Things To Do In London Today: Monday 5 August 2013

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Timepiece at Roundhouse, details below. Photo: Stephen White

Listings

BLOOD: Today’s opportunites to donate blood are at Bishopsgate Institute and The Hop Exchange on Southwark Street. Free, see site for terms and conditions.

EEL MUSIC: Celebrate the musical heritage of Eel Pie Island at Orleans House Gallery with photographs, artwork, music and other memorabilia from the Island's heyday. Free, just turn up, until 29 September - CORRECTION: THIS ISN'T OPEN ON MONDAYS - SORRY!

PATRICK: This month, BFI Southbank celebrate the acting talent of Patrick McGoohan: A Genuine Original. See website for full listings, until 30 August

CAMDEN FRINGE: There is loads going on at Camden Fringe. Check out today's listings for inspiration. See website for listings, until 25 August

OLYMBOOK: Olympic gold medal winning rower Katherine Grainger is signing copies of her autobiography at Waterstones Leadenhall Market. Free, just turn up, 12.30pm

PARIS: To accompany Wallace Collection’s summer exhibition, The Discovery of Paris, author and historian Philip Mansel leads a lecture on Paris: World City of the Nineteenth Century. Free, just turn up, 1-2pm

TIME: Art meets science as John Heilbron, historian of science, has a chat to Conrad Shawcross, whose giant clock installation Timepiece is at the Roundhouse, about the history of timekeeping. Pay what you like but book tickets, 6.30pm


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