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Wed 14 Oct

Weaving History: Ken Follett and the Bayeux Tapestry

Internationally bestselling author Ken Follett will reflect on the links between his novel The Evening and the Morning and the Bayeux Tapestry. Drawing on the…

Arts

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Thu 15 Oct

Reading Group on Une femme en contre-jour by Gaëlle Josse

As part of the 200 Years of Photography cycle, the French Institute’s reading group will shine a light on Vivian Maier (1926-2009) whose invisible life…

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29 Aug - 19 Dec

Café Philo

Open to everyone interested in discussing philosophical issues in an informal setting, the Institut’s Café Philo meets every Saturday.

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Tue 20 Oct

Mathieu Belezi on the Violence of Empire

The French Institute is delighted to welcome Mathieu Belezi for the English-language launch of Attacking Earth and Sun, the first of his novels to appear…

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Thu 29 Oct

Eve Guerra on Loss and Homecoming

The French Institute is delighted to welcome Eve Guerra for the English-language launch of her debut novel, Repatriation, as part of the Institut's Black History…

Arts

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Wed 4 Nov

The Bayeux Tapestry : Between Myth & History

Join Michael Lewis, lead curator of the British Museum's Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, and Leonie Hicks, Professor of Medieval Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University, for…

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Tue 10 Nov

Jonathan Coe on Ravel and Vaughan Williams and the Music of Nations

Jonathan Coe's new novel, Lessons in Harmony, imagines the unlikely friendship between the celebrated French composer Maurice Ravel and his British pupil, the rising Ralph…

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Thu 12 Nov

Reading Group on Quand tu écouteras cette chanson by Lola Lafon

This reading group is dedicated to Lola Lafon's Quand tu écouteras cette chanson. Please note that the author won’t be present in person. In Quand…

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Tue 24 Nov

In Conversation with Rachid Benzine

What can literature do in times of war? Join novelist and political scientist Rachid Benzine for the UK publication of The Man Who Read Books,…

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Wed 2 Dec

In One Brief Moment All Eternity with Elif Shafak

Booker Prize shortlisted author Elif Shafak presents her latest opus, In One Brief Moment All Eternity, a luminous reinvention of Gustave Flaubert’s life, told through…

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Wed 9 Dec

Claude Monet: A Life in Letters

To mark the centenary of Claude Monet’s death (5 December 1926), Teresa Krasny and Karen Serres, art experts and co-authors of Claude Monet: A Life…

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Thu 17 Dec

Reading Group on L’allègement des vernis by Paul Saint-Bris

This reading group is dedicated to Paul Saint-Bris’s L'allègement des vernis. Please note that the author won’t be present in person. In L'allègement des vernis,…

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Thu 25 Feb

Roland, Turoldus and the Bayeux Tapestry: Storytelling in the World of 1066

The Oxford Chanson de Roland, preserved in a unique manuscript written in Anglo-Norman and held in the Bodleian Library, is a heroic tale of warfare, loyalty…

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12 - 14 May

Photo London: Symposium on the History of Photography

The French Institute will organise a symposium on the history of photography during Photo London, curated by Taous Dahmani, a London-based French-British-Algerian art historian specialising…

Talks

Tue 18 May

The Bayeux Tapestry and Medieval Women

The presence of only six women in the Bayeux Tapestry raises questions about women’s role in times of war and conquest. Elisabeth Van Houts, Honorary…

Arts

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Concerts

Kids & Families

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Highlights of the Month

Next event : De Gaulle (Part 1): Résistance
Sun 11 Oct at 18:00

Arts

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Concerts

Festivals & Series

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Performances

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14 Oct 2026 - 25 July 2027

Beyond Bayeux: Stories from the Middle Ages

Next event : Weaving History: Ken Follett and the Bayeux Tapestry
Wed 14 Oct at 19:00

Books & Ideas

Talks

16 Apr - 18 June

Reading Group

Next event : Reading Group on Une femme en contre-jour by Gaëlle Josse
Thu 15 Oct at 18:15

Heritage Series

Next event : The Bayeux Tapestry : Between Myth & History
Wed 04 Nov at 19:00

Arts

Books & Ideas

Concerts

Films

Talks

Women Shaping the World

Next event : Nathalie Baye: A Hundred Lives
Thu 26 Nov

Arts

Films

Sept 2026 - Sept 2027

200 Years of Photography

Next event : William Klein: 100
Tue 02 Feb at 17:00

Our Annual Festivals

Festivals & Series

Films

18 - 29 Nov

French Film Festival London

Books & Ideas

Festivals & Series

Films

Talks

8 - 21 June

Beyond Words

Kids & Families

16 - 24 March

South Ken Kids Festival 2026

Books & Ideas

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Thu 5 Feb

Night of Ideas

Edinburgh