Natural History Museum

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Eat Insects At The Natural History Museum

Would you care for a cockroach?

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Preview: The Global Party, 15-16 September

A preview of what has been dubbed ‘the social event of the decade’, along with where to find the action in London.

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Rare Dual Sex Butterfly Hatched At The Natural History Museum

Sensational butterfly born at ‘Sensational Butterflies’ exhibition

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London’s other stories, including good news for a certain docklands exhibition centre…

Elm seeds from FC Picture Library by Isobel Cameron

Ulmus Londinium: Help Map London’s Elms

Take up elm spotting this spring.

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Today we offer you a London peopled by lollipop ladies, Chelsea pensioners, fluffy dogs and posh diamonds.

Flamenco Festival. Photo by Javier Suárez

Arts Ahead: What’s On In London 8–14 February

Flamenco, photography and fornicating animals. That’s what’s coming up this week on London’s cultural calendar

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Animal Stuff: Extinct At Hunterian & Images Of Nature At NHM

Two new exhibitions open about the natural world. Extinct at the Hunterian shows what we’ve lost, while the NHM’s Images of Nature displays the museum’s best art.

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Museum Treasures Take A Cultural Tour

Five reclusive objects are released from their store rooms to begin a tour of London’s cultural institutions.

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Photo / Limna Never knowlingly lost for a quip, Boris Johnson has offered City Hall as a possible venue for the Royal wedding. In other news from Planet Blond, the Mayor is to play a starring role in trying to revive England’s bid for the …

A marvel of ants. © Bence Máté / Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010.

Review: Wildlife Photographer of the Year @ NHM

Very few previews attract such a shoal of press as the annual wildlife photography show at the Natural History Museum. With good reason. No one can be unmoved by the wonders of nature, especially when writ large on glowing boxes. This year’s event, the 46th, …