Free exhibitions in London

Poly Styrene, Chrissy Hynde, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Debbie Harry; this autumn, as part of the city-wide Up Yours! Festival, the Museum of Youth Culture will celebrate the women behind the punk movement with a landmark exhibition. God Save The Queens is dedicated to the legacy of Poly Styrene, the visionary frontwoman of X-Ray Spex. It will bring together rare and previously unseen artwork, photography, fashion and personal archival material, with highlights including the Poly Styrene Archive, original artworks by radical feminist photographer Linder, previously unseen artwork from X-Ray Spex saxophonist Lora Logic, and archival fashion pieces from the inconic pink-haired designed Dame Zandra Rhodes. 

Nothing sparks creativity like a good zine fair. And Lewisham-based printers and publishers PageMasters puts on some of the best in the city. For it’s market this weekend, the organisation has curated a killer line-up of 40 small presses and publishers including the likes of Camp! Boooks and Prints, Sticky Fingers Publishing, Strike Design Studio, Montez Press and The Slow Grind, all of which will be peddling their wares at the Sputh London Gallery. DJs from East Anglia Records will be providing a soundbed as you browse a huge range of zines, and there’s a paid workshop with zine-making club Artizine on the Saturday for anyone who wants to learn some tips and tricks on how to make their own.