The ianVisits guide to October's unusual events, tours, lectures and exhibitions happening around London.
Friday 1st October
Free
Join Judith Mackrell as she explores the lives of six wartime journalists and their struggles to overcome bureaucracy and prejudice while reporting from the front lines.
Starts at 12pm
Chelsea
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Saturday 2nd October
Roughly monthly open day at a most unusual museum in an old barn.
10:30am to 4pm
Upminster
Explore the macabre history of "Smooth Field" (aka Smithfield) on this special London Month of the Dead walking tour.
Starts at 11am
£5.00
Set behind the Georgian manor house, visitors can explore the peaceful two-acre garden.
11am to 1pm
Dulwich
Drop in to explore the collection of magazines, pamphlets, posters, ephemera, t-shirts and artefacts from these collections
12pm to 5pm
City of London
Online events / webinars
This online tour introduces people to the most interesting and, sometimes, most controversial buildings in the City of London.
5:30pm to :
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Sunday 3rd October
A note that a steam train will head out of London in the morning, looping around parts of the London Overground
Starts at 8:30am
£17.95
All types of Mini (including the modern BMW models) are invited to this annual event, so expect displays in all areas of the Museum site
9am to 5pm
Weybridge
Better than half price entry to the Painted Hall on the first Sunday of the month.
10am to 5pm
Greenwich
Monthly opening of the museum dedicated to the life and work of the "lady with the lamp".
10am to 4pm
Southwark
Celebrate the orchard in the walled garden at the annual apple day celebration.
11am to 3pm
Fulham
A beautiful historic parkland designed by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown with Edwardian gardens in Reigate, Surrey.
12pm to 5pm
Reigate
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Monday 4th October
A chance to see both textile and woodworking wizardry in a beautifully restored Mission Hall in Leytonstone.
10am to 6pm
Join Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry as they tell the complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it (abridged)
7pm to 8:30pm
Hanover Square
An "in conversation" with former BBC Russia Correspondent Sarah Rainsford whi has been recently expelled from Russia.
7:30pm to 9pm
Paddington
Online events / webinars
Free
This talk by City Guide & Lecturer Jill Finch looks at how both God & Mammon have moulded the Square Mile over 2000 years.
2pm to 3pm
Join the award-winning actor and food obsessive for an intimate live event at The London Palladium.
7:30pm to :
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Tuesday 5th October
A chance to see both textile and woodworking wizardry in a beautifully restored Mission Hall in Leytonstone.
10am to 6pm
Discover the little-known fine art gems in the Royal Albert Hall collection and learn about the incredible construction feats undertaken to create this London Landmark.
12pm to 1pm
South Kensington
Banshee founders Ruby Slevin and Rocco Tullio host a demonstration on how to create a women’s Savile Row suit from start to finish.
Starts at 6pm
Hanover Square
A talk by Paul Mason based on his new book about the rise of the far-right
7:30pm to 9:30pm
Holborn
Explore the Victorian & Edwardian foreign community of Dulwich in this talk with Dulwich Society.
8pm to 9pm
Dulwich
Online events / webinars
In this talk Shane McCorristine will set out the origins of this ancient superstition.
7pm to :
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Wednesday 6th October
A chance to see both textile and woodworking wizardry in a beautifully restored Mission Hall in Leytonstone.
10am to 6pm
Curator of instruments Barbara Meyer and luthiers present violin making inspired by the famous Cremonese classical instrument-making community, 1550–1750.
Starts at 12pm
Camden
This lecture will critically assess the myth of England's story as a 'sacred white space' and examine the evidence for diversity in medieval and early modern history.
6pm to 7pm
Barbican
£14.00
Adam Bray talks with three experts about their beautiful papers, the techniques and history behind them and how and why we should use wallpaper today.
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Ealing
Armistead Maupin, the beloved author and LGBTQI+ activist, recounts his favourite tales and shares his observations about the world today with actor Russell Tovey.
