Wednesday 1st September
Online events / webinars
These monthly talks explore the story of the clock tower from its beginnings, to the most complex conservation project in its history.
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Thursday 2nd September
A note that a steam train will depart Victoria station in the morning, and return in the evening.
A special session exploring local maps of Bethnal Green led by Tower Hamlets Archives.
2021-09-02
2pm to 3pm
Bethnal Green
Join Natalie Haynes and guests for this special comedy event, live at the British Museum, to discuss all things Nero.
2021-09-02
5:30pm to 7pm
Russell Square
Online events / webinars
Join Caroline Crampton author of The Way to the Sea: The Forgotten Histories of the Thames Estuary
Judge Peter Herbert OBE, founder of the society of Black Lawyers speaks on race, law, and his recent legal action against the judiciary
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Friday 3rd September
Join former Brixmis officer Major General Peter Williams as he discusses East German intelligence operations against the Allied military liaison missions during the Cold War.
2021-09-03
12pm to 1pm
Chelsea
Over the next few weeks, a walking boat will be in the Royal Docks - and yes, it's art.
2021-09-03
4:30pm to 5:30pm
Victoria Dock
Online events / webinars
Exploring the records of church and state, Paul Dryburgh examines how society dealt with dramatically changed circumstances and how the country attempted to recover from the pandemic.
Join exhibition project curator, Francesca Bologna and from Rome's Museo Nazionale Romano (National Roman Museum) Carlotta Caruso and Sara Colantonio as they explore Nero's rule through some of the objects in the Museo Nazionale Romano's collection
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Saturday 4th September
Around 40 vintage boats will fill St Katherine Docks next to Tower Bridge.
2021-09-04
All Day
Wapping
Dozens of local society stands, local history experts and bookstalls will be on hand.
2021-09-04
10am to 4:30pm
Kennington
The Worshipful Company of Cutlers will open their doors to the public for an exhibition of mudlarking finds and knives recovered from the River Thames.
2021-09-04
10am to 4pm
City of London
Monthly opening of the museum dedicated to the life and work of the "lady with the lamp".
2021-09-04
10am to 4pm
Southwark
Roughly monthly open day at a most unusual museum in an old barn.
2021-09-04
10:30am to 4pm
Upminster
They run tours of the cemetery, visits to the chapel and crypt - not usually open - guidance on family history, plus food and drinks at the café.
2021-09-04
11am to 5pm
Peckham
There will be all the familiar traditional attractions for a village fete - dog shows, food, coconut shies, etc.
2021-09-04
12pm to 5pm
East Dulwich
Traditional village fete, held near Denmark Hill
2021-09-04
12pm to 6:30pm
Camberwell
Online events / webinars
A chance to explore the eye-catching 1930s cinema designs of a highly individual architect.
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Sunday 5th September
Around 40 vintage boats will fill St Katherine Docks next to Tower Bridge.
2021-09-05
All Day
Wapping
The fair brings together families, teachers and the wider dyslexia community to learn more about dyslexia, talk to experts, discover useful resources and share experiences and learnings.
2021-09-05
10am to 4pm
Dulwich
A day devoted to stars and stripes as Brooklands welcomes a whole host of American cars and motorbikes.
2021-09-05
10am to 5pm
Weybridge
Better than half price entry to the Painted Hall on the first Sunday of the month.
2021-09-05
10am to 5pm
Greenwich
Monthly opening of the museum dedicated to the life and work of the "lady with the lamp".
2021-09-05
10am to 4pm
Southwark
Set over nearly 2 acres, they offer space for quiet contemplation, family fun and make a great backdrop for events.
2021-09-05
10:30am to 4:30pm
Clapham
35 metre long paved suburban garden. It is divided into different areas incl a Mediterranean themed area, a raised bed vegetable garden, an aviary and summer house.
2021-09-05
11am to 3:30pm
Wealdstone
An inspiring exotic jungle of lush big leafed plants and Southeast Asian influences.
2021-09-05
11am to 4:30pm
Camberwell
Annual "village" fete held in the heart of Soho.
2021-09-05
12pm to 6pm
Soho
Exotic, huge, recently-designed garden, featuring tropical/Mediterranean-zone plants.
2021-09-05
12pm to 5:30pm
East Finchley
A beautiful historic parkland designed by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown with Edwardian gardens in Reigate, Surrey.
