Events

    • Helen Mirren - photo by Giles Keyte
    • 14 Feb 2013 - 14 Jun 2013
    • The Audience

    • A new play opens at the Gielgud Theatre, London, starring Helen Mirren, that charts the relationships of The Queen and the twelve Prime Ministers who have served during her sixty-year reign.

    • Mosaic of a guard dog. From the House of Orpheus, Pompeii, 1st century AD. Copyright Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei Trustees of the British Museum. Image only to be used for the publicity of the British Museum exhibition 'Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum'
    • 27 Mar 2013 - 28 Sep 2013
    • Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum

    • AD 79. In just 24 hours, two cities in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy were buried by a catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Preserved under ash, their rediscovery nearly 1,700 years later provided an unparalleled glimpse into the daily life of the Roman Empire.

    • Design Museum & Blueprint Cafe, Butlers Wharf, London
    • 19 Nov 2013 - 01 Mar 2014
    • Paul Smith: Design Museum, London

    • This exhibition, presented through the different stages of design and production behind a catwalk collection, will explore how Paul Smith’s unique and intuitive take on design, coupled with an understanding of the importance between designer and retailer, have laid the foundations for the company’s lasting success.