Starts at 7:30pm
Southwark
Online events / webinars
Launching the NLA research paper Resilient London: confronting climate change, this webinar discusses priorities for for climate resilience.
10am to 11am
These monthly talks explore the story of the clock tower from its beginnings, to the most complex conservation project in its history.
6pm to 7pm
£5.00
A regular monthly meeting to explore lesbian, gay, trans, bisexual and queer histories
6pm to 7pm
The second lecture in this series on Late Victorian and Edwardian London's development covers the 1880's and 1890's in the British capital.
7pm to 10pm
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Thursday 7th October
A chance to see both textile and woodworking wizardry in a beautifully restored Mission Hall in Leytonstone.
10am to 6pm
Watch a Purdey craftsman demonstrate gun-finishing techniques and have a go at chequering on a piece of walnut.
12pm to 5:30pm
Mayfair
Discover the little-known fine art gems in the Royal Albert Hall collection and learn about the incredible construction feats undertaken to create this London Landmark.
12pm to 1pm
South Kensington
Go behind the scenes, hear from the Winch team about what it takes to design for the super-rich and meet the craftspeople working on these projects.
Starts at 3pm
£15.00
Explore the invaluable and sometimes surprising links between craft and science through the experiences of people who have built their careers between the two.
5pm to 7:30pm
Rotherhithe
Free
A talk about what sex-guides tell us about the way sexual mores and practices have shifted between the 1970s and the present
6pm to 7pm
Holborn
This is a talk to help inspire your creative thinking and to break through creative blocks.
6:15pm to 8:30pm
City of London
7pm to 8:30pm
Soho
Online events / webinars
Chris Taft, Head of Collections at The Postal Museum, joins us to introduce the Museum, based in London, and Mail Rail.
2pm to 3pm
Modern-day mudlark Ted Sandling shares his passion for unearthing relics of the past from the banks of the Thames and describes his most evocative finds.
2pm to 3pm
Hear about the history of Black nurses in the UK, and find out how to trace your own nursing family history in this special online event.
6pm to 7:15pm
Lucy Jones, writer and journalist, on how the living world affects our well being, and our fundamental need for nature.
6pm to 7pm
Professor Geoffrey L. Smith FRS will describe how smallpox was eradicated and what happened afterwards.
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Join Borough Market chair Angela Clutton, and Mark Riddaway as they discuss how food shaped the landscape of Bankside.
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Free
Join Johnjoe McFadden as he tells the story of William of Occam (of Occam’s razor fame)
7pm to 8:30pm
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Friday 8th October
£30.00
A gala weekend to celebrate the Epping Ongar Railway's links with London Transport.
All Day
North Weald
Watch one of Crockett and Jones’ skilled craftspeople demonstrate the art of hand cutting leather, known as ‘clicking’.
10am to 6pm
To mark the launch of issue No.3 of The Modern House Magazine, a two-day pop-up shop and photography exhibition in Southwark.
10am to 5pm
Southwark
Dr Rob Johnson sheds light on the military risks and threats facing Nato today and the strategies needed to confront them.
Starts at 12pm
Chelsea
£5.00
A rare opportunity to experience Chiswick House at night at this special evening of workshops and performances after dark.
6pm to 10pm
Chiswick
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Saturday 9th October
The free service will operate between Putney Heath, Morden, North Cheam, Epsom and Dorking, with the route running partly in sections.
All Day
£30.00
A gala weekend to celebrate the Epping Ongar Railway's links with London Transport.
All Day
North Weald
Watch one of Crockett and Jones’ skilled craftspeople demonstrate the art of hand cutting leather, known as ‘clicking’.
10am to 6pm
To mark the launch of issue No.3 of The Modern House Magazine, a two-day pop-up shop and photography exhibition in Southwark.
