Saturday 1st June
The prison’s history displayed in over 400 objects.
2019-06-01
10am to 5pm
Wandsworth
A delightful old barn now packed full of "clutter" that's oddly enjoyable to visit.
2019-06-01
10:30am to 4pm
Upminster
The Emanuel School Archivist will take you on a 90-minute tour of the buildings, interiors and grounds, whisking you back to the days when it was a boarding school and orphanage.
2019-06-01
Starts at 11am
Battersea
A nearly 150 year old church in South London is opening its tower for one day to let the public climb up and see the views from the top.
2019-06-01
12pm to 5pm
Brockley
Designed to encourage quiet meditation, it reflects, but is not copied from, such Zen gardens as that of the Temple of Ryoanji in Kyoto.
2019-06-01
2pm to 5pm
Acton
Monthly open day at one of London's more curious and delightful museums, devoted to the history of the sewing machine.
2019-06-01
2pm to 5pm
Tooting
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Sunday 2nd June
The prison’s history displayed in over 400 objects.
2019-06-02
10am to 5pm
Wandsworth
A family day of nostalgia and living heritage with different breeds of heavy horse participating in the Herts Heavy Horse Show.
2019-06-02
10am to 5pm
Enfield
See the restored steam engine in operations, and also a display of miniature (scale) traction engines, steam lorries and steam cranes.
2019-06-02
10:30am to 4pm
Abbey Wood
A monthly opening of the Victorian museum of industrial testing equipment.
2019-06-02
11am to 5pm
Southwark
Occasional open day at the heritage windmill in Croydon.
2019-06-02
12pm to 5pm
Croydon
A normally private path behind some houses that's rich in gardens and community - open one day a year.
2019-06-02
1pm to 6pm
Peckham
Monthly(ish) open days at 250 acres of the estate originally laid out by Capability Brown.
2019-06-02
1pm to 5pm
Reigate
Designed to encourage quiet meditation, it reflects, but is not copied from, such Zen gardens as that of the Temple of Ryoanji in Kyoto.
2019-06-02
2pm to 5pm
Acton
A tranquil oasis of wild flowers and massive trees just minutes from Caledonian Road.
2019-06-02
2pm to 6pm
Islington
How we lost our green and pleasant land, and how to take it back.
2019-06-02
3pm to 4:30pm
Holborn
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Monday 3rd June
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Tuesday 4th June
This presentation offers a survey of current research on the collection, together with the first tangible results on Holdsworth’s manuscripts
2019-06-04
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Southwark
Professor MacMillan will consider if the treaty led to the outbreak of the Second World War and whether the attempt to create a new world order was a failure.
2019-06-04
6pm to 7pm
Barbican
Join us at Stanfords to hear Mike Wells talk about his experiences Cycling the Camino Francés; crossing Northern Spain from the Pyrenees to Santiago in Galicia.
2019-06-04
7pm to 8:15pm
Soho
A panel of three top medieval historians will examine Marshal’s legacy and look more broadly at chivalric, noble and knightly culture in England.
2019-06-04
7:30pm to 9pm
Richmond
Join some of UCL's funniest researchers and alumni for an evening of hilarious stories and jokes from the past.
2019-06-04
7:30pm to 10pm
Euston
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Wednesday 5th June
Gwyneth Wilkie tells about two ancestors with criminal records.
2019-06-05
2pm to 3pm
Clerkenwell
A lecture about recent developments in harnessing tidal power for electricity.
2019-06-05
6pm to 8pm
Pimlico
This lecture will look at how the First World War created new opportunities for women to participate, as did the exciting new technologies of electrical power and lighting a whole generation earlier.
2019-06-05
6pm to 8pm
South Kensington
This talk will discuss the correct and incorrect motives for M&A, using both examples and large-scale evidence.
2019-06-05
6pm to 7pm
Barbican
Celebrate the publication of a new local history book featuring views of Kentish, Camden and Somers Towns, from the 1960s and 70s.
2019-06-05
Starts at 6:30pm
Kentish Town
A talk about the history of the four since demolished cinemas in the area.
