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 14th August | |
| The occasional open days for the London Transport Museum's overflow depot in Acton where all their trains and trams are stored. | | | This is an exotic garden, themed on the foothills of the Himalayas in India. | | | Local community fair in Thamesmead - music, parade, arts. | | | Six Thames Rowing Barges will be rowed by apprentice waterman along a 7-mile course between Greenwich and Westminster. | | | A notice that a tall sailing ship will pass through Tower Bridge and spend a few days in London. | | | Sunday 15th August | |
| Celebrate a staggering legacy of motorcycling at Brooklands matched with the best of today’s bikes and super-machines. | | | The occasional open days for the London Transport Museum's overflow depot in Acton where all their trains and trams are stored. | | | Monday 16th August | |
| Tuesday 17th August | |
| Greek myths and legends have inspired some of the most beautiful and memorable works of art ever created in the Western world. Join Arts Society Lecturer Val Woodgate to learn more. | | | From an acclaimed writer twice shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of The Year Award, Outlandish is a stunning, transporting work of preservation. | | | Wednesday 18th August | |
| Join NLA and take a walk through the historic and financial heart of London, where the oldest and youngest buildings stand side by side. | | | Enjoy the Cathedral’s beauty – and hear its history and some stories along the way. | | | In this talk, author Leo Hollis restores the history of child brides, mad heiresses, religious controversy and shady dealings through an exploration of the life of Mary Davies. | | | Thursday 19th August | |
| Join the Royal Academy of Dance for a panel celebrating the life and influence of Dame Margot Fonteyn, in conjunction with V&A/RAD display 'On Point' | | | Christine Riding, curator of Turner’s English Coasts, explores Turner’s life-long engagement with the sea in the context of Britain as a naval and maritime power, from national events to the rise of domestic tourism. | | | Friday 20th August | |
| Join Matilda Greig as she explores the fascinating lives and afterlives of Napoleon’s soldiers and the stories they told. | | | Saturday 21st August | |
| Featuring over 40 different craft hot sauce makers, street food, music and craft beer. | | | The carnival – believed to be the oldest in London – is run by the community for the community. | | | Occasional open day at a railway cutting nature reserve in Forest Hill. | | | Come and visit this green oasis in an urban setting it is a one of the many local green lungs in Forest Hill where you can find some interesting wildlife. | |
| Exhibitions closing shortly | | This exhibition seeks to explore key aspects of John Hassall’s work, and to celebrate the life of this extraordinary artist a century on from his heyday. (Ends on Sat, 14th Aug) | | Speaking to architects, public sector workers and young people, artist and filmmaker Ayo Akingbade creates moving image work that forges conversations on urbanism, gentrification, power and resilience. (Ends on Sun, 15th Aug) | | Calero’s display invites us to think about the act of collecting, about what we choose to surround ourselves with in our homes and the importance and presence of the natural world. (Ends on Sun, 15th Aug) | | This display weaves together a rich tapestry of artistic expression from artists born in, or connected to, countries from Iran to Morocco. (Ends on Sun, 15th Aug) | | For the first time in over two hundred years, Peter Paul Rubens’s two great masterpieces of landscape painting will be reunited as part of an exhibition at the Wallace Collection. (Ends on Sun, 15th Aug) | | Malarko, the renowned Street Artist and ceramicist synonymous with London’s Brick Lane shutters, will be coming to BSMT gallery in Dalston for a solo show. (Ends on Sun, 15th Aug) | | This exhibition marks only the second time each work has been on view and the first time these important works have been shown together. (Ends on Fri, 20th Aug) | | A colourful exhibition celebrating natural light across the Canary Wharf estate. (Ends on Sat, 21st Aug) | | This is a rare opportunity to see one of Poland’s most loved works of art. (Ends on Sun, 22nd Aug) | | An exhibition celebrating French artist Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985), one of the most singular and provocative voices in postwar modern art. (Ends on Sun, 22nd Aug) | | Discover the murder that shook the Middle Ages in this dramatic exhibition about the life, death and legacy of Thomas Becket. (Ends on Sun, 22nd Aug) | | Unearth the mystery of the largest ever Bronze Age hoard discovered in London. (Ends on Sun, 22nd Aug) | | This is a major survey show of one of the most exciting, yet least known, movements in contemporary art: a non-Western tradition at once ancient and modern, immediate and other. (Ends on Sat, 28th Aug) | | An exhibition devoted to the life and work of Claudia Andujar and her collaboration with the Yanomami, one of Brazil’s largest indigenous peoples. (Ends on Sun, 29th Aug) | | This definitive retrospective charts her ground-breaking career from the 1920s to the 1990s. (Ends on Sun, 29th Aug) | | Discover the pioneering story of photography from the 1840s to today, told through stunning still lifes of plants and botany. (Ends on Sun, 29th Aug) | | A portrait of the strength and resilience of single parent families facing austerity. (Ends on Sun, 29th Aug) | | This exhibition explores a century of model making, and tells the story of the lacemakers, locomotive drivers and engineers who built the modern world from their kitchen tables. (Ends on Sun, 29th Aug) | | Tate Modern invites visitors of all ages to transform the floor of the Turbine Hall into an ever changing work of art. (Ends on Sun, 29th Aug) | | See Disney costumes and puppets from the shows on display, interactive games and crafts, plus photo opportunities. (Ends on Sun, 29th Aug) |
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