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Saturday, 13th March |
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Virtual tours of the UK's own particle accelerator, the national synchrotron - Diamond Light Source. |
| 10am to 2pm |
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Sunday, 14th March |
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The Director of Cornwall's Museum of Witchcraft & Magic will discuss the extraordinary history of the institution and look at some pieces |
| 8pm to 10pm |
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Monday, 15th March |
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A talk about James Gibbs’s Church of St Mary-le-Strand. |
| 6:30pm to 7:30pm |
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In an illustrated zoom lecture Marina Warner will uncover the long associations of balm with the pleasures and solace of the East. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
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Tuesday, 16th March |
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This talk will focus on the research of astrophysicists trying to understand this conflict between observations of galaxies and their supermassive black holes and the current best model of the Universe. |
| 1pm to 2pm |
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Modernist architecture permeates Clerkenwell. Be inspired by architect Berthold Lubetkin's blueprint for alleviating social deprivation . |
| 4:30pm to 5:30pm |
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This talk explores the role of law in producing, using and circulating geographical knowledge through an examination of the emergence and application of copyright legislation in eighteenth-century Britain. |
| 5:30pm to 7pm |
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The talk will also discuss how boards, investors, policymakers, and executives themselves can address these biases to make better decisions – that affect not only companies but also wider society. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
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This talk looks at some of Kent’s best work including Rousham, Esher and Stowe and evaluates him in relation to his contemporaries, Charles Bridgeman, Stephen Switzer and Robert Castell. |
| 6:30pm to 7:30pm |
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Monthly(ish) series of talks by museum workers on their jobs and passions. |
| Starts at 8pm |
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Wednesday, 17th March |
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Join Robert Ayton, Westminster City Council discussing recent planning issues impacting the Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square Conservation Area |
| 11am to 11:40am |
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Recent researches have revealed that the Duke and Duchess were major patrons of architecture, leaving some important, but little known, buildings to posterity. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
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For several hundred years, Fairburn Tower has been left deserted and near ruin. Hear from Linda Lockett & Tom Addyman how they plan to rescue this building for the Landmark Trust. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
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A talk about the huge jewellery discovery in Cheapside, London |
| Starts at 6pm |
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This talk looks at the links between the cemeteries and railways including the Necropolis service to Brookwood. |
| Starts at 6:30pm |
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Architectural historian Simon Green discusses the work of a major neglected Scottish architect. |
| 7pm to 10pm |
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A talk about the ceramic finials used to decorate social housing in St Pancras. |
| 7:30pm to 9pm |
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Thursday, 18th March |
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A notice that the Thames Barrier and the Barking Barrier will have their monthly test closures today. |
| 9:30am to 12pm |
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The Houndsditch Murders: Find out more from the archives of the case and exhibits taken to the trial. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
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This paper will explore the many revolutionary developments which occurred within the drive-in theatre concession stand, but also discuss its lasting influence on movie-theatre refreshments today. |
| 5:30pm to 7pm |
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An evening with author and freelance journalist Wendy Moore as she reveals the startling story of the pioneering women who ran Endell Street, a trailblazing military hospital in WWI. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
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What implications did the economic growth in the Victorian period have for women? In this event, Emma Griffin discusses work and family life in 19th-century Britain, the inequality of opportunity women faced and why the gender pay gap is still an issue today. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
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Historian Shane McCorristine will reveal how ghosts, dreams, and frozen mummies actually played significant roles in how polar exploration was imagined and carried out. |
| Starts at 7pm |
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Travelling from medieval London to the present day, learn about a variety of macabre spectacles from the religious to the voyeuristic, and from upholding the law to the decidedly illegal. |
| 7pm to 8pm |
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Friday, 19th March |
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Steve Gibson will offer a new understanding of the complex British role in the Cold War and reflect on its ongoing role towards broader intelligence function. |
| 12pm to 1pm |
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To celebrate the paperback release of Dead Famous, Greg Jenner brings this vibrant talk which reveals why celebrity burst into life in the early eighteenth century, |
| 2pm to 3pm |
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Greg Jenner brings this vibrant talk which reveals why celebrity burst into life in the early eighteenth century, as he assembles a vibrant cast of over 125 actors, singers, dancers, sportspeople and more, to search for its historical roots. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
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Saturday, 20th March |
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Make your own treasure map with Sally Kindberg as you travel back in time to London three hundred years ago, and explore a mysterious house. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
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Join The Apothecary's Daughter and learn about herbal preparations for self-care and nourishment as we head into Spring |
| 4pm to 5:30pm |
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