10am to 4pm
Southwark
Join author and art historian Willem-Jan Verlinden and Creative Director of Van Gogh House Livia Wang on a walking tour and discussion of Vincent van Gogh's formative time in London, including a rare opportunity to visit the Type Archive.
10am to 12pm
Stockwell
£17.00
Reopening of the Victorian steam pumping museum, with steam engines working and model locomotives on display.
10am to 4pm
Brentford
£5.00
See working models of cars, cranes, trains, funfair rides and more, all built from Meccano, and build your own model and enter it into our Creative Challenge for the chance to win a prize.
10:30am to 4:30pm
Welling
In this talk, hear how Otis uses both traditional and contemporary techniques to create his products, from the tools he uses to the materials and tanning processes.
11am to 2pm
Soho
Meet maker Ray Walton, watch live demonstrations and listen to talks about the commissioning, collecting and techniques of silver.
11am to 4pm
Picadilly
A display of archive materials from the Stop the War organisation.
1pm to 4pm
City of London
Free
Japanese gin tasting from KI NO BI, a small-batch, artisanal gin created at The Kyoto Distillery.
2pm to 6pm
Kensington
In this chilling history of the black market trade in second-hand bodies Suzie Lennox will tell the tales of Britain's lesser known Resurrection Men.
Starts at 3:30pm
North Kensington
Experience quintessential Indian craftsmanship with a leather-working masterclass hosted by Nappa Dori.
Starts at 4pm
Online events / webinars
£10.00
Adele Emm describes the lives and jobs of people who worked in the clothing trade.
10:30am to 11:30am
Join Dr Janet Few to learn how your ancestors' health may have suffered as a consequence of the work that they did.
2pm to 3pm
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Sunday 10th October
£30.00
A gala weekend to celebrate the Epping Ongar Railway's links with London Transport.
All Day
North Weald
£24.20
One of the biggest events of the year at Brooklands, celebrating the UK’s obsession with all things Italian.
8:30am to 5pm
Weybridge
£17.00
Reopening of the Victorian steam pumping museum, with steam engines working and model locomotives on display.
10am to 4pm
Brentford
Free
Japanese gin tasting from KI NO BI, a small-batch, artisanal gin created at The Kyoto Distillery.
1pm to 4pm
Kensington
In his talk Andrew Reynolds will examine the emergence and development of churches and churchyards in London.
Starts at 1:30pm
North Kensington
A flypast of four US military jets will take place over the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as part of a US football event.
Starts at 2pm
Tottenham
A talk about five notorious London murders.
Starts at 3:30pm
North Kensington
Online events / webinars
Fun-filled walk uncovering Fleet Street's hidden history
11am to 12:30pm
So, let us explore the Cornish Pobel Vean, just how harmless are they really?
8pm to 9:30pm
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Monday 11th October
Bob Patterson will present 'then and now' comparisons of selected railway routes and scenes in the south and west.
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Camden
Catherine Belton reveals the untold story of how Vladimir Putin and his entourage of KGB men seized power in Russia and built a new league of oligarchs.
7pm to 9pm
Bloomsbury
Interviewed by Annette Dittert, Peter Oborne will speak of how Boris Johnson has 'lied' throughout his career.
7pm to 8:30pm
Paddington
Online events / webinars
Why do we need ghosts? How many kinds of ghost are there? What are they? And where are they? Join film-writer Roger Clarke to find out.
7:30pm to 9pm
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Tuesday 12th October
Free
How does this technology work? And are there situations when it does not work?
6pm to 7pm
Barbican
£29.00
Join Simon Reeve as he celebrates the publication of his new memoir, Journeys to Impossible Places.
Starts at 8pm
Barbican
Online events / webinars
This talk will illustrate that through the examination of the skeletal remains they provide an extraordinary and fascinating insight into the life story of these past Londoner’s.
2pm to 3pm
This lecture will explore this fascinating trend in interior decoration.
6:30pm to :
Join a panel of experts as they ask who has the power to combat the climate crisis?
