Tuesday 1st October
Watch a parade of the UK's highest judges to Westminster Abbey for their annual service.
10:30am to 11:30am
Pimlico
![Judges Service at Westminster Abbey]()
Why do apparently irrelevant details such as a person’s height, their relative wealth, or their Facebook photo influence whether or not we trust what they are saying?
Through readings, song, stories and discussion, this event chaired by Juliet Stevenson explores how asylum seekers are represented in fiction, poetry and storytelling.
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Wednesday 2nd October
This talk will explain how the speed of light was first measured, and how an obscure but brilliant patent clerk in Bern, Switzerland by the name of Albert Einstein deduced that the speed of light is the upper speed limit for everything in the Universe.
In this lecture, V&A Director Dr Tristram Hunt explores the architectural, intellectual and political history of the Victorian town hall and asks what that sense of municipal patriotism might offer city life today.
1pm to 1:45pm
South Kensington
A talk about the downfall of the London Charterhouse monastery.
2pm to 3pm
City of London
![The World Falls Apart]()
In this event about his new book Guy Standing leads us through a new appraisal of the commons, stemming from the medieval concept of common land reserved in ancient law from marauding barons, to his modern reappraisal of the resources we all hold in common.
Sir Roland Jackson will discuss John Tyndall. In collaboration with the Institute of Physics.
7pm to 9:30pm
Hanover Square
![John Tyndall: Provocative Victorian Physicist]()
Military historian Max Hastings vividly describes the evolution of Barnes Wallis’ bomb, and of the bravery of the squadron which broke the dams.
7pm to :
Marylebone High St
![Max Hastings Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943]()
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Thursday 3rd October
A note that the Energy Observer, an experimental boat powered by hydrogen will be visiting London and will pass under Tower Bridge.
![Hydrogen powered boat to pass through Tower Bridge]()
A talk and glass of wine with author Philip Parker, as we celebrate the publication of his new book The A-Z History of London.
![The A-Z History of London by Philip Parker]()
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Friday 4th October
Unfortunately, there seems to be nothing special happening today. Sorry about that!
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Saturday 5th October
All day conference to discuss all thinks pottery related.
![1000 years of ceramic innovation]()
Artists and crafts people across the borough of Lambeth will be opening their studio and work spaces to the public.
A bookfair and day of talks, workshops and screenings, exploring contemporary feminism and technology.
10:30am to 5:30pm
Barbican
![New Suns: A Feminist Literary Festival]()
A delightful old barn now packed full of "clutter" that's oddly enjoyable to visit.
![Occasional open day at the Upminster Tithe Barn Museum of Nostalgia]()
Annual celebration of all things apple in Fenton's beguiling walled gardens and 300 year-old orchard.
Stalls of local produce, heritage apples to try and buy, an apple press, hot mulled cider and a host of children's activities and trails
Drop in to explore the collection of magazines, pamphlets, posters, ephemera, t-shirts and artefacts from these collections at your own pace.
Monthly open day at one of London's more curious and delightful museums, devoted to the history of the sewing machine.
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Sunday 6th October
Artists and crafts people across the borough of Lambeth will be opening their studio and work spaces to the public.
Celebrate the orchard in the walled garden at an apple day celebration.
![Apple day celebration]()
Annual celebration of all things apple in Fenton's beguiling walled gardens and 300 year-old orchard.
A monthly opening of the Victorian museum of industrial testing equipment.
Stalls of local produce, heritage apples to try and buy, an apple press, hot mulled cider and a host of children's activities and trails
Occasional open day at the heritage windmill in Croydon.
![Shirley Windmill open day]()
Hundreds of Londoners will gather on Hampstead Heath’s Parliament Hill this Sunday to battle it out in the UK’s largest annual conker championships.
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Monday 7th October
A programme that bends time and brings together a century of feminist film experiments in honour of lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer (1939–2019).
![Cyberfeminism on Film: Transfigurations – A Barbara Hammer Tribute]()
Could a radical rethink of low-rise housing help successfully densify London’s suburbs?
