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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. |
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| Sunday, 6th September |
| An inspiring exotic jungle of lush big leafed plants and Southeast Asian influences. |
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| A charming garden created by the owner who studied garden design at Capel Manor. |
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| A monthly opening of the Victorian museum of industrial testing equipment. |
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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. |
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| Monthly open day at Gatton Park, the core 250 acres of the estate originally laid out by Capability Brown. |
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| This virtual walk from Clapham North to Clapham Common explores the fading remains of old advertising. |
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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. |
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| Tuesday, 8th September |
| Join author Dr Rita Cruise O’Brien to learn more. |
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| Join author and actuary Chris Lewin for an exposition on the early history of pensions. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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| Architectural historian Geoff Brandwood tkaes you on virtual exploration of Victorian pubs. |
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| Bill Linskey will talk about the history of The Empress Theatre of Varieties. |
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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. |
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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 |
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| Join City of London Guide Pete Smith to learn more. |
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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. |
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| This talk by Len Reilly explains the evolution of care and public health in Lambeth. |
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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. |
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| A virtual trip around the felines on the capital and the stories they inspire. |
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| From the Corn Dolly to Demeter, from Lammas to Samhain we shall take the Harvest Home. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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| During the talk Susie Orbach will explore what people have been bringing to therapy during the current Covid-19 pandemic. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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