2019-06-05
Starts at 6:45pm
Putney
Exploring the hidden depths of the romantic overgrown West Cemetery: not exactly by moonlight, but in the late evening.
2019-06-05
7pm to 9pm
Highgate
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Thursday 6th June
In support of D-Day 75 there will be gun salutes at HMS Belfast from the forward turret on 6th June at 11am.
2019-06-06
11am to 11:10am
Southwark
A talk about the challenges of digging shafts down into London's underground.
2019-06-06
6pm to 7:45pm
Pimlico
Shani Orgad speaks on her new book about the inequalities still facing women who become mothers and why they stopped their battle to continue working in the professions today.
2019-06-06
6pm to 7:30pm
Holborn
This event brings together two individuals that share an interest in AI, but explore it from very different perspectives.
2019-06-06
Starts at 6:30pm
Barbican
An interdisciplinary conversation exploring the boundaries between life and death, in the built environment.
2019-06-06
7pm to 8:30pm
Norbiton
Based on the annual sell-out Boring Conference, Boring Talks features a selection of speakers talking about obscure and arcane subjects, with a focus on the material world.
2019-06-06
7pm to 8:30pm
Camden
In this talk, Lee Jackson reveals the peculiar and salacious history of Chelsea’s infamous Cremorne Gardens.
2019-06-06
7pm to 8:15pm
Chelsea
Roger will tell the story of The Suez Canal. He will explain the early attempts to create a canal linking the Red Sea to the Mediterranean and how the modern Suez Canal came about.
2019-06-06
Starts at 7pm
Islington
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Friday 7th June
A collection of steam trains make a visit to the Epping Ongar Railway.
Giles Milton explores a narrative of D-Day shaped through the tales of survivors.
2019-06-07
11:30am to 12:30pm
Chelsea
The Archbishop's garden is open for a few hours each month between April and September.
2019-06-07
12pm to 3pm
Southwark
Rare Friday afternoon opening of the chapel that's normally only open on Wednesdays.
2019-06-07
2pm to 4pm
Tottenham Court Road
A traveling vintage fairground with steam powered rides.
2019-06-07
4pm to 9pm
Walthamstow
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Saturday 8th June
A bit like Open House, but for gardens - a single pass buys you access to hundreds of gardens all weekend.
A collection of steam trains make a visit to the Epping Ongar Railway.
Monthly opening of the only surviving windmill in inner London.
2019-06-08
10am to 4pm
Brixton
Learn about this remarkable but long-since-disappeared structure and why it never fulfilled its promise.
2019-06-08
Starts at 10:30am
Tooting
One of the largest and most prestigious antiquarian book fairs in the world.
2019-06-08
11am to 7pm
South Lambeth
A traveling vintage fairground with steam powered rides.
2019-06-08
12pm to 10:30pm
Walthamstow
The longest-running community festival in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
2019-06-08
12pm to 6pm
Woolwich
The largest Antique Map Fair in Europe.
2019-06-08
12pm to 7pm
South Kensington
Either watch, avoid, or join in as hundreds of cyclists ditch their clothes and take a group ride around London.
As is traditional, expect to see a large formation of military aircraft flying over London for the Queen's Birthday.
2019-06-08
12:55pm to 1:10pm
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Sunday 9th June
A bit like Open House, but for gardens - a single pass buys you access to hundreds of gardens all weekend.
A collection of steam trains make a visit to the Epping Ongar Railway.
Weather permitting, very early on Sunday morning could see a flotilla of hot air balloons drifting over central London.
Monthly opening of the only surviving windmill in inner London.
2019-06-09
10am to 4pm
Brixton
Come along for a the opportunity to meet the cows, watch them be milked, pet a calf, chat to the farmers and learn about arable farming.
2019-06-09
10am to 5pm
Arkley
The largest Antique Map Fair in Europe.
2019-06-09
10am to 6pm
South Kensington
One of the largest and most prestigious antiquarian book fairs in the world.
2019-06-09
11am to 5pm
South Lambeth
Traditional local fair held in a city farm.
2019-06-09
11am to 4pm
Welling
Come and visit the Club House and Dinghy Park at Riverside Twickenham.
2019-06-09
11am to 4pm
Twickenham
Learn about the workings of a family run dairy and arable farm.