![Revolutionary Low Rise]()
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Tuesday 8th October
This lecture examines the mathematics behind computing, starting with the history of the explosive growth of computer technology, from code breaking through to all aspects of modern communication and security.
Focussing on experiment and travel, this lecture describes the aims and activities of the early Royal Society almost two centuries before the word ‘scientist’ was invented.
Playing host to the UK’s most fabulous women in STEM, ALD Live! is an entertaining evening of geekery
![Ada Lovelace Day Live! 2019]()
Join a panel of experts as they explore if it really is too late to save our oceans.
7pm to 8:30pm
Hanover Square
Join Revd Fergus Butler-Gallie for a showcase of his Field Guide to the English Clergy; a compendium of diverse eccentrics, pirates, prelates and adventurers; all Anglican, some even practising.
![A Field Guide to the English Clergy - A Talk by Revd Fergus Butler-Gallie]()
The first of its kind: an exploration of one of the most mysterious countries in the world, as told by one of the first outsiders to access the country in its entirety.
![A Savage Dreamland: Journeys in Burma by David Eimer]()
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Wednesday 9th October
Space psychologist Iya Whiteley discusses how we can prepare individuals for the immense mental challenges of space trips.
![Space Psychology]()
In the current discussion concerning the Parthenon (sometimes called the Elgin) Marbles, the core issue is whether they should remain in the British Museum or be sent back to Athens.
This is your chance to tour the world of science; from new, low-cost prosthetics engineered in Mozambique and diet monitoring wearable tech trialed in Ghana, to oil-spill clean-up sponges developed in India.
6pm to 9pm
South Kensington
![Imperial Lates: Science without borders]()
The illustrated lecture will examine Bazalgette’s achievement and the work involved in building this latest addition to it.
The Grantham Research Institute hosts a debate about what works in climate politics, and what role street protests can play.
This talk will discuss the purpose of Leonardo’s drawings, and the experience of curating a nationwide exhibition of these drawings for a mass audience.
A Field Guide to London Transport Moquette Patterns
![Seats of London by Andrew Martin]()
Join Eleanor Crow and Krissie Nicolson, Director of the East End Trades Guild, for an evening chat about the enduring culture of Britain’s small shops and their inventively designed fronts.
![In praise of small neighbourhood shops]()
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Thursday 10th October
Monthly late night opening at the modernist HQ of the ancient Royal College Of Physicians.
![Museum Lates at the Royal College Of Physicians]()
For World Mental Health Day Nathan Filer, mental health nurse and award-winning writer, will take us on a journey into the psychiatric wards he once worked on.
5:30pm to 8:30pm
Harley Street
![The Heartland: Finding and losing schizophrenia]()
A talk about the evolution of cities from ancient times to the present. Monica L Smith is an archaeologist and anthropologist based at UCLA. This event is a screening of her Long Now talk given in San Francisco in August.
6pm to 10pm
Trafalgar Square
![Long Now London:]()
The film explores how pop-culture images and the language we use to talk about disease affect the ways we treat people who are sick and how we respond to epidemics.
![Dis-ease]()
Comedian and writer Nick Hall lifts the lid on a treasure trove of forgotten people and fascinating stories from history
![Nick Hall presents 'The Good, the Bad and the Weird' - Quirky characters from history]()
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Friday 11th October
Photographer Tara Darby and editor Peter Chadwick present an illustrated talk about the history and residents of Thamesmead including insights and photography from there recently published book.
2pm to 3:30pm
Clerkenwell
![Thamesmead; The Town of Tomorrow]()
Hear about leading Infrastructure projects happening in London right now; get hands-on with creative activities, explore ICE's Water Exhibition, listen to live music and entertainment, take a tour of our Grade II listed building.
![Engineering Late Autumn 2019]()
A street party at night to mark the opening of the annual Bloomsbury Festival.
xplore Hogarth: Place and Progress after normal opening hours, accompanied with a Gin & Tonic.
