London events today and this week

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The Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum

10:00 to 17:00 British Museum, Bloomsbury

Seventy metres of embroidery, in England for the first time in nearly a thousand years, in Room 30 until July. Every ticket to 31 December has gone. January to March goes on sale on 21 October.

Talks

Bloomsbury Festival

Times vary Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury

Until 31 Oct

Bloomsbury Festival's twentieth year: 150 events through October in the squares, churches and colleges around Russell Square.

Exhibitions

Korea at the British Museum

10:00 to 17:00 British Museum, Bloomsbury

The British Museum's big autumn show, on the Korean peninsula through ceramics, Buddhist sculpture and painting, opens Thursday.

Comedy £14.25

Museum of Comedy: James Campbell’s Comedy 4 Kids, 2pm

14:00 to 15:00 Museum of Comedy, Bloomsbury

Stand-up for children from James Campbell, who started it in 2001. The theme in October: the funny life of teachers. Age 6+.

Comedy £14.25

Museum of Comedy: James Campbell’s Comedy 4 Kids, 4.30pm

16:30 to 17:30 Museum of Comedy, Bloomsbury

Stand-up for children from James Campbell, who started it in 2001. The theme in October: the funny life of teachers. Age 6+.

Comedy £14.25

Museum of Comedy: James Campbell’s Comedy 4 Kids

14:00 to 15:00 Museum of Comedy, Bloomsbury

Stand-up for children from James Campbell, who started it in 2001. The theme in October: the funny life of teachers. Age 6+.

Comedy £5

Museum of Comedy: The Monday Club

19:00 to 21:00 Museum of Comedy, Bloomsbury

The Museum bar's weekly night of new material from circuit comics, £5 ahead or on the door from 6pm. Age 14+.

Comedy £11.25, concessions £9.25

Museum of Comedy: The Instant Musical

19:00 to 20:00 Museum of Comedy, Bloomsbury

A musical made up on the spot from audience suggestions: songs, dance routines and plot twists. Suitable for all ages.

Comedy £9.25

Museum of Comedy: Juliette Burton: Villain Era

20:30 to 21:45 Museum of Comedy, Bloomsbury

Juliette Burton's Edinburgh Fringe hour on what fictional villains taught her about giving up being a good girl. Age 16+.

Talks Free

Bloomsbury Festival: The Science of Growing Minds

10:00 Birkbeck, University of London, Bloomsbury

Part of the Bloomsbury Festival, which runs across October in its twentieth year and puts about a hundred and fifty events into the museums, churches, libraries and squares of Bloomsbury. Free, walk in.

Gigs £10 to £15

Bloomsbury Festival: Sankofa

19:00 Holy Cross Church, Bloomsbury

Part of the Bloomsbury Festival, which runs across October in its twentieth year and puts about a hundred and fifty events into the museums, churches, libraries and squares of Bloomsbury. £10 to £15.

Comedy £18.75, concessions £11.25

Museum of Comedy: Terror at the Haunted Starbucks

19:30 to 21:20 Museum of Comedy, Bloomsbury

Weirdos Comedy's annual Halloween show, part horror pantomime and part farce, with fancy dress welcome. Age 18+.