A traveling vintage fairground with steam powered rides.
2019-06-09
12pm to 8pm
Walthamstow
Open day at a restored and working water mill.
A selection of rarely screened early Japanese animation, showing some of the very first anime films, accompanied by electronic music.
2019-06-09
Starts at 3pm
Barbican
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Monday 10th June
Join FutureGov as we explore how we think radically differently to deliver public services that focus on creating lasting change with the best possible outcomes for citizens and local communities.
2019-06-10
9:30am to 3pm
Hackney
With innovation slowing down, are workers going to be stuck in precarious low-wage work? The panellists will propose their solutions to this and other issues facing the future of work.
2019-06-10
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
Biochemical Engineer Michael Sulu delves into the distant past to consider microorganisms use, looks at more recent history, and predicts what might happen in the future.
2019-06-10
7pm to 8:30pm
Hanover Square
In this talk Dr Gustav Kuhn examines the psychological processes that underpin our experience of magic.
2019-06-10
7:30pm to 9:30pm
Holborn
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Tuesday 11th June
In this tour with architecture expert Joe Kerr, you will have the chance to see buildings designed by famous Jewish architects.
2019-06-11
10am to 1pm
Camden
Jonathan Bate will explore the life and work of the original celebrity poet - Lord Byron.
2019-06-11
6pm to 7pm
Barbican
2019-06-11
6pm to 9:30pm
Regent Street
Marking the 75th anniversary of the battles of Imphal and Kohima, historians James Holland and Robert Lyman discuss their immediate impact and wider significance.
2019-06-11
6:30pm to 8pm
Chelsea
Author Jonathan Lorie shares 20 years’ experience as a professional travel writer, editor and teacher of acclaimed travel writing courses from around the world.
2019-06-11
7pm to 8:15pm
Soho
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Wednesday 12th June
Three writers share everything they know about the delicate craft of writing biographies.
2019-06-12
6pm to 8pm
Russell Square
Get a closer look at some of the hidden treasures in the St Bride collection and learn more about them from font of all knowledge, Bob Richardson.
2019-06-12
6:30pm to 8:30pm
City of London
As a foreigner living in Tokyo, Sherman’s account takes pleasure and fascination in the history and culture of a country that can seem startlingly strange to an outsider.
2019-06-12
7pm to 8:15pm
Soho
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Thursday 13th June
A screening of ‘The Witchfinders’ will be preceded by a talk on women and witchcraft, and how ‘witches’ have been portrayed in both positive and negative lights in previous episodes of Doctor Who.
2019-06-13
6pm to 7:30pm
Holborn
A lecture from Professor Thorsteinn Ingi Sigfusson on some of the innovations being employed by Iceland to reduce its carbon footprint.
2019-06-13
6pm to 7:30pm
South Kensington
Award-winning writer and photographer Johny Pitts talks about his new book Afropean in which he sets out to explore the state of black culture and identity in Europe today.
2019-06-13
7pm to 8:15pm
Soho
This illustrated talk will cover the story of the Isokon, and the artistic network and legacy of the Bauhaus artists during their time in Britain.
2019-06-13
Starts at 7:30pm
Hampstead
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Friday 14th June
From crude to comic, Professor David Welch discusses British propaganda and illustrates his talk with artefacts from the Second World War.
2019-06-14
11:30am to 12:30pm
Chelsea
A rare tour of the French Renaissance design of this famous theatre.
2019-06-14
1:30pm to 4pm
St James
Go behind the scenes to discover the work and studios of over 120 of London’s artists.
Robert Bartlett asks who wrote history in medieval Europe, for whom, and the history of what?
2019-06-14
7:30pm to 9pm
Camden
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Saturday 15th June
A traveling vintage fairground with steam powered rides.
2019-06-15
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Stoke Newington
A two-day extravaganza that features Motoring Competitions, the Test Hill Challenge, food, music and entertainment.
2019-06-15
10am to 5pm
Weybridge
A delightful old barn now packed full of "clutter" that's oddly enjoyable to visit.
