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The Institute of Sexology at Wellcome Collection
November's Cog Night was a visit to The Institute of Sexology at Wellcome Collection. An exhibition about those who have...

Daren Cook at Typo Circle
Talks about branding can sometimes be an unprepared monologue through the speaker’s portfolio. Thankfully, we were taken on a well-thought-out...

Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album at Royal Academy
I felt a little guilty getting sucked in by a ‘celebrity’ artist, but I was immediately drawn to this exhibition....

Digital Revolution at Barbican
For our September Cog Night out we visited the Digital Revolution event at The Barbican, an exhibition led by artists,...

Drain Brain: Sir Peter Bazalgette
Sir Peter Bazalgette (Chair of Arts Council England) gave a talk about the engineering works of his ancestor, the Victorian...

Circus Geeks Beta Testing
With its annual circus festival, the Roundhouse continues to be one of London’s most interesting live event spaces. This year,...

Dennis Severs’ House: Silent Night
Described by it's American creator as a 'still-life drama', each of the 10 rooms in this four-storey Georgian terrace act...

The London Art Fair 2014
Going from strength-to-strength, since its inception in 1988, the London Art Fair now attracts over 30,000 visitors across its six...

Cog Christmas 2013
It's always quite odd, choosing from a menu for a meal you're not going to have for over a month,...

National Youth Theatre’s Tory Boyz
It’s five years since James Graham’s Tory Boyz was at Soho Theatre. I can still remember the rave reviews and...

Not Just Beer and Bingo! A social history of working men’s clubs
Having been a member of a Working Man's club, and always being fascinated by the culture behind social clubs, when...

Brothels, Bishops and Bards
We joined a Blue Badge Guide called Brian, who promised to reveal the secrets and stories of the short stretch...

The Tempest at Shakespeare’s Globe
For our August Cog Night, we headed to Shakespeare’s Globe to watch The Tempest. Having never seen or read The...

Jon Savage in conversation with Michael Bracewell
As part of the hugely popular 'David Bowie is' exhibition; writer, broadcaster and journalist, Jon Savage, was joined by fellow...

RA Summer Exhibition
On the 21st of June the team set out on an outing to the infamous Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition. For...

Pick Me Up
On what turned out to be a glorious, almost summer-like evening, the Cog team meandered their way along the Strand...

Ansel Adams – At The Waters Edge
I've always been a fan of Ansel Adams's work, since my first photography lesson at art college, so when I...

Last and First Cabaret
Let me state at the beginning - I have a lot of affection for Greenwich Dance. We worked with them...