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| Saturday, 5th September |
| Chelsea Kayak Club is the only London club specialising in Sea Kayaking - join in at their club taster session to experience it for yourself. |
 | 11am to 12pm |
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| Sunday, 6th September |
| An inspiring exotic jungle of lush big leafed plants and Southeast Asian influences. |
| 11am to 5pm |
| | Camberwell |
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| A charming garden created by the owner who studied garden design at Capel Manor. |
| 11am to 4pm |
| | New Southgate |
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| A monthly opening of the Victorian museum of industrial testing equipment. |
| 11am to 3pm |
| | Southwark |
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| Chelsea Kayak Club is the only London club specialising in Sea Kayaking - join in at their club taster session to experience it for yourself. |
| 11am to 12pm |
| | Chiswick |
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| Monthly open day at Gatton Park, the core 250 acres of the estate originally laid out by Capability Brown. |
| 12pm to 5pm |
| | Reigate |
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| This virtual walk from Clapham North to Clapham Common explores the fading remains of old advertising. |
| Starts at 2:30pm |
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| Monday, 7th September |
| Take a stroll through Vauxhall, the most famous of them all, hear about its history, the people who frequented it, the scandal and the stories. |
| Starts at 7pm |
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| Tuesday, 8th September |
| Join author Dr Rita Cruise O’Brien to learn more. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
| | Online |
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| Join author and actuary Chris Lewin for an exposition on the early history of pensions. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
| | Online |
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| Find out how to start researching First World War army records, or a specific person listed on your local war memorial, in this this short expert-led webinar. |
| 2pm to 2:30pm |
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| Rick Poynor talks about his new book on designer, activist and historian David King with an online panel of distinguished guests. |
| 6pm to 7:30pm |
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| Wednesday, 9th September |
| This webinar brings the experts together who helped shaped the NLA research, all of whom played critical roles in these major sites of regeneration and opportunity. |
| 10am to 11am |
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| Architectural historian Geoff Brandwood tkaes you on virtual exploration of Victorian pubs. |
| Starts at 7pm |
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| Bill Linskey will talk about the history of The Empress Theatre of Varieties. |
| Starts at 7pm |
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| In discussion with our Collections Expert, Mark Dunton, Dermot Turing will discuss his latest book The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park, which examines the lives of the brilliant and eccentric individuals who cracked the seemingly unbreakable Enigma code. |
| 7:30pm to 8:30pm |
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| Thursday, 10th September |
| Join Professor Pier Luigi Dragotti for Science Breaks: When art meets science - the algorithms that revealed Leonardo’s hidden drawings |
| 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| | Online |
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| Join City of London Guide Pete Smith to learn more. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
| | Online |
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| This talk examines these incredibly audacious missions that wrecked Nazi plans for an atom bomb and were described by the commander of German troops in Norway as ‘the most splendid coup [he had] seen this war. |
| 5pm to 6pm |
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| This talk by Len Reilly explains the evolution of care and public health in Lambeth. |
| Starts at 7pm |
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| Three young professionals were invited to join "Engineers Combating COVID” event to discuss their experiences of using engineering skills in combating the pandemic. |
| 7pm to 8:15pm |
| | Online |
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| A virtual trip around the felines on the capital and the stories they inspire. |
| 7pm to 8pm |
| | Online |
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| From the Corn Dolly to Demeter, from Lammas to Samhain we shall take the Harvest Home. |
| 8pm to 10pm |
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| Friday, 11th September |
| Join Sir Simon Mayall KBE CB as he discusses his first-hand experience of the Middle East from his military and diplomatic appointments over the past 40 years. |
| 12pm to 1pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| Join the History of Parliament and guest speakers for an online workshop marking the 300th anniversary of the South Sea Bubble. |
| 2pm to 6pm |
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| This installation from Ray Lee takes the form of a series of giant towers which hold suspended bell-like speaker cones. |
| 2pm to 5pm |
| | Victoria Dock |
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| During the talk Susie Orbach will explore what people have been bringing to therapy during the current Covid-19 pandemic. |
| 3pm to 4pm |
| | Online |
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| Based on the book Classics of American Architecture: The World Trade Center, this lecture reviews the story of the Trade Center. |
| 6:30pm to 7:30pm |
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| As dusk turns to darkness, follow a trail through a transformed riverside park landscape in Silvertown, a place with many historic connections with fire. |
| 8pm to 10pm |
| | Victoria Dock |
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| Saturday, 12th September |
| A guided walk along the River Roding, detouring into the tidal marshlands, to emerge into the strange world of the redeveloped Beckton Gas Works. |
| 10:30am to 2:30pm |
| | Barking |
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| This installation from Ray Lee takes the form of a series of giant towers which hold suspended bell-like speaker cones. |
| 2pm to 5pm |
| | Victoria Dock |
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| As dusk turns to darkness, follow a trail through a transformed riverside park landscape in Silvertown, a place with many historic connections with fire. |
| 8pm to 10pm |
| | Victoria Dock |
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