MONDAY 14TH

FILM

Hackney Bicycle Film Society: Short Films

HBFS are pleased to be teaming up with our friends at Look Mum No Hands Bicycle Cafe to bring you an evening inspired by the Bicycle Portraits Project in South Africa with an evening of short films of people across the world talking about their bikes and why they ride.

Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Look Mum No Hands, EC1V
Price: Free

Passenger Films: Kings of the Road

(1976), Wim Wender’s film about a travelling cinema projectionist on the borders of East and West Germany.

Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Roxy Bar and Screen, SE1
Price: £4

Justice for Sergei

Justice for Sergei is the harrowing story of Sergei Magnitksy, a Russian lawyer thrown in jail and tortured by the very officials he was prosecuting. Held in a pre-trial detention without being formally charged, and denied access to medical care for six months, Sergei continued to fight the government while refusing to perjure himself before he died in detention. Followed by a Q&A with co-director Martin Maat, moderated by William Browder, Hermitage Capital Management.

Time: 7pm
Venue: Frontline Club, W2
Price: £10

TECH

NOT@SXSW

Likeminds, WildIrishGuy Productions and the Irish International Business Network to invite you to a NOT@SXSW social gathering. Included in the ticket price will be free drinks and free Tex–Mex food to get the event off to a rousing start. As the Irish Club are very kindly hosting the party and of course don’t forget it is St Paddy’s day that week, we felt it would be in order to invite an Irish band to play for your entertainment.

Time: 7.30pm
Venue: The Irish Club, EC4Y
Price: £20

CULTURE

Your night is my day: London’s Underground never sleeps

As the commuters of London leave and the last tubes close their doors for the night, there are bands of people across the city descending unseen to work on the tube lines. What are they doing and what difference does it make to the lives of everyday commuting Londoners?

Time: 1pm
Venue: Museum of London, EC2
Price: Free

Imperfect bodies?: Clinical and sociological perspectives on obesity

Time: 6pm
Venue: UCL, NW1
Price: Free

Triumph of the City: how our greatest invention makes us richer, smarter, greener, healthier and happier

Building and maintaining cities is difficult and density has costs, but in this presentation Professor Edward Glaeser will argue that these costs are worth bearing, because whether in London’s ornate arcades or Rio’s fractious favelas, whether in the high rises of Hong Kong or the dusty workplaces of Dharavi, our culture, our prosperity, and our freedom are all ultimately gifts of people living, working, and thinking together – the ultimate triumph of the city.

Time: 6.30pm
Venue: LSE, WC2A
Price: Free