| = Event is free of charge (sometimes a donation is appreciated) | |
| = Pre-Booking required. |
Thu, 9 Sep, 2010
| 11:00 AM | Exploring St Pancras International (Hampstead) |
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Discover how a Victorian Gothic masterpiece and its surroundings are being transformed for the 21st Century. |
| 01:00 PM | The Artificial Ape (Charing Cross) |
| Archaeologist Timothy Taylor shows how our early adoption of tools, objects, and, now, technology, has changed the course of human evolution | |
| 06:00 PM | A Winter on the Nile talk by Anthony Sattin (Southwark) |
| A talk about the time Florence Nightingale visited Egypt and the Nile river. | |
| 07:00 PM | Fully charged: Renewable energy and the future of transport (Mayfair) |
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Comedian, actor and writer Robert Llewellyn, hosts an event, looking at the future of electricity generation. |
| 08:00 PM | The Knights Templars in London (Southwark) |
| This illustrated talk will discuss places in London that were either occupied, owned or had some connection with the Knight Templars. | |
| All Day Event | Whale Skeleton (Poplar) |
| A headless skeleton of a rare North Atlantic right whale, seven metres long and weighs around half a tonne will be on display for a few days. | |
| TBA | Tours of RAF Bentley Priory |
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Guided tours of the former headquarters of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. |
Fri, 10 Sep, 2010
| 10:45 AM | Illumini 2010: Tour of Shoreditch Church Crypt, by Torch light (Whitechapel) |
| An atmospheric one hour tour of the Crypt by torch light. | |
| 11:00 AM | Illumini 2010: The Occult World of Subterranean London |
| The talk will cover where to meet druids, witches and wizards; how to find good tarot readers; the hidden, occult places of London, and more. | |
| 01:30 PM | Brave New World: the Docklands Explorer (Tower Hill) |
| Starting from Tower Hill, this walk traces a route across the redeveloped old London Dock complex which was originally developed in the early 1800's | |
| 02:00 PM | Guided Tour of Barts and Smithfield (Barbican) |
| A weekly tour of the great hall at the hospital along with the local churches and markets. | |
| 02:00 PM | Illumini 2010: Crypts, Creatures and Caverns: the Folklore of Subterranean London |
| Dark,tales of London's lost grottos and caverns, strange sewer creatures, urban legends and panics and ghostly goings-on in crypts and catacombs | |
| 05:00 PM | Illumini 2010: Subterranean City |
| Antony Clayton, author of Subterranean City will talk about various aspects of the inverted city beneath our streets | |
| 07:30 PM | Outdoor film in a Cemetery - A Matter of Life and Death (Peckham) |
| Nunhead Cemetery is the venue for a free outdoor screening of 1946 classic, A Matter of Life and Death | |
| All Day Event | Whale Skeleton (Poplar) |
| A headless skeleton of a rare North Atlantic right whale, seven metres long and weighs around half a tonne will be on display for a few days. | |
| TBA | Tours of RAF Bentley Priory |
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Guided tours of the former headquarters of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. |
Sat, 11 Sep, 2010
| 10:00 AM | Open day at RAF Bentley Priory |
| Open day at the former headquarters of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. | |
| 11:00 AM | Illumini 2010: Living London uncovers the mysteries that lie beneath us |
| Find out about secret tunnels and rooms that exist in our city. | |
| 02:00 PM | Illumini 2010: Eighth Wonder of the world |
| Robert Hulse, Director of The Brunel Museum, tells the story of the men who dug the Brunel Tunnel | |
| 02:00 PM | London Bridge & The City of London in the Night Blitz (Southwark) |
| Guided tour around London by Blitz Walkers. | |
| 04:30 PM | Illumini 2010: What lurks beneath - spirits and spectres of subterranean London |
| Rosie Murdie, ghost investigator and member of The Ghost Club will tell some of the ghostly tales associated with subterranean London. | |
| All Day Event | Landscaping: Artists, Maps and Britian (Camden) |