![Soane Lates: Hogarth After Hours]()
Guests to the opening night will be among the first to see this latest exhibition which explores untold stories from the past and the many secrets that lurk beneath our streets
6:45pm to 10pm
Covent Garden
![Friday Late: Hidden London exhibition launch]()
Join a panel as they honour 50 years since the completion of the Barbican Estate with architects, designers and writers.
![The Barbican Estate at 50]()
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Saturday 12th October
Monthly opening of the only surviving windmill in inner London.
![Brixton Windmill monthly open weekend]()
The Extraordinary Life of Marchesa Casati
10:30am to :
West Brompton
![The ultimate femme fatalle]()
Damien Lewis reveals the story of a Second World War mission to destroy a supposedly impregnable Nazi fortress.
10:30am to 11:30am
Chelsea
![SAS Italian Job: The Ultra-secret Mission to Storm a Forbidden Nazi Fortress]()
In his talk Matt Brown will inform and surprise with strange and obscure stories of how the capital has accidentally seen off large numbers of its inhabitants.
![Acts of God - Catastrophe in the capital]()
Author Sonia Purnell tells the story of 'the most dangerous of all Allied spies'.
![A Woman of No Importance]()
Annual walking tour around The Prisoner TV locations.
This 52-minute documentary tells the story of Rev. Bernárd J. Lynch and his ministry to people with AIDS in New York.
Historian Helen Parr brings to life the experiences of the paratroopers who fought in the Falklands War
![The Story of a Falklands Paratrooper]()
Researchers become stand-up comedians for one night only and share with us the successful failures in their careers so far.
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Sunday 13th October
Monthly opening of the only surviving windmill in inner London.
![Brixton Windmill monthly open weekend]()
Expect 55 top vintage dealers dotted around the ground floor of midcentury architect Ernö Goldfinger’s only brutalist school.
10am to 4pm
Bethnal Green
![Midcentury East]()
Visit the walled Kitchen Garden on one of its open days. Visitors will be able to purchase Kitchen Garden produce, herbs and plants.
![Kitchen Garden Open Day]()
In this talk, Dr Barnett traces the remarkable influence of these lurid, punitive fantasies in contemporary politics, literature and pop culture.
![A History of the Apocalypse]()
Open day at a restored and working water mill.
![Monthly open day at Cobham Mill]()
Professor Strange’s talk explores the secret history of the UK’s earliest pet cemeteries.
![The Secret History of Pet Cemeteries]()
In her illustrated talk Holly Carter-Chappell will discuss the ethical issues surrounding the display of images of the dead
![Post Mortem Photography]()
A torchlit walk through the cemetery and puppet show at Brompton Cemetery
7:30pm to :
West Brompton
![The dark, the devious and the dead]()
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Monday 14th October
A Gun Salute of 41 rounds will be fired from the Tower of London for the State Opening of
Parliament.
![Gun salute for the State Opening of Parliament]()
Using memory scholarship, Professor Olivette Otele will examine how the history and memory of enslavement shaped questions of identity and citizenship in Europe.
![Slavery, Memory and Reparations]()
Charles Moore will speak about the third and final in his series of biographies of Margaret Thatcher, focusing on her last period in office.
Black holes are amongst the most extraordinary objects that are known to exist in the universe.
7pm to :
South Kensington
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Tuesday 15th October
Prof. Andrea Pieroni discusses the ethnobotany of wild foods and their role in the Mediterranean diet.
![Shifting geographies of ethnobotany: How Iraqi is the Mediterranean Diet?]()
In this talk Stephen Wilkins will discuss the astrophysical origins of the chemical elements, almost all of which have an origin ranging from the big bang to exploding white dwarfs and the merger of neutron stars.
![Origins of the Periodic Table]()
Who is protecting London's historic buildings; the Mayor, London boroughs, government ministers, MPs or the voluntary movement?
