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September at a glance

SEPTEMBER heralds the start of another school year and a welcome excuse to stock up on more stationery. Thankfully, London has a cornucopia of exhibitions, festivals and events (new and and will unveil art-inspired window installations as part of in collaboration with the Large-scale sculptures will appear across the area and Gary Hume-designed flags will hang along the length of Bond Street. The 19th returns on September 19, with events taking place from King’s Cross to Southwark (). And in photographers, galleries and publishers from around the world come together for the major annual photography fair, September 9–12 (. ). It’s your last chance to get up close and personal with ceramics, art and textiles from millennia gone by at the exhibition. Tickets are available until September 12 ().The temporary Covid vaccination centre has reacquainted many with its fascinating collections, none more so than the Zaha Hadid Architects-designed Spanning 400 years, the gallery demonstrates how mathematics are an intrinsic part of everyday life, guaranteed to excite even the most maths-phobic former students (). Keen and budding architects alike should check out the taking place on September 4–12. Organised by a charity dedicated to making the capital’s architecture more accessible, events include workshops, guided tours and talks. will present a list of at-risk buildings from the 1900s ().

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