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A whole day of presentations, screenings and discussion exploring the contemporary cultural mapping of Britain |
| All Day Event | Thames Festival (Southwark) |
| A weekend of events culminating in a firework display. | |
| All Day Event | Whale Skeleton (Poplar) |
| A headless skeleton of a rare North Atlantic right whale, seven metres long and weighs around half a tonne will be on display for a few days. |
Sun, 12 Sep, 2010
| 10:00 AM | BioBlitz (Bow) |
| Come and join our scientists, naturalists and other experts, for a day of fun and discovery in Tower Hamlets Nature reserve. | |
| 10:30 AM | Guided tour of Spencer House (Green Park) |
| Summer tours of the London's only great eighteenth-century private palace to survive intact. | |
| 11:00 AM | Illumini 2010: Post Office underground miniature Train |
| A talk on the post office miniature underground railway, which was used to carry post through central London | |
| 11:00 AM | Walking tour of Smithfield (Barbican) |
| Executions, body snatchers, a plague pit, notorious trials and 'hanging breakfasts' at Newgate Prison - just part of our walk. | |
| 12:00 PM | The Spitalfields Show and Green Fair (Whitechapel) |
| Annual Horticultural Show displaying fruit, flowers and vegetables, home-made produce and handicrafts plus a whole range of stalls | |
| 02:00 PM | A Century of Cinema: 1910s (East Finchley) |
| A series of silent films with live piano accompaniment as part of the Phoenix Cinema centenary. | |
| 03:30 PM | Illumini 2010: Mysteries & ghosts of London Underground |
| A talk from a member of London Underground Staff, covering the baffling mysteries & ghosts on the Tube. | |
| All Day Event | Amersham Heritage Open Day |
| Annual event that is notable for usually running heritage trains to Amersham as well as the events within the town itself. | |
| All Day Event | Thames Festival (Southwark) |
| A weekend of events culminating in a firework display. | |
| All Day Event | Whale Skeleton (Poplar) |
| A headless skeleton of a rare North Atlantic right whale, seven metres long and weighs around half a tonne will be on display for a few days. | |
| TBA | Guided towpath walk to St. Pancras Water Tower (Islington) |
| Guided towpath walk to St. Pancras Water Tower, for panoramic views of the area. |
Mon, 13 Sep, 2010
| 06:00 PM | Sudan - Darfur and the Failure of an African State? (Green Park) |
| The African editor of The Economist will talk about the current situation in Sudan. | |
| 06:00 PM | The Victorians: Time and Space (Barbican) |
| A talk about the changes in communication and travel that redefined 'time' for the Victorians | |
| All Day Event | Whale Skeleton (Poplar) |
| A headless skeleton of a rare North Atlantic right whale, seven metres long and weighs around half a tonne will be on display for a few days. |
Tue, 14 Sep, 2010
| 11:00 AM | Illumini 2010: Silver Vaults |
| A virtual tour through the underground jewelers workshops of Hatton Garden | |
| 11:30 AM | Secret Tunnels and Hidden Passageways (Tower Hill) |
| Guided walk around the London Bridge area focusing on hidden tunnels and alleys | |
| 01:00 PM | Comets: ghostly wanderers in space (Picadilly) |
| This talk will explain scientists’ efforts to understand the history and composition of comets. | |
| 01:30 PM | Illumini 2010: Empire of Shadows |
| This talk explores Victorian London's criminal underworld through the plays of the day. | |
| 01:30 PM | Through the Time Tunnel: A Retrograde Ramble (Tower Hill) |
| Regular guided walk of London - running from modern day backwards to the ancient. | |
| 02:00 PM | Illumini 2010: Tour of Shoreditch Church Crypt by Torch light (Whitechapel) |
| An atmospheric one hour tour of the Crypt by torch light. | |
| 02:00 PM | Tour of Mansion House |
| Weekly tours of the splendour of the home of the Lord Mayor of London | |
| 03:00 PM | Guided Tour of St Bride's Church |
| Occasional guided tour of the 'journalists church' in Fleet Street | |
| 04:00 PM | Illumini 2010: Into the Belly of the Beast: Exploring London's Sewers |
| This talk will consider the allure of London's sewers, past and present. | |
| 07:00 PM | Bloodhound Project - 133,000 HP, 1,000 mph and a new generation of British engineers (Mayfair) |
