Saturday, 5th December |
tba | A Steam Train in West London
(Paddington) |
  | Another famous steam train in London - this time leaving and, and returning to Paddington |
9:00 AM | The Christmas Eco Fair (South Kensington) |
| The first ever Christmas Eco Fair at the Royal Geographical Society - fair and tour of the building |
10:00 AM | Public Consultation and Walking Tours of Convoys Wharf (Deptford) |
| Planning consultation for one of the largest remaining plots of industrial land in London. |
11:00 AM | Walking the Roman Wall (Barbican) |
 | Guided walk - following the wall around the City of London and trace where it still exists. |
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. |
1:30 PM | Black Victims of the Germans 1904-1945 (Southwark) |
| A documentary on the persecution and murder by German settlers of Namibians before the First World War. |
2:00 PM | Sewing Machine Museum - Open Day (Tooting) |
| Monthly open day at a small museum dedicated to sewing machines in South London |
Sunday, 6th December |
tba | A Steam Train in North London (Islington) |
| An iconic steam train will run through North London. |
10:00 AM | The Christmas Eco Fair (South Kensington) |
| The first ever Christmas Eco Fair at the Royal Geographical Society - fair and tour of the building |
10:30 AM | Ecology of Hampstead Heath (Hampstead) |
| A monthly guided walk for anyone interested in the history, conservation and ecology of the heath. |
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 | The River Lea Tidal Mill House (Bow) |
| Monthly open day at a tidal mill built in 1776 - guided tours are offered. |
11:00 AM | Croydon Airport - Heritage Open Day (East Croydon) |
| A monthly open day at the remains of London's original international airport. |
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 |
12:00 PM | The Really Affordable Art Fair (Bloomsbury) |
| Bookmarks, the socialist bookshop is bringing together radical artists to provide a range of wonderful and unusual seasonal gifts. |
2:00 PM | Kensal Green Cemetery Tour (North Kensington) |
| Walking tour of the Victorian cemetery in NW London, includes the crypt. |
2:15 PM | Take part in a Victorian School Lesson (Bow) |
| A monthly recreation of a Victorian school lesson, open to adults and lead by an actor in full Victorian attire. |
Monday, 7th December |
11:00 AM | City Christmas Fair |
| Christmas fair set within the magnificent surroundings of the Drapers' Hall in the City. |
6:00 PM | Communicating Science: The secret world of 'naked snakes' (Camden) |
| An introduction to caecilians will be given, and current and future directions for research and conservation will be discussed. |
6:15 PM | Parallel Lives - Pepys and Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) (City of London) |
| Monthly
talk at a Church near the Tower of London. Includes religious service at the
end. |
6:30 PM | Fox Talbot and the dawn of photography (Camden) |
| This illustrated talk by Larry J. Schaaf will explore the invention and early progress of the art of photography through the eyes of Fox Talbot |
7:00 PM | Andrew Marr on The Making of Modern Britain (Islington) |
| Journalist and TV presenter, Andrew Marr talks about his ongoing TV series on the history of Britain. |
Tuesday, 8th December |
6:15 PM | Advent Lecture 2009: Dante and the Human Journey: Purgatory (Westminster) |
| In these three Advent lectures, we shall examine what Dante has to teach us about our human journey in this life. |
6:30 PM | Adventures of a Fossil Collector (Bloomsbury) |
| The many varied and dangerous adventures of a fossil collector |
6:30 PM | LAMAS Lecture (Barbican) |
| Join the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society (LAMAS) for a monthly lecture detailing recent research on London's archaeology and history |
6:30 PM | Civil liberties: are we placing ourselves at the mercy of the state? (Green Park) |
| Looking at whether what can be viewed as our traditional British 'apathy' is allowing the state to pass legislation that scrutinises and controls us. |
7:30 PM | Gothic London: City of the Deranged and Disorderly Dead |
| How the Gothic genre in the 19th century moved steadily from the wild and exotic margins into the streets of the metropolis. |
Wednesday, 9th December |
7:00 PM | Women in history - a force to be reckoned with (Kensington) |
| Alison Weir, Sarah Gristwood, Clare Mulley and David Waller discuss some famous and lesser known women from history. |
7:00 PM | Back to Dr Johnson's... (Fleet Street) |
| Ian Redford, actor, recreates an evening with Dr Johnson in his atmospheric Dictionary Garret. |
7:30 PM | Russia's Defeat of Napoleon: How and Why (Bloomsbury) |
| Dominic Lieven's new book examines how and why the Russians defeated Napoleon. |
Thursday, 10th December |
12:45 PM | Golden Age Finds by the Museum of London (Barbican) |
| Curator Jon Cotton details some of the curious objects found in the Thames by Victorian era heroes and villains. |
2:00 PM | Guided Walk - Christmas Through The Ages (Kensington) |
| A leisurely stroll and discover some of the seasonal folklore that's developed through the ages. |
6:30 PM | The Staffordshire Hoard (Bloomsbury) |
| A lecture on the recent discovery of the Staffordshire Hoard - some of which is on temporary display in the Museum |
7:00 PM | Grappling with Ghosts: Staging ghost effects in the modern theatre |
| This talk explores the fascinating tale of how the original impractical Dircksian Phantasmagoria of the 1850's came into its own the 1860's |
7:15 PM | The Grotesque Body: Occultism's Strangeness, Repulsion, Fascination (Covent Garden) |
| Talk that explores the attraction of repulsion, the monster or chimera and the duality and complexity of reproduction, 'shape shifting' and aging. |
Friday, 11th December |
11:00 AM | Christmas Chocolate Festival (Southwark) |
| The Festival consists of dozens of stalls, all individually focused on chocolate. |
Saturday, 12th December |
10:00 AM | Christmas Fayre: Food From the Days of Charles Dickens
(Farringdon) |
| Find out what people were eating at the best tables and in the workhouse during the nineteenth century |
11:00 AM | Study Day: Halley's Comet (Greenwich) |
| Topics will include the 1986 Giotto mission to Comet Halley itself and the devastating effects when comets collide with planets |
11:00 AM | Christmas Chocolate Festival (Southwark) |
| The Festival consists of dozens of stalls, all individually focused on chocolate. |
2:00 PM | Victorian Christmas Walk (Barbican) |
| This festive walk looks at Victorian Christmas: from trees and cards, to Christmas in the workhouse |
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Temporary Exhibitions That are Closing Within a Couple of Weeks |
| | King's Cross Central Planning Submissions
(Bloomsbury) |
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An exhibition of the entries, shortlisted and winning schemes for King's Cross Central's competition.
(Ends on Fri, 4th Dec)
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