Spotlight: 20th-century art in focus

14 Sep - 08 Dec 2019

Featuring artists such as Graham Sutherland, Dame Laura Knight, C R W Nevinson, Amy Drucker, John Nash, this exhibition brings into focus a part of Royal Holloway’s collection rarely on public display

Festive market

05 Dec 2019

Royal Holloway invites everyone to visit our annual festive market. Along with a wide variety of market stalls, there will be festive food and drink and live performances from our students.

Jazz session: Department of Music

05 Dec 2019

Some of Royal Holloway’s finest young jazz specialists showcase their talent in an evening of toe-tapping tunes.

English Heritage Christmas

06 Dec 2019

In the glorious surroundings of Apsley House, enjoy a programme of festive music by the Choir of Royal Holloway.

A festival of lessons and carols

07 Dec 2019

Our annual service of lessons and carols explores the joyful themes of Christmas through music and readings in the context of our diverese university community.

Picture Gallery short talks programme

11 Dec 2019

Join one of our art collections volunteers for a short talk on Ludwig Munthe’s Snow Scene.

StoryFutures Academy presents: ILMxLAB Masterclass with Mohen Leo

11 Dec 2019

This talk aims to provide insight into ILMxLAB's narrative development process and philosophy, using the example of the episodic VR story Vader Immortal.

A festival of lessons and carols

12 Dec 2019

Our annual service of lessons and carols explores the joyful themes of Christmas through music and readings in the context of our diverese university community.

Christmas with the Choir of Royal Holloway

13 Dec 2019

To get yourselves into the Christmas spirit, join Rupert Gough and the Choir of Royal Holloway in an evening of music for the festive season.

Impressions of Modern Life

13 Jan - 03 Apr 2020

Royal Holloway, University of London presents Impressions of modern life: prints from The Courtauld Gallery, an exhibition showcasing 24 prints by world-renowned artists.

Picture Gallery Composer-in-Residence Showcase 1: Choir of Royal Holloway

15 Jan 2020

We are pleased to showcase the newest cohort of the Picture Gallery Composer-in-Residence Programme, presenting new music inspired by our beautiful Picture Gallery and its collection.

Picture Gallery short talks programme

15 Jan 2020

Join one of our art collections volunteers for a short talk on John MacWhirter’s Spindrift.

Dating human interaction with climate change in the last 300,000 years, problems, advances and potential

16 Jan 2020

This lecture is a personal perspective on efforts to resolve the role past climate change has played on human dispersal and evolution in the later Quaternary (last 300,000 years).

BTHVN2020: Simon Watterton (piano)

16 Jan 2020

We are thrilled to welcome back Simon Watterton to our concert series for an evening of Beethoven, the first of a series of events at Royal Holloway.

Bright, dusky, bright: On poetry translation

21 Jan 2020

This lecture explores the process of literary translation, drawing on the speaker’s extensive experience as a literary translator from Finnish.

Applicants for Admission to the Casual Ward: Temporary respite for the desperate

22 Jan 2020

Luke Fildes’ painting is one of the bleakest and most poignant in our collections. Join Curator, Laura MacCulloch, to explore the story behind Sir Luke Fildes’ dark depiction of Victorian poverty.