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A talk about the British attempt to retake the land speed record. |
| 07:00 PM | London Histories at the Whitechapel Gallery (Whitechapel) |
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A panel of well-known Londoners will discuss the way the capital has evolved over the centuries to absorb cultures and peoples from all over the globe |
| All Day Event | Whale Skeleton (Poplar) |
| A headless skeleton of a rare North Atlantic right whale, seven metres long and weighs around half a tonne will be on display for a few days. |
Wed, 15 Sep, 2010
| 02:00 PM | Illumini 2010: Living London uncovers the mysteries that lie beneath us |
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Walking tour focusing on the subterranean secrets under the streets. |
| 03:00 PM | Spitfire flypast over Central London (Pimlico) |
| Flypast over Whitehall by a Spitfire plane. | |
| 06:00 PM | Breaking into the Museum (Barbican) |
| 15 young Londoners are allowed into closed off parts of the Museum of London - they filmed the results. | |
| 06:00 PM | The Quest for Meaning (Charing Cross) |
| Philosopher and scholar Tariq Ramadan asks: how can different religious traditions move beyond tolerant co-existence to mutual respect and enrichment | |
| 06:30 PM | Britain Votes 2010 (Green Park) |
| The Hansard Society will be hosting a talk by Prof John Curtice, followed by panel discussion and Q&A session. | |
| 06:30 PM | The Challange of Climate Change (Camden) |
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Lord Puttnam will explore the Challenges of Climate Change on both sides of the Atlantic. |
| 07:00 PM | Andy McNab: Spoken from the front 2 (Chelsea) |
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Andy Mc Nab will tell the stories of what he describes as modern-day heroes fighting modern-day wars. |
| 07:00 PM | Conspirator - Lenin in Exile (Bloomsbury) |
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A talk about Lenin's 17-year exile from Russia moving across Europe. |
| 07:00 PM | Who is winning the media war in Afghanistan? (Bayswater) |
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Debate on whether the UK media is reporting the war in Afghanistan accurately. |
Thu, 16 Sep, 2010
| 01:00 PM | The End of Discovery (Charing Cross) |
| Russell Stannard asks whether or not we are approaching the absolute limits of what we can know about ourselves and the world. | |
| 05:00 PM | HJS Event: Transatlantic Trends 2010 (Green Park) |
| A talk by the German Marshall Fund on transatlantic affairs and a new report on the same. | |
| 05:30 PM | Genetic changes that make new species (Picadilly) |
| Evening lecture by Mohamed Noor discussing the more recent genetic debates, areas of consensus and areas of ambiguity | |
| 06:00 PM | How liturgy affected the development of the organ |
| A talk about the church organ at St Margaret's Church in Lothbury | |
| 07:00 PM | Richard Dannatt: Leading from the front (Chelsea) |
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Former Chief of General Staff, sir Richard Dannatt will be discussing his career in the British Army. |
| 08:15 PM | Astronomers and Oddities (Hampstead) |
| A general overview of the Royal Astronomical Society's history and collections |
Fri, 17 Sep, 2010
| 01:00 PM | Pictures in the sky: the origin and history of the constellations |
| Illustrated talk on how the Greeks designed the constellations we still use today. | |
| 01:30 PM | Behind-the-scenes Tours of the Wellcome Collection (Camden) |
| Monthly tour of the medical museum and exhibition center in central London | |
| 01:30 PM | Brave New World: the Docklands Explorer (Tower Hill) |
| Starting from Tower Hill, this walk traces a route across the redeveloped old London Dock complex which was originally developed in the early 1800's | |
| 02:00 PM | Guided Tour of Barts and Smithfield (Barbican) |
| A weekly tour of the great hall at the hospital along with the local churches and markets. | |
| 08:00 PM | Hampstead Observatory Open Nights (Hampstead) |
| Winter opening of the telescope in Hampstead - if the night sky is clear of clouds |
Sat, 18 Sep, 2010
