Wellcome Collection building, 183 Euston Road, 5.30 pm
A slightly wordy if intriguing title for this history of psychiatry and psychology research seminar, organised by the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL. Professor John Forrester from the University of Cambridge reveals why 1919 was an annus mirabilis for probing the psyche.
How Vermin are Shaping our Future Cities
Public Works, 2-4 Scrutton Street, 6.30
You have to register for this one, but it’s worth going to for three reasons.
1) A zoologist, pest control officer, architectural historian and artist discuss rats and other small furry dirtbags.
2) It’s on the evocatively named Scrutton Street, Shoreditch.
3) Bagels and beers are supplied.
This salon event is organised by This is not a Gateway, which ‘creates arenas/stages/platforms for emerging voices that rest outside of established circuits’.