2019-06-15
10:30am to 4pm
Upminster
Live military reenactment both inside and outside Apsley House, see a Georgian surgeon demonstrate their trade, or listen to a talk on Regency etiquette.
2019-06-15
11am to 4pm
Picadilly
Waterloo Classics is a monthly classic car show/meet in central London.
2019-06-15
12pm to 4pm
Southwark
Go behind the scenes to discover the work and studios of over 120 of London’s artists.
2019-06-15
12pm to 6pm
Bow
Particular favourites include the coconut shy, happy home (crockery smashing!), the BBQ, an incredibly well-stocked bookstall and face-painting.
2019-06-15
12pm to 3:30pm
Hampton
A procession from Hanwell Community Centre to Elthorne Park, where there will be music, food, fairground rides and much more.
2019-06-15
12pm to 6pm
Hanwell
Over 120 charities, societies, Highgate shops and small businesses are taking part in this annual fete.
2019-06-15
12:30pm to 5:30pm
Highgate
A cut-and-paste journey through the TV, film and artists moving image that has captured the Estate on screen.
2019-06-15
Starts at 2pm
Barbican
A tour behind the scenes at Southbank Centre for fascinating insights into the history of the site and the people who have shaped it.
2019-06-15
Starts at 6pm
Southwark
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Sunday 16th June
A traveling vintage fairground with steam powered rides.
2019-06-16
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Stoke Newington
A two-day extravaganza that features Motoring Competitions, the Test Hill Challenge, food, music and entertainment.
2019-06-16
10am to 5pm
Weybridge
A traditional village fete – food, drink, music, children’s activities, craft stalls, a farmers’ market, tombola, etc.
The Bridge Lounge will be hosting a farewell yard sale, with a percentage of profits benefitting local SE1 charity Time and Talents.
2019-06-16
11am to 4pm
Southwark
Live military reenactment both inside and outside Apsley House, see a Georgian surgeon demonstrate their trade, or listen to a talk on Regency etiquette.
2019-06-16
11am to 4pm
Picadilly
Watch a parade with three large wooden chariots from Hyde Park Corner to Trafalgar Square.
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Monday 17th June
An annual ceremony to pluck a red rose and present it to the Lord Mayor of London.
2019-06-17
Starts at 11am
City of London
Curator Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere will show you the graphic world where art and storytelling collide in the largest exhibition of manga ever to take place outside of Japan.
2019-06-17
6:30pm to 8pm
Russell Square
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Tuesday 18th June
Join Principal Librarian Dr Peter Ross to learn about the menus, some the individual dishes served, and why George IV’s was the last official Coronation banquet to be held.
2019-06-18
2pm to 3pm
City of London
Join Sharon Dogar and Sally Nichols to hear about their latest books for young adults, including the story of Frankenstein’s creator Mary Godwin Shelley in Dogar’s Monsters.
2019-06-18
4:30pm to 6pm
Holborn
Sir Richard Evans talks about why the Republic failed in its attempt to make Germany democratic, and what lessons can be learned for the future of democracy in the 21st century.
2019-06-18
6pm to 7pm
Barbican
Handle both real and replica weapons, hear the stories of the men who served at Waterloo in the company of costumed interpreter Stephen Abs Wisdom.
2019-06-18
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Picadilly
Join us on a journey to uncover London's Radical History with David Rosenberg as he introduces a new edition of his book Rebel Footprints.
2019-06-18
7pm to 8:15pm
Soho
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Wednesday 19th June
Find out how the postal service commemorated the lives of its staff lost in the two world wars
2019-06-19
Starts at 11am
Farringdon
Join Mehzebin Adam, curator of the British Red Cross Museum & Archives for a talk on collecting and curating the history of the British Red Cross’s journey with refugees from 1897 to the present day.
2019-06-19
2pm to 3pm
South Kensington
A lecture about the complex relationships between global temperature and sea level rise and discuss the need for more sophisticated geological records of the ice sheet history.
2019-06-19
5:30pm to 6:30pm
South Kensington
Hhear about how London’s borough boundaries became what they are today, and from those involved in delivering projects that have required new methods to address the city’s edges.
2019-06-19
6:30pm to 9pm
Euston
Layers of London will give a presentation on historical maps and boundaries of the local area.