2021-09-05
1pm to 5pm
Reigate
Arts & Crafts churches of Great Britain - architects, craftsmen, and patrons - a presentation by Roger Button
2021-09-05
Starts at 2:30pm
Belgravia
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Monday 6th September
Join historian Dan Jones for a look at the enduring legacy of the Middle Ages
2021-09-06
7:30pm to 8:45pm
Camden
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Tuesday 7th September
John Clarke presents an account of how railway funerals were conducted.
2021-09-07
Starts at 7:30pm
Streatham
In a special lecture for Pushkin House, Antony Beevor looks at myths and misunderstandings around the Soviet role in this conflict.
2021-09-07
7:30pm to 9:30pm
Holborn
Online events / webinars
Join us for a walking tour of Regent's Canal, now one of London’s most popular recreational waterways and an increasingly attractive place.
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Wednesday 8th September
The annual boat race on the Thames, that's been taking place for over 300 years.
2021-09-08
11am to 11:45am
With wide paths and plenty of seats carefully placed to enjoy the plants and views.
2021-09-08
11am to 4pm
Havering
An Evening of Cocktails & Curiosities! Celebrate the Launch of Spirits of the Otherworld: A Grimoire of Occult Cocktails & Drinking Rituals
2021-09-08
6pm to 9pm
Hackney
Online events / webinars
City of London Guide Pete Smith surveys 2,000 years of river crossings, and, in the process, reveals a number of intriguing findings, from a mid-air burial to a mysterious spike on London Bridge.
The John Snow Society Annual Pumphandle Lecture will be given by Dr Anthony Fauci, entitled "COVID-19: Lessons Learned and Remaining Challenges".
A talk about the early adventures of the rover as it begins its geological exploration of Jezero crater.
Helen Carr will discuss how she pieced together and interpreted the life of one of England’s greatest medieval magnates.
Join a panel of experts in agriculture and food innovation in this online debate on how the way we produce, transport and consume food needs to change to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Most of us give little thought to the last few pages of a book – it's just where you go to look things up. But the index is an unsung and extraordinary everyday tool with an illustrious, little-known past.
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Thursday 9th September
Approximately 100 stand-up boards will paddle from Kew Bridge to Richmond at lunchtime.
2021-09-09
Starts at 12pm
Brentford
Online events / webinars
Expert of ancient and modern Stoicism Dr John Sellars (University of London) joins journalist Eliot Haworth to explore how Stoicism remains immediately relevant to our lives today, particularly in these uncertain times.
This online presentation will cover a summary of the rapid design, build and fabricate period.
Join Martijn Heck as he shows how light and lasers are taking over electronics in computers
The UnNatural History of Cornwall Lecture Series - the story of the Pencarrow Hunt and Black John
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Friday 10th September
Join Dr Emily Mayhew as she examines the achievements and the failings of the medical profession during the war in Afghanistan.
2021-09-10
12pm to 1pm
Chelsea
A talk about how the award of the Military Medal to WAAF members impacted on the WAAF’s development, perceptions of women in the services
2021-09-10
Starts at 12:30pm
Colindale
Online events / webinars
Explore objects in the collection linked to the themes of desire, love and identity.
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Saturday 11th September
Due to its pending closure, this is a farewell open day at the Alperton Bus Garage near Wembley.
London’s only medieval festival with battle re-enactments, gunnery, archery display and talks, together with living history encampments, a medieval market and children’s activities.
2021-09-11
10:30am to 5pm
Arkley
St Mary le Strand will be hosting a re-launch of the Church, now as a traffic-free space.
2021-09-11
12pm to 4pm
Strand
See the archaeological excavations and Tudor foundations at Scadbury Moated Manor – which still has its moat around it.
2021-09-11
2pm to 4:30pm
Chislehurst
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Sunday 12th September
London’s only medieval festival with battle re-enactments, gunnery, archery display and talks, together with living history encampments, a medieval market and children’s activities.
See the new archaeological excavations and visit the original stables that are not normally open to the public.
2021-09-12
11am to 4pm
Hayes
Romantic rose tunnel winds through the middle of the garden. Good displays of bulbs and blossom.
2021-09-12
12pm to 5pm
Kensington
Two races along the Thames in heavy barges.
2021-09-12
12pm to 4pm
Southwark
Walled garden leads to veg plot, greenhouse, chickens and orchard. Romantic woodland walk, lawns and stone ornaments.
2021-09-12
12pm to 4pm
Enfield Town
See the archaeological excavations and Tudor foundations at Scadbury Moated Manor – which still has its moat around it.