| 11:00 AM | The Trevor Barton Collection of Unusual Smoking Pipes (South Kensington) |
| A chance to see a collection of unusual smoking pipes and related items | |
| 02:00 PM | Blackheath & Greenwich at War (Blackheath) |
| Guided tour around London by Blitz Walkers. | |
| 08:00 PM | Hampstead Observatory Open Nights (Hampstead) |
| Winter opening of the telescope in Hampstead - if the night sky is clear of clouds |
Sun, 19 Sep, 2010
| 10:00 AM | Horseman's Sunday (Bayswater) |
| A parade of 100 horses as part of an annual tradition by the vicar of St John's Church | |
| 10:30 AM | Guided tour of Spencer House (Green Park) |
| Summer tours of the London's only great eighteenth-century private palace to survive intact. | |
| 11:00 AM | The Trevor Barton Collection of Unusual Smoking Pipes (South Kensington) |
| A chance to see a collection of unusual smoking pipes and related items | |
| 11:00 AM | Walking tour of Smithfield (Barbican) |
| Executions, body snatchers, a plague pit, notorious trials and 'hanging breakfasts' at Newgate Prison - just part of our walk. | |
| 12:00 PM | Hurricane & Spitfire flypast over Central London (Westminster) |
| A Hurricane & Spitfire will fly over Westminster | |
| 02:00 PM | Guided Tour of Copped Hall |
| Guided tour of this Georgian mansion - currently being restored - as well as the gardens. | |
| 02:00 PM | Guided tour of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park (Bow) |
| Monthly tours of the cemetery, to learn about the notable burials and the place as a nature reserve |
Mon, 20 Sep, 2010
| 04:30 PM | Managing Natural Resource Rents: China and Africa (Holborn) |
| Is China's strategy - of negotiating deals in which resources are exchanged for infrastructure - beneficial or a new variant of the plunder of Africa? | |
| 06:30 PM | Mobile Phones for Development (Holborn) |
| What impact can mobiles have on those previously excluded from financial services and communications networks? |
Tue, 21 Sep, 2010
| 11:00 AM | Guided Tour of The Royal Courts of Justice (Holborn) |
| Fortnightly tours of the vast Gothic inspired legal courts on Fleet Street | |
| 11:30 AM | Secret Tunnels and Hidden Passageways (Tower Hill) |
| Guided walk around the London Bridge area focusing on hidden tunnels and alleys | |
| 12:30 PM | Camden's Railway Heritage (Fleet Street) |
| A talk about the little known features of the former goods depot and the Camden Incline. | |
| 01:30 PM | Through the Time Tunnel: A Retrograde Ramble (Tower Hill) |
| Regular guided walk of London - running from modern day backwards to the ancient. | |
| 02:00 PM | Guided Tour of The Royal Courts of Justice (Holborn) |
| Fortnightly tours of the vast Gothic inspired legal courts on Fleet Street | |
| 02:00 PM | Tour of Mansion House |
| Weekly tours of the splendour of the home of the Lord Mayor of London | |
| 06:00 PM | Britain in the 20th Century - Progress and Decline (Barbican) |
| The impact of the loss of Empire and the growth of the government as state on Britain | |
| 06:30 PM | Designing by measure: Sir Christopher Wren and St Paul's Cathedral (Tottenham Court Road) |
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A talk on how Wren's design methods at St Paul's were tailored to his system of payment for masonry construction 'by measure'. |
| 06:30 PM | Industrial Revolution or Agricultural Revolution? (Holborn) |
| A panel debate on the relative importance of industrial and agricultural revolution in the developing countries. | |
| 06:45 PM | The Middle East Peace Process is a Charade: An Intelligence Squared Debate |
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A (slightly pricey) debate on the Middle-East peace process. |
| 07:00 PM | The US midterm elections: What's at stake? (Bayswater) |
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As the US midterm elections approach we will be discussing their significance for Barack Obama's Presidency. |
Wed, 22 Sep, 2010
| 06:30 PM | On Writing: High, Low and everything in Between (Holborn) |
| TV Historian, Simon Schama introduces his latest book. | |
| 06:30 PM | Moquette For London (Covent Garden) |
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An evening of talks, exhibition and craft celebrating the London Underground's Moquette |