2019-06-19
6:45pm to 9:45pm
Victoria Dock
Here, Dr Sam Goodman explores what le Carré’s novels say about Britain and Britishness in a time of declining international authority, shifting global politics, and the shadow of the Cold War.
2019-06-19
7pm to 10pm
Richmond
Cultural historian Lucy Inglis takes us on an epic journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and Afghanistan, from Sanskrit to pop, from poppy tears to smack, from morphine to today’s synthetic opiates.
2019-06-19
Starts at 7pm
Soho
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Thursday 20th June
The Chairman and Trustees march around the Piazza, accompanied by the Town Crier and a jazz band, to pay the “peppercorn rents” of five red apples and five posies of flowers for the buildings.
2019-06-20
Starts at 4:30pm
Trafalgar Square
A lecture on the objects and stories, providing a more in depth and exclusive look at Lloyd’s Register’s unique history and the work of the Foundation.
Join Museum of London Curator Hazel Forsyth for this panel discussion exploring the history of London's animals.
2019-06-20
Starts at 6:30pm
Barbican
Join conservator Alan Donnithorne and curator Martin Clayton as they demonstrate the materials and techniques used by Leonardo in his drawings and explore his processes of creation.
2019-06-20
7pm to 9pm
Whitehall
Join us at Stanfords as Paul Wood discusses his new book London is a Forest.
2019-06-20
7pm to 8:15pm
Soho
Harbinder Singh Birdi Partner at Hawkins\Brown Architects discusses the design of the Crossrail stations like Tottenham Court Road and the integration of conceptual art.
2019-06-20
7:30pm to 8:15pm
Ealing
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Friday 21st June
Annual two-day Summer Showcase, a free festival of ideas for curious minds, featuring 15 interactive exhibits that bring the best new humanities and social sciences research to life.
2019-06-21
10am to 4pm
St James
Discover the secrets that lie behind, or rather underneath, the Charterhouse.
2019-06-21
10:30am to 12pm
Clerkenwell
This year’s Maurice Fraser annual lecture will take the form of a conversation between David Miliband and Professor Kevin Featherstone, followed by questions from the audience.
2019-06-21
12pm to 1:15pm
Holborn
Come along to a special after-hours view of the British Academy Summer Showcase. Alongside 15 interactive exhibits, enjoy spoken-word poetry, talks by Nikesh Shukla and Nikita Gill and more.
2019-06-21
6:30pm to 9pm
St James
This lecture will focus on the period in the 1780s and 1790s when Ebenezer and Manoah worked together to produce a number of important astrological publications
2019-06-21
7pm to 9pm
Bloomsbury
An after hours look into the palace’s striking interiors and award-winning grounds as you are entertained by a range of artistic and creative responses to the queer history of the palace
2019-06-21
7pm to 10pm
Eltham
In this enlightening and amusing talk, television presenter and author Dominic Sandbrook explores how the Cold War shaped Mrs Thatcher’s premiership.
2019-06-21
7:30pm to 9pm
Richmond
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Saturday 22nd June
A one-day event to celebrate and educate the public about Okinawa, a lesser-known region of Japan that’s over 1000 miles from Tokyo.
2019-06-22
10am to 6pm
Whitechapel
Take in family-friendly tour of the secret chapel and roof terrace with panoramic views of London.
2019-06-22
10am to 2pm
Bethnal Green
This coming Saturday will give you a chance to go on board a Royal Navy ship moored in Docklands for a look around.
2019-06-22
10am to 4pm
Poplar
Twice a year, the island opens up to the public and the studios open their doors to visitors providing a unique opportunity to see inside a real working artist’s studio.
2019-06-22
11am to 6pm
Twickenham
There’ll be vintage fairground rides and side-shows, lots of not-from-the-high-street shopping with over 100 stalls including a craft marquee.
2019-06-22
11am to 6pm
Richmond
Annual two-day Summer Showcase, a free festival of ideas for curious minds, featuring 15 interactive exhibits that bring the best new humanities and social sciences research to life.
2019-06-22
11am to 5pm
St James
To mark the 150th anniversary of the District line, a steam train will run along parts of the London Underground.
