Events archive

22.02.2008 Architects could have a major influence on reducing carbon emissions, so three cheers for the Royal Institute of British Architect's programme of talks on climate change and the role of the built environment.

22.02.2008 A season of films celebrating the diversity and breadth of cinema from China comes to the ICA in London, 20 March-10 April.

21.02.2008 After 40 years of building a home in London, Agnes is retiring and moving back to Ghana. But her eldest, Sol, is living with a girlfriend Agnes loathes, and he won't move home until Agnes accepts her. Meanwhile, younger brother Caleb will do whatever it takes to inherit the house, except share it with Sol. Will she trust her 21st century boys and finally allow them to be men? Who will own the House of Agnes?

17.02.2008 It's Oral History Day, Saturday 1 March, which brings together scholars, filmmakers and oral history specialists to reflect on the 1948 Nakba.

15.02.2008 To celebrate the advances in solar technology, the Science Museum will be showcasing the next generation of solar-powered cars in a three-day event during half-term.

06.02.2008 US female soldiers in combat in Iraq, Ariel Dorfman looking back to the bloody coup in Chile, American artist Steve Kurtz facing 20 years in prison for having test tubes in his apartment, extraordinary interviews with 14 survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: some of the 25 films from 19 countries that form the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in London, in March.

05.02.2008 Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Chad, Chile, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, former Yugoslavia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Lebanon, Liberia, Nepal, Palestine, Sudan, Uganda and USA feature in the forthcoming Human Rights Watch International Film Festival (12-21 March).

05.02.2008 Enjoy a fairground with a difference at the launch of Fairtrade Fortnight 2008 at London’s South Bank on Sunday 24 February.