6pm to 8pm
City of London
![SAVE Annual Lecture with Simon Jenkins]()
In his talk, Chris Wilkinson will explore the principles though which engineering excellence combines with innovative architecture to create exciting buildings.
![Dyson Design Series: Chris Wilkinson on Innovation in Architecture and Engineering]()
An evening of rarely screened archive film and discussion, celebrating London’s most beloved and iconic LGBTQ+ venues, many long gone.
![Queer Erasure? London’s LGBTQ+ Nightlife on Film]()
Panel debate on the politics, philosophy, and poetry of home, exploring the fundamental connection between home and human well-being.
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Wednesday 16th October
Dr David Allen will discuss the history of the Company including its most famous son, Ben Jonson, as well as three of its masters who designed and built cathedrals
2pm to 3pm
City of London
![A History of The Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers]()
Dr David Allen will discuss the history of the Company including its most famous son, Ben Jonson, as well as three of its masters who designed and built cathedrals, and the Company’s present-day role supporting the craft.
2pm to 3pm
City of London
![A History of The Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers, Dr David Allen]()
This lecture tells the full story for the first time, showing why Britain was the perfect sanctuary from rumoured assassination by Nazi agents.
5:30pm to 6:30pm
Russell Square
This is a chance to photograph the Cathedral as it would have been lit in the past.
![Autumn Candlelit Photography Evening]()
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Thursday 17th October
Peter Clarke gives this talk based on his experience in the City of London Police and IRA during the 1970s to 1990s.
2pm to 3pm
City of London
![How the IRA Campaign changed Policing in the City and the Rest of the World]()
The launch of a new exhibition celebrating 100 years of nursing registration.
5:30pm to 8:30pm
Harley Street
![Fighting for Recognition: The History of a Health Profession]()
Dr Kaufmann tells the intriguing tales of three Africans living in Tudor England.
![Black Tudors: Three Untold Stories]()
The third in a series of talks exploring the stories of London's animals - past, present and future
![London's livestock: the meat of the matter]()
Hear about London's celebrity detectives and gangsters, and find out what happened to a rowdy group of builders drinking on a rooftop in 1806.
6:30pm to :
City of London
![Archives Tour - London Collections]()
For 4 evenings, an installation made by artist Richard Sharples will be shown in St. George’s Gardens, together with the short film Imagining Mountains, which will be projected in the Chapel of Rest.
A talk that explores the new science of de-extinction, proposing to bring species like the passenger pigeon or the wooly mammoth back from the museum and fossil record.
![Ghosts of extinction]()
This talk will discuss Nineteenth Century ‘popular’ (often conflicting) attitudes towards infanticide, by examining the transcripts of court cases tried at London’s Central Criminal Court.
![Matrophobia (Fear of Motherhood): Murdering Mothers in 19th Century London]()
The conditions of the Cold War - from nuclear anxiety to technological optimism - infiltrated fashion and design in numerous ways in the period. This talk will explore how Cold War attitudes shaped the body, home and environment.
![Fear, fashion and design in the Cold War]()
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Friday 18th October
Historian Stephen Bourne explores the lives of black servicemen and Britain's black community during the First World War.
![Black Poppies]()
A festival focused on Sicilian food, with art, exhibitions and food demonstrations.
4:30pm to 10pm
Whitechapel
![Sicily Fest]()
Sex, drugs and debauchery on the dance floor – this restoration of the 1998 disco drama has it all.
![54: The Director’s Cut (15)]()
Join astronomer Dr Robert Massey and art historian Dr Alexandra Loske for an illustrated talk about how our obsession with the Moon has manifested itself in the sciences and visual arts,
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Clerkenwell
For 4 evenings, an installation made by artist Richard Sharples will be shown in St. George’s Gardens, together with the short film Imagining Mountains, which will be projected in the Chapel of Rest.
Join four of London’s most exciting storytellers for a multicultural voyage around the moon’s myth and folklore.
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Saturday 19th October
A festival focused on Sicilian food, with art, exhibitions and food demonstrations.