7pm to 8:30pm
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Wednesday 13th October
In this lecture, Lord Patten will discuss China and A New World Disorder.
6:30pm to 9pm
Whitehall
£16.00
Join Paul Shearing as he tells the story of how the ability to store energy is continuing to shape the world we live in
7pm to 8:30pm
Hanover Square
Online events / webinars
Walking tour exploring the history of Vauxhall and Nine Elms
A riverside area larger than Monaco is being redeveloped to provide 20,000 new homes and 25,000 jobs
11am to 1pm
Explore the less well-known (but not necessarily lesser) works of the great auteur director Robert Altman
6:30pm to 7:30pm
The third lecture in this series on Late Victorian and Edwardian London's development covers the Edwardian period in the British Capital.
7pm to 10pm
This talk series conveys the excitement, diversity and richness of London at a time when the city was arguably at the height of its power, uniqueness and attraction.
7pm to 8:30pm
This talk will celebrate the creativity of the thousands of women who took stand at the protests, and whose struggle and tenacity continues to inspire and motivate activists today.
7:30pm to 8:30pm
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Thursday 14th October
The lecture will trace the contours of a wide-ranging debate on these issues, that shapes both Israeli and Middle Eastern politics.
6pm to 7pm
Holborn
Online events / webinars
Are governments using science as an integral part of government policy development? Prof Sir Ian Boyd will be speaking on the intersection.
6pm to 7pm
A journey to learn about the true story of Frances Glessner Lee, the woman who changed forensic science with her doll-house-sized crime scene dioramas
6pm to 7pm
Join David Laird, Learning Officer at Tower Bridge as he tells the Story of Tower Bridge. This talk will explore the origins, construction and quirky tales behind this iconic local structure.
6:30pm to 7:30pm
The weapons, equipment, organization, leadership, strategy and tactics of the legions and their British foes are described and analysed.
6:30pm to 8pm
Join John Tregoning as he tells the story of humanity's fight against infectious disease
7pm to 8:30pm
How can consumer behaviour make a difference, and how can businesses make it easier for consumers to live more sustainably?
7:15pm to 8:45pm
Join Vivian Nutton to learn about the most-celebrated doctor in the ancient world: Galen of Pergamum (129-ca. 216 CE)
8pm to 9:30pm
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Friday 15th October
Free
Join Julian Walker as he examines the experiences of British soldiers in France during the First World War and the special slang they invented in order to cope with their situation.
Starts at 12pm
Chelsea
Fiery spectacle, neon sculptures, light projections and more, herald the start of Bloomsbury Festival.
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Euston
Online events / webinars
This talk will examine a selection of police stations in the City, examining their origins, development and architecture, and tell the stories of some of the people associated with them.
1pm to 2pm
Discover stories of the Black British population and their lives within Victorian Britain.
2pm to 3pm
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Saturday 16th October
This is a fairly rare open day of the former iron church building that's now used as a London base for the Sea Cadets.
10am to 2pm
Kilburn
Kempton Steam Museum is home to the world’s largest working triple-expansion steam engine.
10:30am to 4pm
Feltham
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.
2pm to 5pm
Forest Hill
Online events / webinars
Join Adrian Stone as he describes how he took his family story from Bristol to London to Jamaica, Scotland and America, and finally to Nigeria.
4pm to 5pm
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Sunday 17th October
Kempton Steam Museum is home to the world’s largest working triple-expansion steam engine.
10:30am to 4pm
Feltham
In his talk, Peter Dodge will take us to Doctors’ Commons, the Prerogative Court and the Will Office.
Starts at 1:30pm
North Kensington
A flypast of four US military jets will take place over the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as part of a US football event.
Starts at 2pm
Tottenham
Approx 9 acres with ponds, streams and waterfalls. Many rare trees which, in spring and autumn, provide stunning colour.
