Check out this week's alternative guide to what's on in London. | Welcome to my weekly email of lectures, talks, heritage events, organised walks and other random miscellany which Ian hopes would be of interest. | = Event is free of charge | | = Pre-Booking required. |
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| | Saturday, 23rd July | | Climb inside the Spitfire MK16 and take the pilot’s seat, learn about the aircraft and see what it would have been like to fly a Spitfire. | | Twickenham Model Railway Club's annual open day will showcase the two extremes of this fascinating hobby. | | A tour exploring decades of architectural innovation and see Southbank Centre from a whole new perspective. | | Watch -- from the sidelines -- as a parade of vintage buses are taken around central London. | | | Sunday, 24th July | | A rare opportunity to descend into the historic ice wells beneath the floor of the London Canal Museum. | | A street long festival, now in its 3rd year, to show off local trades and services. | | Closed to the public since 1833, the unveiling of Woodberry Wetlands is hugely anticipated event. | | | Monday, 25th July | | Author Andrew Robinson introduces the Indus civilisation that flourished for half a millennium from about 2600 to 1900 BC | | In this lecture, Sir Malcolm will give a lively account of his years in government and opposition, detailing his involvement in some of recent history’s most important events. | | | Tuesday, 26th July | | This talk will provide an illuminating journey of the hereafter as imagined in literature, philosophy and religion throughout the centuries. | | | Wednesday, 27th July | | An open day in Guildhall Yard with police horses and dogs and officers in uniforms from the past 175 years. | | Test out the latest virtual reality headsets, compose your own Chiptune soundtrack and take part in a gaming inspired dance battle. | | A chance to be a forensics scientist studying the cause of the Fire of London. | | | Thursday, 28th July | | A choice of interactive debates and workshops, as well as enjoy a bar, music and the Museum’s new Designology exhibition. | | | Friday, 29th July | | In this special event, Dora Thornton, British Museum, and Professor James S Shapiro, Columbia University, discuss how Shakespeare’s extraordinary plays responded to these tumultuous events. | | A guide to bat watching, followed by a walk through the nature reserve looking for them. | | | Saturday, 30th July | | Visit the c.1397 Grade 2 listed ‘threshing’ barn, over 100ft x 40ft in size, with a fine crownpost roof. | | A series of scything workshops, talks and communal picnics culminating in a scything competition. | | Good Chance presents a discussion on the role of technology in the refugee crisis. |
| | Exhibitions closing shortly | | To celebrate 30 years of Poems on the Underground, this new poster parade looks back at a selection of poems from the programme (Ends on Fri, 29th Jul) | | Two revolving arms narrowly evade each other in a huge mobile of light and sound in constant motion. (Ends on Wed, 10th Aug) | | This exhibition charts the huge regeneration and development of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park from 2012 – 2016 (Ends on Thu, 28th Jul) | | Revealing portraits from an era when ordinary people at work on the canals were seldom photographed. (Ends on Sun, 7th Aug) | | Discover a miniature model favela in the Horniman Gardens, created by Project Morrinho. (Ends on Thu, 4th Aug) | | A small display that encapsulates the personal processes of being a Punk in the late 1970s. (Ends on Thu, 28th Jul) | | A major exhibition revealing the fascinating life, times and lost library of Queen Elizabeth I’s most famous ‘conjurer’. (Ends on Fri, 29th Jul) | | The exhibition brings together 73 art jewellery pieces created between the 1960s and the present day. (Ends on Fri, 22nd Jul) | | An exhibition of models of babies that are just a little bit creepy. (Ends on Sat, 30th Jul) | | A display of art work inspired by the zoological exhibits at the Grant Museum (Ends on Sat, 6th Aug) |
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