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| Saturday, 24th October |
| The talk essentially takes the form of a guided tour of the house and church. |
 | Starts at 6pm |
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| Sunday, 25th October |
| Open days usually feature the restored engines in operation, a light railway trip, and walks around the Victorian buildings. |
| 10:30am to 4pm |
|  | Abbey Wood |
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| Join Alistair Hall, art director and author of London Street Signs, for an illustrated talk exploring some of the capital’s most beautiful and curious nameplates. |
| 1:30pm to 2:30pm |
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| Pageboy, courtier, civil servant and poet. Chose to write in English rather than Court French. A radical choice, but why? |
| 6pm to 7pm |
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| Monday, 26th October |
| A lecture on the Caribbean migrants who came to the UK not to work in the buses and hospitals, but as artists and writers. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
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| Tuesday, 27th October |
| An evening with James Rodgers who will be discussing his critically acclaimed book Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin. |
| 6pm to 7:30pm |
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| This illustrated talk will discuss the life and work of the Penzance-born Humphry Davy and his rise from provincial obscurity to metropolitan fame. |
| Starts at 6:30pm |
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| Let Ben Aaronovitch tell you about his new book in the "Rivers of London" series. |
| 6:30pm to 7:30pm |
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| Professor Tracey Hill’s illustrated talk will discuss the traces of James and George Peele in the City archives, and reveal the many parallels between their civic pageants and the Elizabethan theatre. |
| 7pm to 8pm |
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| Wednesday, 28th October |
| The City is unique in having a wondrous cluster of Wren churches within its Square Mile. |
| 11am to 1pm |
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| A talk about the so-called Great Eruption of Eta Carinae which was for a time in the mid 19th century the third brightest object in the night sky. |
| 1pm to 2pm |
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| This paper examines how spouses, cultural commentators, and legal practitioners addressed the problem of unwanted sex--even rape--in marriage, from the 1700s to the 1820s. |
| 5:15pm to 7:15pm |
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| From the former director of GCHQ, learn the methodology used by the British intelligence agencies to reach judgements, establish the right level of confidence and act decisively. |
| Starts at 6pm |
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| This lecture will focus on the nightclub and its associated audiences and cultures, and the ways that clubs and music venues generate particular forms of social infrastructure. |
| 6pm to 8pm |
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| Professor John Mullan will explore the tradition of factuality in the English novel, ending with the novels of Kazuo Ishiguro and examples of recent auto-fiction. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
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| Film historian Pamela Hutchinson talks about the life and legacy of 1920s star Louise Brooks |
| 6:30pm to 7:30pm |
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| Join a performer as they guide you on a bone-chilling journey through the past. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Eltham |
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| Join Alexandra Epps, Arts Society Lecturer and Art Guide to learn more at this online Lecture. |
| 7pm to 8pm |
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| Nick Groom’s talk will approach the coronavirus pandemic from a cultural perspective, suggesting how supernatural agents such as vampires can help us to make sense of the crisis. |
| Starts at 7pm |
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| Audiences will be lead on an evening tour of Chelsea Physic Garden by Sir Derek Dustyreel - 1950's black and white film star. |
| Starts at 8pm |
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| Thursday, 29th October |
| Join Joe Studman for a virtual history walk around Kentish Town. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
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| Join a panel of experts as they discuss the so-called just transition and, as society emerges into the “new normal”, the opportunity we are presented with for a fair green recovery. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
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| Evelyn’s preoccupation with apparently contemporary environmental problems, and his suggested solutions, are a remarkable legacy and one to be celebrated in 2020. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
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| Professor David Edgerton will survey British policy for British aviation after 1945 arguing that many really did believe that the UK’s future lay in leadership in aeronautics. |
| Starts at 6pm |
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| A talk by award-winning journalist and author Peter Ross on his latest publication A Tomb With a View: The Stories and Glories of Graveyards. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Southwark |
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| Follow a lantern-lit tour amongst the tombs of the East End's famous and infamous dead! |
| 7pm to 8pm |
| | Bow |
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| A talk about the property speculator and developer, Nicholas Barbon who made his fortune rebuilding after the Great Fire of London. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | City of London |
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| Visit Strawberry Hill at twilight and experience the home of the author of the first Gothic novel. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Twickenham |
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| Audiences will be lead on an evening tour of Chelsea Physic Garden by Sir Derek Dustyreel - 1950's black and white film star. |
| Starts at 8pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| Friday, 30th October |
| For Black History Month 2020 we explore BAME leaders in nursing, past and present. |
| 5pm to 6pm |
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| Join a performer as they guide you on a bone-chilling journey through the past. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Eltham |
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| Why Can’t We All Just Get Along by Iain Dale is part-memoir, part-polemic about the state of public discourse in Britain and the world today |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Southwark |
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| Haunting ghost stories, live music, and food and drinks available from the Painted Hall Café and the Old Brewery. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Greenwich |
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| Audiences will be lead on an evening tour of Chelsea Physic Garden by Sir Derek Dustyreel - 1950's black and white film star. |
| Starts at 8pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| Follow a lantern-lit tour amongst the tombs of the East End's famous and infamous dead! |
| 8:30pm to 9:30pm |
| | Bow |
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| Saturday, 31st October |
| Alec Tritton tells us about resurrection men - they supplied fresh corpses in the 19th century to Anatomical Schools. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
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| Discover some of the Natural History Museum's scariest specimens with a spooky self-led trail around the hallowed halls at night. |
| 6:30pm to 10pm |
| | South Kensington |
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| Haunting ghost stories, live music, and food and drinks available from the Painted Hall Café and the Old Brewery. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Greenwich |
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| Follow a lantern-lit tour amongst the tombs of the East End's famous and infamous dead! |
| 10pm to 11pm |
| | Bow |
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