.com/sites/pklein...

‘In Attendance- Paying attention in a fragile world’ exhibition at Fitzrovia Chapel with artists Etel Adnan, Emmanuel Awuni, Phyllida Barlow, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Gabriella Boyd, Miriam Cahn, Eve Sussman, Rachel Kneebone, Anj Smith, Paula Rego & Cathy Wilkes www.fitzroviachapel.org/series/in-at...

Watching Monty’s British Gardens and the stunning Beth Chatto Gardens near Colchester in Essex - many happy visits and time spent here 🌱🌱🌱

SOIL: THE WORLD AT OUR FEET latest exhibition at Somerset House 🥕🪱 unearthing soil’s vital role in our planet’s future - until 13 April 2025 www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/soil

In the midst of the whole nazi salute thing that is catching everyone's attention, let's not forget about the numerous attack on DEI, especially against the Trans Community, and the climate that has been passed by Trump yesterday. Let's NOT normalise this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

welcome to kingscat 🐱 a new @4cat.nl instance to support collaborative social media research at King's 🎊✨ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/gather-... created by @digitalmethods.net @oilab.bsky.social hosted by @kingsdh.bsky.social @digitalculturekcl.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social #opensource #socialmedia

Joan Plowright dies after long stage and screen career

EVENT: Are universities worth it? Join us, @resfoundation.bsky.social, David Willetts, Jacqui Smith & @bobbyduffy.bsky.social to discuss the controversial question of the returns from university for graduates, firms and the wider economy. ➡️ www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/are-u...

"I’m working to destigmatise the lives of refugees living in the UK." UK for UNHCR'S Vice-Chair of Trustees & Managing Director of Public Affairs at @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social Trinh Tu shares her experience of being forced to flee Vietnam. Get to know Trinh's incredible story 👉 buff.ly/40dt4Z5

These are the faces of forcibly displaced people. Artist Es Devlin’s FACE to FACE: 50 Encounters with Strangers shares the stories of 50 people who fled their homes and now call London their home. Learn more: bit.ly/4fYLXog @unrefugeesuk.bsky.social

The Tales of Hoffmann review – fun, carnivalesque staging goes to the dark side www.theguardian.com/music/2024/n... ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review by Flora Willson @kingsartshums.bsky.social for @theguardian.com

Incredible screening performance of Jaques Offenbach’s ‘Tales of Hoffmann’ #RoyalBalletandOpera world class singing & opera fantastique! 🦜

"I believe we are at a critical juncture in gender equality" Read our new director @heejungchung.bsky.social's plans to address gender equality by reshaping work culture, better promoting inclusive feminism, and fostering greater collaboration with men ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/my-plan...

Good start to 2025 here on 🦋 and recent blue skies on Strand Aldwych 🩵💙