Thu, 23 Sep, 2010
| 01:00 PM | The Way We Were: Britain at the Start of the Seventies (Charing Cross) |
| Historian Dominic Sandbrook looks back at an era that profoundly shaped our present - one of strikes, bombs and blackouts, but also creativity, energy | |
| 02:00 PM | Fictional obscenities: Lesbianism and censorship in the early 20th century (Kew) |
| A talk about the banning of novels whose narratives featured same sex relations between women. | |
| 06:45 PM | Guided Walk - Going Batty For Bats |
| A nocturnal stroll through Hyde Park & Kensington Gardens. | |
| 07:00 PM | Freud, Jung, and the Black Tide of Mud (Hampstead) |
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A talk on Freud and Jung's relationship to the occult, how it affected their relationship to each other |
| 07:00 PM | New Labour: The Legacy (Bloomsbury) |
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Political journalists Polly Toynbee, David Walker and Steve Richards discuss their new books. |
| 07:00 PM | Nuclear Power: Green Power? (South Kensington) |
| Should more nuclear power plants be built in the UK? Can they provide a greener and more secure energy future? | |
| 07:00 PM | Should science journalists take sides? (Mayfair) |
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Panel debate on the increasingly controversial issue of science reporting in the popular press. |
Fri, 24 Sep, 2010
| 01:30 PM | Behind-the-scenes Tours of the Wellcome Collection (Camden) |
| Monthly tour of the medical museum and exhibition center in central London | |
| 01:30 PM | Brave New World: the Docklands Explorer (Tower Hill) |
| Starting from Tower Hill, this walk traces a route across the redeveloped old London Dock complex which was originally developed in the early 1800's | |
| 02:00 PM | Guided Tour of Barts and Smithfield (Barbican) |
| A weekly tour of the great hall at the hospital along with the local churches and markets. | |
| 07:45 PM | Lal Mohun Ghose and Indian Nationalism in Deptford (Lewisham) |
| A talk about Lal Mohun, an Indian nationalist who for a few years lived in Deptford and in 1885 stood for Parliament as a Liberal | |
| 08:00 PM | Hampstead Observatory Open Nights (Hampstead) |
| Winter opening of the telescope in Hampstead - if the night sky is clear of clouds |
Sat, 25 Sep, 2010
| 11:00 AM | Beating the Bounds of the Games (Homerton) |
| Find out about the colourful characters who lived and worked in Hackney Wick | |
| 12:00 PM | Great River Race |
| A river race featuring hundreds of boats - from Docklands to Richmond | |
| 02:00 PM | Lodgers and Lodging Houses in Victorian and Edwardian London (Farringdon) |
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A look at the Victorian rented home and serviced lodgings. |
| 08:00 PM | Hampstead Observatory Open Nights (Hampstead) |
| Winter opening of the telescope in Hampstead - if the night sky is clear of clouds | |
| 08:00 PM | Walk London - Autumn Ambles |
| A weekend of guided walks around London |
Sun, 26 Sep, 2010
| 10:30 AM | Great Gorilla run (City of London) |
| Come and g(ape) at this charity fun run in which 1,000 people, all dressed as gorillas, run through the streets of London. | |
| 10:30 AM | Guided tour of Spencer House (Green Park) |
| Summer tours of the London's only great eighteenth-century private palace to survive intact. | |
| 11:00 AM | Walking tour of Smithfield (Barbican) |
| Executions, body snatchers, a plague pit, notorious trials and 'hanging breakfasts' at Newgate Prison - just part of our walk. | |
| 11:00 AM | Waterloo, Aldwych & the western City of London in the Blitz (Southwark) |
| Guided tour around London by Blitz Walkers. | |
| 01:00 PM | Pearly Kings & Queens - Harvest Festival (Bishopsgate) |
| Annual service and parade by London's Pearly Kings & Queens | |
| 02:15 PM | Tour of Nunhead Cemetery (Peckham) |
| A monthly guided walk around this Victorian era cemetery in South-East London | |
| 08:00 PM | Walk London - Autumn Ambles |
| A weekend of guided walks around London |
Mon, 27 Sep, 2010
| 06:00 PM | The Role of the Media in Post-Conflict Societies (Barbican) |
| A look at how popular radio shows shaped the Northern Ireland peace process. |
Tue, 28 Sep, 2010
