One Day in the City

11.00 - 18.00 South Cloisters

The Invisible City is a site-responsive interactive audio promenade created by Anna Brownsted. Due to the nature of the work, on-site booking during ‘One Day in the City’ is required. To begin, locate the pop-up travel agency in the UCL South Cloisters.

19:00 - 20:15 Darwin Lecture Theatre

"London and Literature: Reflections"

10:00 - 11:00  Darwin Lecture Theatre

We are extremely excited that Iain Sinclair, one of London's most revered commentators, novelists, and poets, has agreed to give the opening address at UCL's Festival of London and Literature. After this he will be in conversation with the celebrated filmmaker and novelist, Chris Petit, and our very own Professor Iain Borden.

17:45 - 18:45 Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre

supported by Waterstones

14:00 - 15:00 Darwin Lecture Theatre

A showing of William Raban's short film, The Houseless Shadow, followed by a conversation between

15:45 - 17:00: Darwin Lecture Theatre

The afternoon will conclude and the evening begin with a lively debate on what makes London a writers' city. Join the poets Daljit Nagra and Salena Godden, and the novelists Alex Preston and Adam Thirlwell, as they debate how London and writing about London has inspired their own work and lives. As an introduction to this event, a number of young writers working with the charity, First Story, will read some work coming out of creative writing workshops held earlier in the day.

14:00 - 15:00: Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre

Chair: Kasia Boddy

14:00 - 15:00: Haldane Room

On 19 May the RIBA held a very successful half-day workshop, where Assistant Curator of Photographs Justine Sambrook and freelance photographer Andy Day (www.kiell.com) explored new ways of seeing and experiencing architecture through the medium of photography and the urban sport parkour. The workshop began with a visit to the RIBA's world-class photographic archive and concluded with a hands-on session led by Day, during which participants had an opportunity to shoot on location with professional parkour athletes. 

13:00 - 14:00: Haldane Room

Chair: Hope Wolf
Jonathan Black, An Alien Race on our Streets? The Costermonger in pre-First World War British Literature and Painting

13:00 - 14:00: Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre

Chair: Michael Stewart
Luke Davies, Writing Homelessness in London: 1903-1933

13:00 - 14:00: Darwin Lecture Theatre

Chair: Greg Dart

11:00 - 12:00: Haldane Room

Chair: David Roberts

Doris Bremm, Visualizing London: Using Digital Mapping Tools in the English Composition Classroom

11:00 - 12:00: Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre

Chair: Matthew Ingleby

Hilary Powell and Isaac Marrero, The Art of Dissent: London's Olympic State

11:00 - 12:00: Darwin Lecture Theatre

Chair: Jane Darcy

On 19 May 2012 there was a half-day workshop where Assistant Curator of Photographs Justine Sambrook and freelance photographer Andy Day explored new ways of seeing and experiencing architecture through the medium of photography and the urban sport parkour.

British Museum, Senate House, Darwin Lecture Theatre

We are very proud to be working in partnership with First Story to offer a number of creative writing workshops on 15 June 2012. Both Daljit Nagra and Salena Godden will be working alongside volunteers and teachers to guide schoolchildren through the creative writing process. The children will begin the day in the British Museum, where they will be inspired by an artefact; they will proceed to Senate House Library where the writing workshops will take place; and in the afternoon they will make their way to UCL where some of  the writing will be performed alongside that of novelists Adam Thirlwell and Will Self.

Parthenon Gallery, British Museum