Things to do in London in April 2021

There will be filming and pyrotechnics in the Thames around the area of the Millenium Dome in North Greenwich.

 

A presentation about the upgrade works to the Isle of Wight Railway.

 

Join Stephen Walker, in conversation with celebrated British travel writer Colin Thubron, as he speaks about his new book, Beyond - the history of the first human to leave our planet.

 

A talk and recreation of how amputations used to be carried out in the Old Operating Theatre.

 

Listen as the team delve into the horrors of surgery before the arrival of anaesthesia and antiseptics that helped pave the way to our modern medical procedures.

 

Naomi Games will talk about her father’s work on the Festival of Britain symbol following the story from the designer’s brief, development of his ideas, to winning the competition.

 

Artist and painting conservator Ying Yang explains the significance, and skills involved, in copying the Old Masters

 

Pay a visit to the toilet with historians Lee Jackson and Simon Fowler as they plumb the depths of London's lavatory legacy.

 

This talk will illuminate works by some leading figures such as ElLissitzky, Kurt Schwitters, Moholy-Nagy and Piet Zwart, as well as lesser known designers like Johannes Molzahn, Walter Dexel and Max Burchartz.

 

Once British, Always British is a collection of two 30-minute audio dramas exploring migration to British port cities by Yemeni and Indian sailors during the 1920s.

 

Simon Saville will describe Butterfly Conservation’s new “Big City Butterflies” project, which will run for four years from 2021.

 

Christine Hallett challenges some of the popular myths surrounding the allied nurses of the First World War.

 

Peter Daniel talks about the Cato Street Conspiracy, a daring plot to assassinate the British Prime Minister and his cabinet.

 

Learn about one of the protagonists of the Cato Street Conspiracy, a daring plot to assassinate the British Prime Minister and his cabinet.

 

How accurate are science fiction films? Separate fact from fiction with astronomers from the Royal Observatory Greenwich