| 11:30 AM | Secret Tunnels and Hidden Passageways (Tower Hill) |
| Guided walk around the London Bridge area focusing on hidden tunnels and alleys | |
| 12:00 PM | Admission of City of London Sheriffs (Bishopsgate) |
| A parade of the newly elected Sheriffs at London's Guildhall | |
| 01:30 PM | Through the Time Tunnel: A Retrograde Ramble (Tower Hill) |
| Regular guided walk of London - running from modern day backwards to the ancient. | |
| 02:00 PM | Tour of Mansion House |
| Weekly tours of the splendour of the home of the Lord Mayor of London | |
| 06:00 PM | Beyond Crisis: The world's next decade and the implications for organisations (Barbican) |
| A look at how organisations can face the next decade in an era of change. | |
| 06:30 PM | Bishopsgate Library Tour |
| Our evening tours of the refurbished Grade II* listed library provide an opportunity to find out more about the Library’s history | |
| 06:30 PM | Crisis and Recovery; Ethics, Economics and Justice (Camden) |
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The Archbishop of Canterbury and others discuss the global injustices highlighted by the financial crisis. |
Wed, 29 Sep, 2010
| 02:00 PM | Tracing the Beatles' London (Farringdon) |
| A look at the London of the Beetle's era - using photos and discussion | |
| 06:00 PM | Green, White and Blue Nation: Britain, the Sea and National Identity since 1600 (Greenwich) |
| This lecture will look at how definitions of ‘Britishness’ changed over the early modern and modern eras since 1600 | |
| 06:30 PM | Conserving biodiversity. Whose money? Whose rules? (Bloomsbury) |
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A panel debate on the costs and advantages of retaining biodiversity in South Africa. |
| 06:30 PM | Franklin and Interiors (Charing Cross) |
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A talk about Franklin's contemporary description of the interiors of his home. |
| 07:00 PM | 19th Century Anarchists and the World that Never Was (Hackney) |
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A talk about the terrorist threat that swept across Europe at the end of the 19th Century |
| 07:00 PM | Pervez Musharraf in Conversation: An Intelligence Squared Event (Kensington) |
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Former Pakistani President, Pervez Musharraf gives a lecture. |
Thu, 30 Sep, 2010
| 01:00 PM | Pathfinders: The golden age of Arabic science (Charing Cross) |
| Jim Al-Khalili highlights the rich Arab heritage in our understanding of science today. | |
| 06:30 PM | Lord Hattersley on Lloyd George - the great outsider (Holborn) |
| Former deputy leader of the Labour Party, Roy Hattersley introduces his latest book on David Lloyd George. | |
| 06:45 PM | Underground to Hampstead: 100 years in Posters (Hampstead) |
| Talk by Claire Dobbin, Senior Curator at London Transport Museum | |
| 07:00 PM | Strange Genius of Sir John Soane (Hackney) |
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Tim Knox, Director of Sir John Soane's Museum talks about the man and his works. |
| 08:30 PM | Major test of river collision plans (Southwark) |
| A drill test of a major collision in the river will take place in the evening - expect smoke and maybe helicopters. |
Fri, 1 Oct, 2010
| 01:30 PM | Behind-the-scenes Tours of the Wellcome Collection (Camden) |
| Monthly tour of the medical museum and exhibition center in central London | |
| 01:30 PM | Brave New World: the Docklands Explorer (Tower Hill) |
| Starting from Tower Hill, this walk traces a route across the redeveloped old London Dock complex which was originally developed in the early 1800's | |
| 02:00 PM | Guided Tour of Barts and Smithfield (Barbican) |
| A weekly tour of the great hall at the hospital along with the local churches and markets. | |
| 08:00 PM | Hampstead Observatory Open Nights (Hampstead) |
| Winter opening of the telescope in Hampstead - if the night sky is clear of clouds |
Sat, 2 Oct, 2010
| 10:00 AM | Real Food Market at Southbank Centre (Southwark) |
| Now monthly 'farmers market' at the Southbank centre organised by the Real Food Festival | |
| 12:00 PM | Guided tour of Somerset House (Temple/Aldwych) |