2pm to 4pm
Norbiton
Online events / webinars
A fun historic walk off the beaten track in Bloomsbury
11am to 12:30pm
The Artist & Occultist's biographer tells all in this Zoom lecture
8pm to 10pm
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Monday 18th October
This lecture explores the maths of perspective, including modern examples like televised sports where sponsors paint their logos so they look right on camera.
1pm to 2pm
Barbican
Online events / webinars
In this talk, Pete Smith aims to introduce you to many of the oddities of Bloomsbury.
2pm to 3pm
Lucy Hart, Head Gardener at Fulham Palace will discuss the garden's history and pioneering plant collections made by the botanist Bishop Compton in the late 17th century.
6pm to 7pm
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Tuesday 19th October
A talk about how Shakespeare's familiar plays Othello and Romeo and Juliet reflect the early modern preoccupation with race.
6pm to 7pm
Barbican
An evening with Ian Keable as he details some of the most bamboozling hoaxes of the 18th Century.
Starts at 6:30pm
Euston
Dr Sarah Arnold will discuss threats to pollinators in our human-dominated world, and some of the things we as individuals can do to support populations in the future.
7pm to 8pm
Dulwich
The launch of a major new work on the origins of human society, and all that has followed.
7:30pm to 8:45pm
Camden
Online events / webinars
Peter Collinson was a successful Quaker merchant, a passionate botanist and a correspondent to Linnaeus. A talk offering a view into his life.
2pm to 3pm
This talk examines the role that forgery, reproduction, falsified ‘improvements’, and restorations had to the grand tourist’s experience in eighteenth-century Italy.
6:30pm to :
Join Mary Roach as she explorers what happens when humanity and nature bump up against each other
7pm to 8:30pm
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Wednesday 20th October
Free
Waterloo Uncovered present this unique exhibition offering the first chance to see a brand new and highly accurate diorama of the Battle of Waterloo.
10am to 5pm
Chelsea
This event will focus upon mathematics as expressed in different languages and cultures.
4pm to 7pm
Barbican
Belinda Kirk talks about her new book Adventure Revolution.
6:30pm to 8pm
Soho
Online events / webinars
This walk introduces you to many aspects of this fascinating district
11am to 12:30pm
This lecture looks briefly at the history of sculpture, from classical Greek marble carvings and cast bronze works, and its development until the present day
2pm to 3pm
Join archivist Katharine Carter online to explore the vintage fashion collection within the M&S Company Archive.
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Join us for this event with actor David Harewood in conversation with mental health workers Simon Arday and Kojo Bonsu.
6:30pm to 8pm
In this talk, Kew Palace Manager Rachel Mackay will separate the man from the myth, exploring objects and spaces within the Palace that reveal the humanity behind George’s story.
7pm to 7:30pm
Join Professor Carolyne Larrington on an exploration of the strange folkloric world of animal transformations
8pm to 9:30pm
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Thursday 21st October
Free
Waterloo Uncovered present this unique exhibition offering the first chance to see a brand new and highly accurate diorama of the Battle of Waterloo.
10am to 5pm
Chelsea
The talk will discuss what computed and micro-computed tomography reveal about the injuries that were inflicted on him, and his probable cause of death; and how well the findings align with the historical record.
1pm to 2pm
Holborn
Mick Clayton will share memories of working as a newspaper compositor on the presses of Fleet Street during its hey day.
6:15pm to 8:30pm
City of London
What made this lauded playwright and novelist become a revolutionary magistrate?
Starts at 6:30pm
Covent Garden
Novelist Chloe Aridjis, current writer in residence at Swedenborg House, will give a magic lantern presentation in Swedenborg Hall.
7pm to 9pm
Bloomsbury
Rising literary stars Caleb Azumah Nelson, Vanessa Onwuemezi and Naomi Ishiguro read from their work and reflect on friendships forged in London.