This tour of the chapel will take us back to the fascinating design and build of the chapel as well as its role as hospital chapel.
2019-06-22
12:30pm to 1pm
Tottenham Court Road
Traditional local fete in Denmark Hill.
2019-06-22
1pm to 6pm
Camberwell
Designed to encourage quiet meditation, it reflects, but is not copied from, such Zen gardens as that of the Temple of Ryoanji in Kyoto.
2019-06-22
2pm to 5pm
Acton
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Sunday 23rd June
Monthly tours of the City of London Cemetery & Crematorium
2019-06-23
Starts at 10am
Manor Park
Take in family-friendly tour of the secret chapel and roof terrace with panoramic views of London.
2019-06-23
10am to 2pm
Bethnal Green
The event will showcase 200 of some of the finest motors throughout history and will also feature live music and a range of food stalls.
2019-06-23
10am to 5pm
Belgravia
Extensive bus displays, including rarely-seen early examples, and smaller displays of taxis, commercials & emergency vehicles.
2019-06-23
10am to 5pm
Weybridge
2019-06-23
11am to 4pm
Rush Green
Twice a year, the island opens up to the public and the studios open their doors to visitors providing a unique opportunity to see inside a real working artist’s studio.
2019-06-23
11am to 6pm
Twickenham
To mark the 150th anniversary of the District line, a steam train will run along parts of the London Underground.
Semi-regular days where they fire up a Victorian steam engine.
2019-06-23
12:30pm to 4:30pm
South Tottenham
Designed to encourage quiet meditation, it reflects, but is not copied from, such Zen gardens as that of the Temple of Ryoanji in Kyoto.
2019-06-23
2pm to 5pm
Acton
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Monday 24th June
A talk by an author of a book in the legal aspects of street art.
2019-06-24
6pm to 8pm
Clerkenwell
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Tuesday 25th June
Explore this RIBA award winning venue that combines The Salters' Company rich heritage with stunning brutalist architecture.
2019-06-25
12pm to 1:15pm
Barbican
With talks from leading architects, engineers and contractors, the event will investigate how other countries design and build in timber.
2019-06-25
2pm to 5:30pm
Euston
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Wednesday 26th June
Hear more about how history, urban regeneration and changes in migration and tourist expectations shape the capital’s best known ethnic precinct.
2019-06-26
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Soho
Te Science Museum will be giving the Pride Jubilee the museum treatment in a special Sexuality Lates, produced in collaboration with Pride in London as part of this year's Pride Festival.
2019-06-26
6:45pm to 10pm
South Kensington
This talk reflects on some uses of drawing in the nineteenth-century Europe, when images created passages between the Nile and the Seine.
2019-06-26
Starts at 6:45pm
Shoreditch
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Thursday 27th June
We are opening our Hyde Park Nursery doors to the public to offer visitors the opportunity to purchase plants and take a look at the hi-tech building.
2019-06-27
10am to 5pm
Paddington
Celebrate the London sewer system, be amazed at his bridges, remember the embankments and visit his street designs.
2019-06-27
2pm to 3pm
Clerkenwell
An update on the proposals and the challenges and opportunities that are being pursued through the design process.
2019-06-27
6pm to 8pm
Pimlico
The talk will be based on Simon Elliott's new book called Julius Caesar: Rome's Greatest Warlord, out through Casemate in June.
2019-06-27
6pm to 8pm
City of London
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Friday 28th June
A UK wide initiative inviting care homes to open their doors to their local communities.
A weekend of events, tours and talks, all around the area's art galleries.
At this special event, a panel of experts explores the science claiming a correlation between art practice and mental wellbeing and asks, does mental angst create great art?
2019-06-28
Starts at 12am
Russell Square
The Great Exhibition Road Festival is a new three-day celebration of curiosity, discovery and exploration in South Kensington. Join us for a weekend that brings together science and the arts in a unique programme of creative workshops, talks, exhibitions and performances - all in the spirit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s vision for the Great Exhibition, 200 years on from when they were born.
2019-06-28
11am to 5pm
South Kensington
Architectural tour of a former Magistrates' Court and Police Station that's been converted into a hotel.