2021-09-12
2pm to 4:30pm
Chislehurst
Informal, romantic ¼ acre garden with mature flowering trees, shrubs and imaginative planting in flowing herbaceous borders.
2021-09-12
2pm to 5:30pm
Chiswick
Psychiatrist Dr Alastair Santhouse draws on his experience of treating thousands of hospital patients to show how our emotions are inextricably linked to our physical wellbeing.
2021-09-12
3pm to 4:30pm
Holborn
Online events / webinars
Join Professor Dawn Ades to explore the paradoxical role of Surrealist women artists in a movement that both elevated and silenced them
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Monday 13th September
In this talk Kyle Lewis and Will Stronge argue that one powerful and practical response to the trend of job polarisation is the call for a shorter working week.
2021-09-13
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
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Tuesday 14th September
Online events / webinars
A presentation on just some of the key challenges of redeveloping an iconic structure and the surrounding area.
This talk will chart the development of the different types of Chinese export wallpaper during the second half of the 18th century.
This illustrated talk highlights some aspects of the history, teachings and religious practice of a little known religion, Zoroastrianism.
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Wednesday 15th September
A talk about the time that Charles I (as heir to the throne) made a secret and hazardous trip to Madrid to win the hand of a Spanish princess.
2021-09-15
6pm to 7pm
Barbican
A talk about the surprising, the head-scratching, and sometimes the plainly absurd claims connecting the Universe with the Divine.
2021-09-15
7pm to 9pm
Holborn
Online events / webinars
A journey along the early Georgian river from Westminster to the Tower of London.
An online technical lecture on the principle and design of double composite bridges for use on HS2.
A panel of experts as explore the evidence that has been gathered from previous missions demonstrating why there may have been life on Mars.
Explore the world of the 1970s eco horror movie with Dr Scott Freer
The Unnatural History of Cornwall - curated by Dr.amy Hale brings stories of the weird and wonderful from Cornwall to a wider audience, with an emphasis on Cornish voices from the past and the present.
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Thursday 16th September
This lecture observes how music is a highly effective tool in the promotion of cultural and personal nostalgia.
2021-09-16
6pm to 7pm
Holborn
Online events / webinars
Online presentation about the 223 year history of the Thames River Police
Join Arthur Turrell as he explores the past, present and future of fusion power
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Friday 17th September
A street festival that will host a series of activities, workshops, live music, film screenings and performances.
2021-09-17
11am to 8pm
Camden
Join David Wells as he explores the service of the West India Regiments in Britain’s early 19th-century military campaigns against France and America.
2021-09-17
12pm to 1pm
Chelsea
This illustrated talk will trace its story from its origins to demolition in 1962.
2021-09-17
6pm to 7pm
Southwark
Online events / webinars
A talk by Andrew Lane, Education Officer, Guildhall Art Gallery and London’s Roman Amphitheatre
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Saturday 18th September
A heritage day of events throughout Ewell Village including Bourne Hall, the Watch House and The Grove
2021-09-18
10am to 5pm
Epsom
Roughly monthly open day at a most unusual museum in an old barn.
2021-09-18
10:30am to 4pm
Upminster
Over forty vintage and futuristic vehicles will mark London’s world of wheels, as the Sheriffs and ritually robed Carmen brand each ‘cart’ with a red-hot iron – the origin of vehicle licensing.
2021-09-18
10:30am to 12:30pm
City of London
Visit the British Museum for a day of performances, workshops, talks, demonstrations and games to celebrate Chuseok – the Korean harvest festival.
2021-09-18
11am to 4pm
Russell Square
A street festival that will host a series of activities, workshops, live music, film screenings and performances.
2021-09-18
11am to 8pm
Camden
A weekend festival of talks, performances, workshops, food and music, exploring home and belonging.
2021-09-18
11am to 5pm
Bethnal Green
Features up to 30 stalls - selling a good variety of Bus and Railway items.
2021-09-18
11am to 3pm
Arkley
Members of Second Floor Studios & Arts community will open their workspace doors allowing the public to enter, view, and purchase original works of art
2021-09-18
12pm to 6pm
New Cross
Bermondsey Street Festival is an annual celebration of music, dance, arts, cuisine and creativity
2021-09-18
Starts at 12pm
Southwark
Climb the 80 steps to the Ringing Chamber where you can see demonstrations of the ringing of church bells.
2021-09-18
1pm to 4pm
Camberwell
Come and visit this green oasis in an urban setting it is a one of the many local green lungs in Forest Hill where you can find some interesting wildlife.
