Wednesday 1st July
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Thursday 2nd July
Summer evening openings of the Painshill Gardens estate.
2020-07-02
5pm to 9pm
Cobham
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In this Lunch Hour Lecture Dr Klaas give update on the 2020 election, while also forecasting how the United States might behave post pandemic.
A panel discussion with Jeannette Ehlers (artist), Isaac Julien (artist), Keith Piper (artist/Middlesex U.), John Siblon (Birkbeck) and Tony Warner (Black History Walks). Chaired by Tamar Garb (IAS, UCL)) and Paul Gilroy (SPRC, UCL)
Three museums talk about how their collections cope with crisis.
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Friday 3rd July
Summer evening openings of the Painshill Gardens estate.
2020-07-03
5pm to 9pm
Cobham
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Saturday 4th July
The Architectural Tour explores the Georgian features of House.
2020-07-04
2pm to 4pm
Trafalgar Square
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Sunday 5th July
Member of the Society of Garden Designers, Charles has created the garden over 30yrs.
2020-07-05
12pm to 4pm
Clapham
Monthly open day at Gatton Park, the core 250 acres of the estate originally laid out by Capability Brown.
2020-07-05
1pm to 5pm
Reigate
A row of historical railway cottages, tucked away from the bustle of Wood Green nr Alexandra Palace, takes the visitor back in time.
2020-07-05
2pm to 5pm
Wood Green
The Architectural Tour explores the Georgian features of House.
2020-07-05
2pm to 4pm
Trafalgar Square
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Monday 6th July
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A lecture about the near dam collapse and the efforts to prevent it happening.
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Tuesday 7th July
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Explore 18th Century London through the eyes of two of its most celebrated artists: John Rocque and William Hogarth
Hear fascinating and unexpected tales of London's great West End stores, from Selfridges to John Lewis via Liberty, HMV and many others
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Wednesday 8th July
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Thursday 9th July
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A talk about the works to stabilise a major landslip on the Tonbridge to Hastings railway line
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Friday 10th July
Summer evening openings of the Painshill Gardens estate.
2020-07-10
5pm to 9pm
Cobham
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Saturday 11th July
A Dutch training ship that teaches young people to sail will pass through Tower Bridge this morning.
2020-07-11
6am to 6:40am
Southwark
Highgate’s West Cemetery is the famous half of the cemetery and for the first time since the 1970s, they are going to open it up to people – without going on a tour.
2020-07-11
2pm to 3pm
Highgate
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Sunday 12th July
Visit a sunny, 120 foot S facing garden, planted for colour.
This gem of a garden has an all-white front and a family friendly back.
2020-07-12
1pm to 5pm
Dulwich
Highgate’s West Cemetery is the famous half of the cemetery and for the first time since the 1970s, they are going to open it up to people – without going on a tour.
2020-07-12
2pm to 3pm
Highgate
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Monday 13th July
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Tuesday 14th July
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Explore the teeming metropolis of 19th century London through archives.
Antony Clayton will give an illustrated talk about one of the greatest artists of the Victorian London scene, James McNeill Whistler.
Museum workers talk about life at work - this month online rather than on a stage.
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Wednesday 15th July
A contemporary garden designed by RHS Chelsea Gold Medal Winner, Marcus Barnett.
2020-07-15
11am to 3pm
Belmont
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A virtual walk through Kings Cross's fascinating history
The most expensive square on the British Monopoly board for good reason. Hear the scandalous stories hidden behind these grand addresses
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Thursday 16th July
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Professor Michele Dougherty will host an update on the latest science being carried out on Cassini data, and discuss how that mission has fed into the planning for JUICE, the next Cassini scale mission to Jupiter.
What role will science and technology play in sex, fertility and reproduction in the future?
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Friday 17th July
Summer evening openings of the Painshill Gardens estate.
2020-07-17
5pm to 9pm
Cobham
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Saturday 18th July
The skills of two artists created this pretty cottage style garden in a suburban setting.
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Gurbir Singh will speak about Stephen H Smith who was testing solid-fuel rockets in Calcutta during the 1930s and 1940s.
Find out about the hidden history of Merton - a little known corner of SW London with connections to Lord Nelson, William Morris and Liberty
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Sunday 19th July
A well loved town garden approx 40 ft by 70 ft with ancient tall trees, deep borders of shrubs and perennial planting and with sculptures and a walled area
2020-07-19
1pm to 8:45pm
Surbiton
A generous ½ acre plot converted by the owners into a colourful, plant-filled garden, with many features of interest.
2020-07-19
1pm to 5pm
Keston
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Monday 20th July
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This virutal walk will trace the story of the West End's most outrageous district. From Cassanova's parties to the birth of British Rock and Roll. Mild mannered serial killers and decadent drinking clubs. Soho had (and has) it all.
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Tuesday 21st July
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Join London Blue Badge Guide Russell Nash for this fascinating, if occasionally gruesome tale of a sick city.
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Wednesday 22nd July
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Virginia Woolf had a London home all of her life. In this tour we explore the various places she called home in London.
On this tour we'll look at the rise of the docks and their history as well as the incredible transformation of Canary Wharf as a 'Wall Street on water"
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Thursday 23rd July
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Why are my photographs fading? Why do some of my books smell funny? How can I look after my documents?
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Friday 24th July
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Saturday 25th July
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Sunday 26th July
Members of The Surrey Classic Vehicle Club will be displaying their vehicles on the meadow at Painshill.
2020-07-26
10am to 3:30pm
Cobham
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Monday 27th July
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Tuesday 28th July
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Through LMA’s picture archive we will visit a London that continues to grow in size and prosperity whilst also grappling with the mixed legacy of its 19th transformation, and the urgent challenges of war.
Find out some odd or quirky things about the London Underground and maybe learn the answers to questions you have often wondered about.
Was it WILBERFORCE or WILL-BY-FORCE? Genealogist Paul Crooks presents an alternative perspective of slavery and abolition in the Caribbean.
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Wednesday 29th July
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Never has so much passion, talent and history been crammed into so small an area. We will have a closer look at Soho through time, revealing its dirty secrets, inspiring social history and its colourful communities.
Hear stories of how the ordinary Londoners were affected by bombs, rationing, and the evacuation of most of the children.
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Thursday 30th July
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In this 30-minute online talk, Parliamentary archivist Penny McMahon draws upon historical documents to highlight the significance of parliamentary legislation on the lives of LGBT+ people and to tell some of their stories.
Archivist Penny McMahon draws upon historical documents to highlight the significance of parliamentary legislation on the lives of LGBT+ people and to tell some of their stories.
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Friday 31st July
Just a note for the curious, that some sort of filming event is taking place around the London Eye overnight.
2020-07-31
8pm to 11pm
Southwark
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Neil Johnston charts how Charles II secured his kingdoms and re-established himself and his government across the Stuart territories in 1660, using unique examples from our collection.
Using The National Archives' unique collections, this talk will chart how Charles II secured his kingdoms and re-established himself and his government across the Stuart territories in 1660.
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