| Monthly guided tours of the building near The Strand, including areas not usually open to the public. | |
| 02:00 PM | Sewing Machine Museum - Open Day (Tooting) |
| Monthly open day at a small museum dedicated to sewing machines in South London | |
| 08:00 PM | Hampstead Observatory Open Nights (Hampstead) |
| Winter opening of the telescope in Hampstead - if the night sky is clear of clouds |
Sun, 3 Oct, 2010
| 10:30 AM | Guided tour of Spencer House (Green Park) |
| Summer tours of the London's only great eighteenth-century private palace to survive intact. | |
| 11:00 AM | Croydon Airport - Heritage Open Day (East Croydon) |
| A monthly open day at the remains of London's original international airport. | |
| 11:00 AM | Kirkaldy Testing Musum - Open Day (Southwark) |
| Monthly open day at the museum of materials testing in Southwark. One very big machine and lots of small ones. | |
| 11:00 AM | Walking tour of Smithfield (Barbican) |
| Executions, body snatchers, a plague pit, notorious trials and 'hanging breakfasts' at Newgate Prison - just part of our walk. | |
| 12:00 PM | Crystal Palace Park - Guided Tours (Upper Norwood) |
| Monthly open day at the museum which records the history of the Crystal Palace in South London | |
| 02:00 PM | Kensal Green Cemetery Tour (North Kensington) |
| Walking tour of the Victorian cemetery in NW London, includes the crypt. | |
| 02:15 PM | Take part in a Victorian School Lesson (Bow) |
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A monthly recreation of a Victorian school lesson, open to adults and lead by an actor in full Victorian attire. |
Tue, 5 Oct, 2010
| 11:00 AM | Guided Tour of The Royal Courts of Justice (Holborn) |
| Fortnightly tours of the vast Gothic inspired legal courts on Fleet Street | |
| 11:30 AM | Secret Tunnels and Hidden Passageways (Tower Hill) |
| Guided walk around the London Bridge area focusing on hidden tunnels and alleys | |
| 01:30 PM | Through the Time Tunnel: A Retrograde Ramble (Tower Hill) |
| Regular guided walk of London - running from modern day backwards to the ancient. | |
| 02:00 PM | Guided Tour of The Royal Courts of Justice (Holborn) |
| Fortnightly tours of the vast Gothic inspired legal courts on Fleet Street | |
| 02:00 PM | Tour of Mansion House |
| Weekly tours of the splendour of the home of the Lord Mayor of London | |
| 02:00 PM | Tour of Mansion House |
| Weekly tours of the splendour of the home of the Lord Mayor of London | |
| 06:00 PM | Candlelit evening at Sir John Soane's House (Holborn) |
| Monthly evening opening of the museum with the rooms lit by candles. | |
| 06:30 PM | David Starkey and Jennifer Scott discuss the Royal Portrait (Green Park) |
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Two speakers explore the fascinating subject of royal portraiture across 600 years of history. |
Thu, 7 Oct, 2010
| 05:30 PM | Getting away from the urban laboratory (Picadilly) |
| Professor Francis Oliver and 100 years of ecology at Blakeney Point, Norfolk - lecture by John Pearson. |
Fri, 8 Oct, 2010
| 01:30 PM | Brave New World: the Docklands Explorer (Tower Hill) |
| Starting from Tower Hill, this walk traces a route across the redeveloped old London Dock complex which was originally developed in the early 1800's | |
| 02:00 PM | Guided Tour of Barts and Smithfield (Barbican) |
| A weekly tour of the great hall at the hospital along with the local churches and markets. | |
| 08:00 PM | Hampstead Observatory Open Nights (Hampstead) |
| Winter opening of the telescope in Hampstead - if the night sky is clear of clouds |
Sat, 9 Oct, 2010
| 08:00 PM | Hampstead Observatory Open Nights (Hampstead) |
| Winter opening of the telescope in Hampstead - if the night sky is clear of clouds |
Sun, 10 Oct, 2010
| 10:30 AM | Guided tour of Spencer House (Green Park) |
| Summer tours of the London's only great eighteenth-century private palace to survive intact. | |
| 11:00 AM | Apple Day 2010 (Kennington) |
| Around 100 varieties of Apples, along with food, apple related demonstrations and country fair entertainments | |
| 11:00 AM | Walking tour of Smithfield (Barbican) |
| Executions, body snatchers, a plague pit, notorious trials and 'hanging breakfasts' at Newgate Prison - just part of our walk. |