![Sicily Fest]()
Arts and science collide in a fun, engaging day exploring all things moon-related.
The Barbican Archive Residency is a weekend of free talks, workshops, films and pop-up installations in the foyers of the Centre.
![The Barbican Archive Residency]()
Waterloo Classics is a monthly classic car show/meet in central London.
![Monthly Waterloo Classic car display]()
Two days of sake tastings bringing together four breweries from Japan’s rural prefecture of Kochi, on Shikoku island.
![Tosa Nakama Sake Fair]()
Dr Troyer will talk about the implications of marking a living body with representations of death and discuss current innovations in memorial tattooing
![Morbid Ink]()
Naomi Ryan will discuss some of the strangest acquittals in legal history and explore how a system that strives for rationality and objectivity tackles some of the weirder and darker claims made by defendants.
Elstree Studios, where many of these shows were made, will play host to this very special event to celebrate the fantastic programmes we all remember and love.
![A celebration of ITC' inc 'Randall and Hopkirk at 50]()
For 4 evenings, an installation made by artist Richard Sharples will be shown in St. George’s Gardens, together with the short film Imagining Mountains, which will be projected in the Chapel of Rest.
Join Steve Cross and eight hilarious geeks from the local area for a chaotic evening of stand-up about science and the lives of scientists.
A visual and emotional treat with unique live church organ improv from David Hinitt.
![Nosferatu - on a screen, in a church, with organ music]()
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Sunday 20th October
Annual Transportfest which this year, includes a special emphasis on commercial vehicles as well as the extensive bus displays and rarely-seen early examples
![London Bus Museum Transportfest]()
An opportunity to have a look at the buildings and engines, to take in the exhibition and learn something of the Victorian sewer system.
10:30am to 4pm
Abbey Wood
![Crossness Engines open day]()
A festival focused on Sicilian food, with art, exhibitions and food demonstrations.
![Sicily Fest]()
Annual harvest festival parade - this year in Lambeth -- with the Corn Queene and Berry Man.
![October Plenty]()
The Barbican Archive Residency is a weekend of free talks, workshops, films and pop-up installations in the foyers of the Centre.
![The Barbican Archive Residency]()
Two days of sake tastings bringing together four breweries from Japan’s rural prefecture of Kochi, on Shikoku island.
![Tosa Nakama Sake Fair]()
Campbell Price’s talk will explore why we are so fascinated with the ancient Egyptian dead and whether it reveals more about our own anxieties and prejudices than it informs us about ancient Egypt.
![Mummies, magic and medicine]()
For 4 evenings, an installation made by artist Richard Sharples will be shown in St. George’s Gardens, together with the short film Imagining Mountains, which will be projected in the Chapel of Rest.
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Monday 21st October
Natalie Fiennes invests in a radical, inclusive and honest sex education, taking us beyond learning about the ‘birds and the bees’, to identifying inequality that stands in the way of sexual freedom.
![Behind Closed Doors: Sex Education Transformed]()
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Tuesday 22nd October
An evening of conversation with climate diplomat Christiana Figueres and Professor Sir Brian Hoskins, chaired by BBC Countryfile presenter Tom Heap.
![State of the Earth]()
This panel discussion explores how cabarets and clubs have always been spaces of creativity, considering moments in history to ask when and how club culture started to influence our wider society.
![The Influence of Cabaret and Club Culture]()
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Wednesday 23rd October
This talk will also review the dramatic consequences on what we observe in the night sky that arise purely from the consequences of light-travel time effects.
A special talk from Alec Tritton, a featured Speaker at RootsTech London 2019, on the old and 'new' Poor Laws and how they affected the people.
![The Old Poor Law Before 1834]()
The event will focus upon mathematical expeditions, outlining how the use of mathematics has been instrumental to the success of historical voyages of exploration.
From collaborations with artists, forays into drawing and her role as a campaigner, a panel debate on Rossetti’s extraordinary life and legacy.