Starts at 7:45pm
Southwark
Online events / webinars
Dr Anne Charmantier will show how cities offer unique opportunities to study fundamental eco-evolutionary processes
6pm to 7:30pm
This talk applies a gendered lens to analyse and deconstruct the rhetoric surrounding arguments of building up the UK's armaments.
6pm to :
A talk with Dr Jessica Borge author of Protective Practices. A History of the London Rubber Company and the Condom Business. Hosted by Chingford Historical Society.
7pm to 8:30pm
The main subject of this talk will be to focus on Garrick’s life at Hampton and that of the fruitfulness of his marriage and his relationships with many of those close to him.
7pm to 7:30pm
A talk about an unmarked communal grave in Highgate West Cemetery which has come to be known as The Grave of the ‘Lost Girls’.
7pm to :
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Friday 22nd October
Free
Waterloo Uncovered present this unique exhibition offering the first chance to see a brand new and highly accurate diorama of the Battle of Waterloo.
10am to 5pm
Chelsea
This talk will consider the long and tumultuous history of institutional libraries, from the first mediaeval monasteries to the national, academic and heritage libraries of the present day.
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Southwark
Enjoy cocktails, cabaret and crafts whilst immersing yourself in the Noël Coward: Art & Style exhibition.
6:30pm to 10pm
City of London
Novelist Chloe Aridjis, current writer in residence at Swedenborg House, will give a magic lantern presentation in Swedenborg Hall.
7pm to 9pm
Bloomsbury
Come with David Baddiel on a comedy journey into our culture’s most dank virtual underground in his brand new one-man show.
Starts at 8pm
Southwark
Online events / webinars
London, 1938. Alma Fielding - an ordinary young woman - begins to experience truly bizarre supernatural events in her suburban home.
2pm to 3pm
The launch of Carol Webley-Brown's memoirs about her experiences in the NHS, 1979 - 2021
6pm to 7pm
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Saturday 23rd October
Little Amal, a 3.5 metre-tall puppet of a young refugee girl is walking across Europe, and this weekend will be in London.
All Day
Free
Waterloo Uncovered present this unique exhibition offering the first chance to see a brand new and highly accurate diorama of the Battle of Waterloo.
10am to 5pm
Chelsea
The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association annual flagship event.
11am to 4pm
Chelsea
Over 300 tattoo artists will be filling Alexandra Palace for the weekend.
11am to 10pm
Wood Green
Step into the former home of Charles Dickens, and come face to face with the people he would have seen in the city around him.
12:30pm to 4pm
Clerkenwell
A light display will once again illuminate the square, along with South Asian food stalls, Rangoli displays and a live-stream of entertainment.
4pm to 10pm
Novelist Chloe Aridjis, current writer in residence at Swedenborg House, will give a magic lantern presentation in Swedenborg Hall.
7pm to 9pm
Bloomsbury
Online events / webinars
Come shopping on a virtual tour through the history of some of the West End’s famous food and drink shops.
2pm to 3pm
A walking tour of the most fashionable Victorian burial ground-Kensal Green Cemetery
2pm to 5pm
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Sunday 24th October
Little Amal, a 3.5 metre-tall puppet of a young refugee girl is walking across Europe, and this weekend will be in London.
All Day
This event features extensive bus displays, including rarely-seen early examples, as well as wonderful examples of other commercial transport such as taxis, military & emergency vehicles.
10am to 5pm
Weybridge
The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association annual flagship event.
11am to 5pm
Chelsea
Over 300 tattoo artists will be filling Alexandra Palace for the weekend.
11am to 6pm
Wood Green
The 35 acre Beale Arboretum consists of over 800 varieties of trees and shrubs, incl National Collection of Hornbeam cultivars.
1pm to 4pm
Barnet
Donald MacKenzie, organist from London’s Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, accompanies the silent film 'Nosferatu' in this pre-Halloween event.