2021-09-18
2pm to 5pm
Forest Hill
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Sunday 19th September
A weekend festival of talks, performances, workshops, food and music, exploring home and belonging.
2021-09-19
11am to 5pm
Bethnal Green
A note that there will be a flypast over East and Central London, likely to be by vintage aircraft from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
2021-09-19
11:45am to 12:45pm
Members of Second Floor Studios & Arts community will open their workspace doors allowing the public to enter, view, and purchase original works of art
2021-09-19
12pm to 6pm
New Cross
Open day with demonstrations, look around a fire engine, and use the fire hoses.
2021-09-19
12pm to 4:30pm
Richmond
Big garden for London, thickly enclosed by ivy, roses and jasmine, crowded with plants, many unusual
2021-09-19
1pm to 5pm
Stoke Newington
Join Suresh Singh and Bishopsgate Institute archivist Stefan Dickers to reflect on being born and bred in Brick Lane.
2021-09-19
Starts at 2pm
Whitechapel
Online events / webinars
Carl Hoffman will talk about his book – Savage Harvest - The mysterious disappearance of Michael Rockefeller in New Guinea in 1961
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Monday 20th September
This lecture looks at new results from the UAE’s Hope mission, China’s Tianwen-1 and NASA’s Perseverence.
2021-09-20
1pm to 2pm
Holborn
Online events / webinars
This talk will explore the quirky, social and scientific history behind this iconic skyline structure.
Archivist Susan Snell and Prof. Colin Jones, discuss the life and times of pioneering dentist and freemason Bartholomew Ruspini.
There is a web of sites around the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle, Cornwall, that are often seen as places where the veil between the worlds is thin.
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Tuesday 21st September
A talk with renowned puppet maker Andy Gent of Arch Model Studio, who will discuss the creative process and technical skill of creating models for stop-motion animation.
2021-09-21
6pm to 8:30pm
South Kensington
This talk will explore the development of the house and its collections.
2021-09-21
Starts at 6:30pm
Harley Street
Online events / webinars
Examining the old, dark, scary and more serious world of traditional British and Irish peoples who lived alongside fairies, elves, gnomes.
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Wednesday 22nd September
This lecture will introduce this series about these early missionary projects; why they mostly failed; and why they still matter.
2021-09-22
6pm to 7pm
Barbican
Join us at Stanfords as we welcome the Sunday Times bestselling author, Ben Wilson as he talks about his latest book Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind’s Greatest Invention.
2021-09-22
6:30pm to 8pm
Soho
Online events / webinars
Interested in Art History? Discover ways to approach the subject at the British Museum.
The talk will present the work completed on the redevelopment of the Shell Centre in Waterloo.
A talk on the eventful life and career of the late, great and quintessentially British film star David Niven.
The Age of Genius explores the intertwining of outward event and inner intellectual life to tell the story of the 17th century in Europe.
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Thursday 23rd September
Occasional open days at the overflow depot where the London Transport Museum stores its trains and most of its unseen collection.
2021-09-23
11am to 5pm
Acton
For one night only, Illuminated River artist Leo Villareal will programme a dazzling light display on nine bridges across the Thames.
Online events / webinars
Join Rhona Levene on a virtual tour of this wonderful Victorian cemetery in north west London. With over 60,000 graves to choose from, she uncovers a small selection of the resident dead and brings their stories to life.
Prof. Pratik Chakrabarti will explore how the complex world of nature came to define the intellectual pursuits of British natural history.
An online event with London mudlark Lara Maiklem and historian Dr Emily Cockayne
Join us on Zoom as Lara and Emily discuss Refuse, Reusue and Scavenging on the Thames Foreshore
Lara Maiklem, author of Mudlarking: Lost and Found on the River Thames and A Field Guide to Larking:
Now that two decades have passed since the disaster of September 11th, 2001, and a new World Trade Center rises on the site, we can begin to remember what the original was like — “a city-within-a-city” that housed 50,000 employees.
Historian Owen Davies will examine a panoply of macabre medical curiosities.
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Friday 24th September
Occasional open days at the overflow depot where the London Transport Museum stores its trains and most of its unseen collection.
2021-09-24
11am to 5pm
Acton
An annual parade by the pupils and marching band of Christ's Hospital.
2021-09-24
Starts at 12pm
Barbican
Online events / webinars
Listen to Illuminated River lighting designers, Jonathan Gittins and Elga Neimann, discuss the delivery of the world's longest public artwork.