![Thinkers for our time: Christina Rossetti]()
From the edgelands to the beating heart of the clamorous 21st century megacity, a wealth of anecdotes, fascinating details, cultural and social history awaits.
![London is a Forest by Paul Wood]()
From walking across Afghanistan to becoming Deputy Governor of Iraq, advising Hillary Clinton to tutoring Prince William, the breakout political star of 2019 has led an extraordinary life to date.
![An Evening with Rory Stewart | with Hannah MacInnes]()
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Thursday 24th October
Meet the Gibbonologists and find out everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the world from a gibbon’s point of view.
![International Gibbon Day]()
Delve into London's dark past of death and disease in this practical workshop.
![Close to the bone: death & disease]()
Dr Helen Fry uncovers the story of the German and Austrian refugees, most of them Jewish, who fought for Britain in the Second World War.
![Churchill's German Army]()
Art critic William Feaver discusses the first volume of his new work of biography of one of the most important artists of the twentieth century.
6:45pm to 8:30pm
St James
![William Feaver on the Lives of Lucian Freud]()
A talk about the authors and writers who have committed suicide.
![Literary Suicides with Gary Lachman]()
An alternative view of the North West of England that delves into its stranger past.
![I Hate The Lake District by Charlie Gere]()
In this talk, discover the story of Richmond’s rail links with Central London and the design and development of the two Stations that served them.
![173 years of railways to Richmond and beyond…]()
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Friday 25th October
Celebrate science fact and science fiction at Lates.
6pm to 10pm
South Kensington
Inspired by original poetry, video projections will illuminate the outside of St Paul's Cathedral.
6:30pm to 10pm
City of London
![Where Light Falls]()
Get ready for a spooky Halloween in this literary panel talk with authors of contemporary Gothic fiction.
![Contemporary Gothic]()
A late opening of the garden museum with a gin and events.
![Up Late: Autumn Wilds]()
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Saturday 26th October
A local fete type event, but with a focus on timer and woodland management.
See working models of cars, cranes, trains, funfair rides and more, all built from Meccano
![Meccano Show 2019]()
Visit the c.1397 Grade 2 listed ‘threshing’ barn, over 100ft x 40ft in size, with a fine crownpost roof.
10:45am to 1pm
Rickmansworth
Celebrate the lunar festival, Diwali, with dance, music, art and a celebration of light at the National Maritime Museum.
An exhibition of Acorn / BBC / Archimedes / RISC OS computers and software.
![RISC OS London Show]()
Enjoy a seasonal ceilidh, craft market, food, and autumnal workshops.
12pm to 4pm
Bethnal Green
![Seasonal Shindig: An autumn celebration]()
Monthly open day at a wood and nature reserve that's next to the railway at Forest Hill.
![Monthly open day at the Dacres Wood nature reserve]()
This talk will explore Stoker's time in London and the capital's appearance in his fiction, most famously in Dracula and The Jewel of Seven Stars.
Explore and handle medical objects from centuries past from London’s most intriguing medical museums - all in one place.
Love it or hate it, the concrete landscape of Europe’s largest art centre has been dividing opinion for generations.
![Southbank Centre architecture tours]()
Come with us, rend the veil and raise the spirits.
![Spiritual Vampires]()
Inspired by original poetry, video projections will illuminate the outside of St Paul's Cathedral.
6:30pm to 10pm
City of London
![Where Light Falls]()
Matthew Sadler, Natasha Regan and Fan Hui discuss their world-first experiences with AI and DeepMind, an organisation at the forefront of artificial intelligence research.
![AlphaZero's Game Changer: The Promise of AI]()
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Sunday 27th October
A monthly open day at a quirky transport museum housed in an old water pumping building.
![Monthly open day at a Transport Museum]()
A local fete type event, but with a focus on timer and woodland management.
In an age in which we find ourselves 'ghosted' by potential internet friends, this talk will provide a whistle-stop tour of the way that technology has transformed our spiritual lives.
![Voices in the ether]()
Discover the history of the building and climb the 135 stairs for the best view of Hackney.