3pm to 6pm
Brentford
Online events / webinars
Guided walk through Kings Cross and St Pancras hearing the history and seeing the developments
11am to 12:30pm
Author Victoria Price will present an intimate glimpse into her famous father’s life and career.
1:30pm to :
More London events on Sunday 24th October
Monday 25th October
This lecture will look at how doctors (and parents) should talk their children about illness.
1pm to 2pm
Holborn
£7.70
An evening to explore the potential drag has to bring about social change and make people sit up and notice, based on the stories of the GLF and Bloolips.
7pm to 9pm
Stoke Newington
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Tuesday 26th October
In this event, Sir Roger joins Thomas Fink and Yang-Hui He on stage for a conversation about the man behind the science. We take a rare look into the workings of this singular mind.
7pm to 8:30pm
Hanover Square
Online events / webinars
Matthew Hirst, Curator at Woburn, will discuss some of the highlights of Woburn Abbey’s interiors and collections along with the joys and challenges of helping to care for one of England’s finest country houses.
6:30pm to :
A talk about William Simmonds, one of the lesser known members of the British Arts & Crafts Movement.
7pm to :
Sheila Binns will explore architectural decoration by delving into the model villages of Saltaire and Akroydon.
7pm to 10pm
Just in time for Halloween, Professor Malcolm Gaskill shines a light on a decade rife with self-professed witchfinders in England and abroad
7:30pm to 10:30pm
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Wednesday 27th October
St Bride Foundation, located behind Fleet Street, houses the history of print and the skills that made Fleet Street the undisputed home of printing and publishing in London.
11am to 1pm
City of London
£25.00
Halloween tours of Horace Walpole's gothic castle, Strawberry Hill.
Starts at 6:30pm
Twickenham
Online events / webinars
In a presentation chiming with Old Lord Mayor's Show Day, City Guide Lester Hillman explores the legend and myth.
2pm to 3pm
A talk about the myths of cleanliness amongst poor people.
5:15pm to 7pm
Join a panel of nursing experts chaired by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson to find out why patients need well-educated nurses.
5:30pm to 7pm
More London events on Wednesday 27th October
Thursday 28th October
As is traditional on the day of the Lord Mayor's Show, entry to St Paul's Cathedral will be free of charge.
8:30am to 3:30pm
City of London
Four open days in October to see around the former Archbishop of Canterbury's palace, which is now a school.
Starts at 1:30pm
Croydon
£11.67
Explore the darker side of the 18th century’s pursuit of knowledge with the staff members of Benjamin Franklin House.
5pm to 8pm
Trafalgar Square
A special introduction to our new Holocaust Galleries, along with the launch of the accompanying book.
Starts at 5:30pm
Southwark
This lecture will look at how their study can be used to advance our knowledge of the intellectual history of the premodern world.
6pm to 7pm
Barbican
There will be talks, themed drinks, drop-in workshops, DJ set with LuSinda, a protest art installation by Marcus Orlandi and David Lloyd himself signing V for Vendetta books!
6:30pm to 10:30pm
New Oxford Street
£25.00
Halloween tours of Horace Walpole's gothic castle, Strawberry Hill.
Starts at 6:30pm
Twickenham
Join James Beacham as he reveals what would happen if you fell into a black hole and what's at the other end
7pm to 8:30pm
Hanover Square
Online events / webinars
Historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes joins Assyriologist Irving Finkel to discuss the concept of ghosts in the ancient world.
5:30pm to 6:30pm
This presentation will give an introduction to 507 Specialist Team Royal Engineers (Rail Infra), the rail industries sole Army Reserve unit.
5:30pm to 7pm
Alexandra Sapoznik explores the cultural and religious significance of bees in the medieval world.
6pm to 7pm
In this online lecture, curator & arts consultant Mireille Galinou contrasts the Charterhouse Great Chamber with 17th century private painted rooms
7pm to 8pm
If the capacity of the planet’s rainforests to mitigate against global heating is weakened, how will humanity and nature be affected by the implications of climate change?