2019-06-28
11am to 12pm
Southwark
A talk about the area’s history and redevelopment.
2019-06-28
6pm to 9:30pm
Southwark
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Saturday 29th June
A weekend of events, tours and talks, all around the area's art galleries.
An all day celebration of all things feline.
2019-06-29
10:30am to 10:30pm
Beckenham
Visit the c.1397 Grade 2 listed ‘threshing’ barn, over 100ft x 40ft in size, with a fine crownpost roof.
2019-06-29
10:45am to 1pm
Rickmansworth
The Great Exhibition Road Festival is a new three-day celebration of curiosity, discovery and exploration in South Kensington. Join us for a weekend that brings together science and the arts in a unique programme of creative workshops, talks, exhibitions and performances - all in the spirit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s vision for the Great Exhibition, 200 years on from when they were born.
2019-06-29
11am to 5pm
South Kensington
Twice a year, the island opens up to the public and the studios open their doors to visitors providing a unique opportunity to see inside a real working artist’s studio.
2019-06-29
11am to 6pm
Twickenham
Rare breed sheep from London City Farms and beyond will flock onto the Isle of Dogs for two days of livestock shows, fresh produce and baking competitions, rural craft demonstrations, market stalls, Shetland pony photobooth, raffle and more.
2019-06-29
11am to 4pm
Poplar
A one-day event to mark the 30th anniversary of the iconic Sundial Pillar and the momentous conservation efforts of the Seven Dials Trust.
2019-06-29
11am to 6pm
Soho
Annual local fete in Pimlico.
2019-06-29
12pm to 6pm
Pimlico South
Items of significant architectural interest will be on display revealing the buildings unique history.
Monthly open day at a wood and nature reserve that's next to the railway at Forest Hill.
2019-06-29
1pm to 4pm
Forest Hill
Special low cost entry and events to mark the famous bridge's 125th anniversary
2019-06-29
4pm to 5pm
Southwark
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Sunday 30th June
There will be a zip-wire running from the top of the One Canada Square skyscraper in Canary Wharf down to Westferry Circus.
2019-06-30
Starts at 12am
Poplar
A weekend of events, tours and talks, all around the area's art galleries.
Annual dragon boat races in docklands with landside fair for spectators.
2019-06-30
8:30am to 6pm
Victoria Dock
A monthly open day at a quirky transport museum housed in an old water pumping building.
2019-06-30
10am to 4pm
Enfield Town
The Great Exhibition Road Festival is a new three-day celebration of curiosity, discovery and exploration in South Kensington. Join us for a weekend that brings together science and the arts in a unique programme of creative workshops, talks, exhibitions and performances - all in the spirit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s vision for the Great Exhibition, 200 years on from when they were born.
2019-06-30
11am to 5pm
South Kensington
Classic/Vintage Cars. Motorbikes/Scooters. Military Vehicles.Vintage Bicycles. 40’s 50’s Jive & Swing Dancing and Music
2019-06-30
11am to 4pm
Hampton
Twice a year, the island opens up to the public and the studios open their doors to visitors providing a unique opportunity to see inside a real working artist’s studio.
2019-06-30
11am to 6pm
Twickenham
Rare breed sheep from London City Farms and beyond will flock onto the Isle of Dogs for two days of livestock shows, fresh produce and baking competitions, rural craft demonstrations, market stalls, Shetland pony photobooth, raffle and more.
2019-06-30
11am to 4pm
Poplar
A notice that there will be some sort of military flypast over Central London at lunchtime.
2019-06-30
11:40am to 12:40pm
Village fete in the centre of London, with the famous waiters race and Police vs. Firemen tug of war.
2019-06-30
12pm to 6pm
Soho
Monthly open day at a site of an important railway wildlife reserve.
2019-06-30
1pm to 5pm
Forest Hill
Items of significant architectural interest will be on display revealing the buildings unique history.
Discover the history of the building and climb the 135 stairs for the best view of Hackney.
2019-06-30
2pm to 4:30pm
Hackney
Special low cost entry and events to mark the famous bridge's 125th anniversary
2019-06-30
4pm to 5pm
Southwark
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