This talk will look at how depictions of African people in British and Irish heraldry have changed over time
Kate MccGwire is joined by Catriona McAra to explore the themes of the feminine grotesque that have come to characterize MccGwire's work
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Saturday 25th September
See the finds and learn about recent excavations at Holy Family Catholic Technology College.
A street party to celebrate the opening of the Northern line extension to Battersea.
2021-09-25
11am to 6pm
South Lambeth
Occasional open days at the overflow depot where the London Transport Museum stores its trains and most of its unseen collection.
2021-09-25
11am to 5pm
Acton
A day of vintage shopping, bringing vintage traders selling fashion, menswear, jewellery, homeware, furniture, posters, maps, vinyl records, collectables and more
2021-09-25
11am to 5pm
Islington
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Sunday 26th September
Every conceivable vehicle and pieces of apparatus used in the emergency services will grace the Museum site in a line-up of display and serving vehicles.
2021-09-26
9:30am to 5pm
Weybridge
Watch Freemen/women exercise their right to drive sheep across a London Bridge - and lots of stalls from the livery companies.
2021-09-26
10am to 4pm
Southwark
A street party to celebrate the opening of the Northern line extension to Battersea.
2021-09-26
11am to 6pm
South Lambeth
Occasional open days at the overflow depot where the London Transport Museum stores its trains and most of its unseen collection.
2021-09-26
11am to 5pm
Acton
A vibrant celebration of Bengali arts, culture and heritage in Aldgate Square.
2021-09-26
12pm to 5pm
Tower Hill
Hackney’s oldest building will be open to the public.
2021-09-26
2pm to 4:30pm
Hackney
Be outside and watch the most unusual sight of a large crowd of people walking down the road laden with big ornate plants, squashing onto buses and tube trains.
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Monday 27th September
Conflicting views shaped the numerous versions of King Kong and the Planet of the Apes films, which the lecture will use to look at evolving images of humanity.
2021-09-27
6pm to 7pm
Holborn
Online events / webinars
Join us and our guest, Helen de Borchgrave - author and fine art conservator, for a glimpse of life in Gdansk, Warsaw and Krakow in 1984
This talk will explore the historical development of magical Cornwall in the cultural imagination.
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Tuesday 28th September
An evening of brilliant conversation and find out London's extraordinary secrets that lie beneath it.
2021-09-28
6:30pm to 8pm
Soho
Professor Alexei Leporc, curator of Western European art at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, speaks at a hybrid in-house event.
2021-09-28
7pm to 9pm
Bloomsbury
Online events / webinars
A talk about the forming of the collection before looking at a selection of paintings and the stories behind them, covering the Tudor period to the present day.
Join Carole Annett in conversation with author and colour expert Patrick Baty about his book ‘The Anatomy of Colour’
In this lecture Dr. Asma will explore some of the dominant types of monsters in ancient Western literature, natural history, and philosophy
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Wednesday 29th September
A talk about end-of-life medical treatment.
2021-09-29
6pm to 7pm
City of London
This lecture will examine the evidence for and the significance of events that unfolded in the early Universe.
2021-09-29
6pm to 7pm
Barbican
Online events / webinars
Join Southwark Cathedral online as we reflect on the first anniversary of the passing of Doorkins Magnificat and the first year of Hodge
Join Southwark Cathedral online as we reflect on the first anniversary of the passing of Doorkins Magnificat and the first year of Hodge
Jacob Moss highlights the Museum’s recent project to identify & map more than three hundred fan makers active in London from the 17th century onward.
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Thursday 30th September
In conversation with fellow author and historian Peter Frankopan Colin describes the dramatic journey he embarked upon for his latest new book, The Amur River.
Online events / webinars
Discover the story of a priory that became a parish church that became a Cathedral
Southwark Cathedral has had a long and distinguished history with over 900 years of Christian witness and mission
This talk looks at how a newcomer to London found a room and what life was like in a crowded house shared with strangers who were subsidising the household budget.
Explore the idea of Collecting Covid-19 with the Natasha McEnroe, Keeper of Medicine at the Wellcome Galleries in the Science Museum.
Lee Jackson talks about his book "Dirty Old London", explaining how the nineteenth century capital struggled to stem a rising tide of filth, from toxic pollution of the Thames to disposing of mountains of 'dust' (household rubbish).
Here's your opportunity to celebrate the series' 10th anniversary with the author himself, Ben Aaronovitch.
At our online lecture, Tracy Borman presents the history of witches and what happened to them in Stuart England
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