7:30pm to 8:45pm
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Friday 29th October
Free
Line of Light is a festival to celebrate the communities that live above the new tunnels of the Northern line extension.
12am to 9pm
South Lambeth
Four open days in October to see around the former Archbishop of Canterbury's palace, which is now a school.
Starts at 1:30pm
Croydon
A public light projection by artist Jenny Holzer will illuminate Tate Modern’s chimney.
5:30pm to 10pm
Southwark
Visit after hours this Halloween and explore the practice of magical home protection.
6pm to 10pm
Bethnal Green
A dramatically-lit Late casting light on the stories behind the Soane.
Starts at 6pm
Holborn
£5.98
A chance to tour the Kilmorey Mausoleum in St. Margarets after dark.
6pm to 9pm
Twickenham
Open fire drinks on the roof of Brunel's Rotherhithe tunnel shaft.
6pm to 10pm
Rotherhithe
£12.50
Victorian era Magic Lanterns will shine into the hidden corners of the Pollock's Toy Museum collection over Halloween.
Starts at 6:30pm
Tottenham Court Road
Delve into regions dark and unexplored beneath the Old Royal Naval College with our ghoulish guides – including a Zombie cocktail to boost your courage.
Starts at 7pm
Greenwich
Broadcaster and writer Robert Elms is joined by guests including artist Linett Kamala and former politician Alan Johnson, who documented his early years in North Kensington in This Boy.
7pm to 8:15pm
Camden
Online events / webinars
Join author and historian Anne Sebba as she brings to life Ethel Rosenberg’s tragic story with dramatic prison letters that Ethel exchanged with her husband, lawyer, and psychotherapist over a three-year period
2pm to 3pm
This paper discusses the early history of horror films on British television and examines some examples of scheduling choices made by broadcasters, focusing especially on the 1970s.
6:30pm to 7:30pm
More London events on Friday 29th October
Saturday 30th October
A tour of Van Gogh House and its environs: exploring the history of the area, as well Van Gogh and his time at 87 Hackford Road.
10am to 11:30am
Stockwell
There will be a display of former bus types that have operated from the garage since 1981 alongside the current fleet.
11am to 4pm
Thamesmead
Occasional open day at a railway cutting nature reserve in Forest Hill.
1pm to 4pm
Forest Hill
Free
Line of Light is a festival to celebrate the communities that live above the new tunnels of the Northern line extension.
4pm to 9pm
South Lambeth
A public light projection by artist Jenny Holzer will illuminate Tate Modern’s chimney.
5:30pm to 10pm
Southwark
£12.50
Victorian era Magic Lanterns will shine into the hidden corners of the Pollock's Toy Museum collection over Halloween.
Starts at 6:30pm
Tottenham Court Road
Delve into regions dark and unexplored beneath the Old Royal Naval College with our ghoulish guides – including a Zombie cocktail to boost your courage.
Starts at 7pm
Greenwich
Get an insight into what it’s really like to be an astronaut as Peake reveals the secrets, the science and the everyday wonders of how and why humans journey into space.
Starts at 7:30pm
Southwark
More London events on Saturday 30th October
Sunday 31st October
Hackney’s oldest building will be open to the public.
2pm to 4:30pm
Hackney
A screening (in Japanese) of a rare documentary showing the construction process of the first shinkansen railway.
4pm to 5pm
Kensington
A public light projection by artist Jenny Holzer will illuminate Tate Modern’s chimney.
5:30pm to 10pm
Southwark
Delve into regions dark and unexplored beneath the Old Royal Naval College with our ghoulish guides – including a Zombie cocktail to boost your courage.
Starts at 7pm
Greenwich
Online events / webinars
Exploring Southwark's saucy history on the 'naughty' side of the River
11am to 12:30pm
This Halloween, join us for a spellbinding, virtual performance of three chilling tales by Charles Dickens.
6pm to 7:30pm