Why would someone choose to write or draw and then claim not to be the author of those words or images?
David Robert Grimes shows how we can be lured into making critical mistakes or drawing false conclusions, and how to avoid such errors.
![The Irrational Ape: How Critical Thinking can save the World]()
Join Star Wars actor Anthony Daniels as he reflects on his time playing one of the most famous droids in cinematic history.
![Anthony Daniels: My Life as C-3PO]()
Inspired by original poetry, video projections will illuminate the outside of St Paul's Cathedral.
8pm to 10pm
City of London
![Where Light Falls]()
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Monday 28th October
Inspired by the exhibition 'Urban Bodies', presentations and a panel discussion, with Willi Dorner, exploring the links between architecture and performance.
6:30pm to 9pm
City of London
![Performance in the Public Realm]()
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Tuesday 29th October
After winning the Cold War, did the West lose the peace? Political scientist Ivan Krastev sheds light on the East/West divide, thirty years on.
1pm to 2pm
Trafalgar Square
Occasional open week where tours are offered of a former Archbishop's palace.
![Tours of Croydon Old Palace]()
Hear about the Egyptian Society, the first of its kind, which emerged during the 18th century as interest in antiquarian study peaked.
Artist talk with British painter Lisa Wright and artist Tom Piper, who have been commissioned to create the installation, Future Forest, in Thetford Forest, to mark the Forestry Commission’s centenary year.
![Infinite Forest: Artist talk with Lisa Wright and Tom Piper]()
Hosted by architect and technologist Xavier De Kestelier, this discussion will speculate on the future of architecture beyond planet Earth.
![Space Architecture]()
Join Eric Parry and Richard Deacon to learn more about their collaboration on One Eagle Place, a seminal building in the heart of Piccadilly.
![Eric Parry and Richard Deacon in Conversation]()
For all tea lovers, Nazani Tea will host an evening bridging the tea and infusion traditions of the East and West.
![Nazani Tea Time from Ancient Greece to Mugicha]()
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Wednesday 30th October
Occasional open week where tours are offered of a former Archbishop's palace.
![Tours of Croydon Old Palace]()
Featuring a never-been-seen-before interview with Leonard Kleinrock, hear first-hand testimonies from some of the people who were there at the very beginning.
![50 Years of the Internet]()
A nocturnal walking tour through one of east London's most atmospheric landscapes.
![The East Edge]()
This lecture will also consider one of the fastest moving areas of cancer treatment, stimulating the immune system to attack cancers.
This discussion will address underlying issues around black, Asian and minority ethnic diversity in both academia and the creative and cultural industries.
6:30pm to 8pm
Whitechapel
!['Are the Humanities for Us?']()
Philosophy often presents itself as founded on logic and rationality, but even the most rigorous of us must concede that the world can be a strange place.
A leading thinker on the crossover between design, technology and business, reveals how essential it is that we educate ourselves about the laws of our digital age, and how to do just that.
On this, her first visit to LSE, Lady Black will speak about her work as a judge, reflecting on her career in the law.
In a series of gruesome activities not for the faint-hearted, visitors can test their ‘attractiveness’ to blood-sucking mosquitoes or embark on a medical journey through the bloodstream in study of cuts, scabs and bruises.
6:45pm to 10pm
South Kensington
Professor Paul Watt presents a talk on post-Olympics East London with a focus on housing and homelessness.
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Thursday 31st October
Occasional open week where tours are offered of a former Archbishop's palace.
![Tours of Croydon Old Palace]()
How the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automation.
![The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor and Power in the Age of Automation]()
An evening of ghost stories and the supernatural at Charles Dickens home.
![Dickens After Dark: A Halloween Special]()
Join historian and curator Dr Peter Johnston as he launches his new book, the authorised history of the British military's time in Germany.
![British Forces in Germany, 1945-2019]()
This engaging history reveals what was really at stake in the overthrow of Catholic culture and the reshaping of the English Church.
![Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation]()
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