Saturday 21st May |
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During the weekend visitors will be able to tour the house, enjoy music and theatre productions in the gardens and take part in family-friendly activities. |
| 10am to 5pm |
| | Twickenham |
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The Rickmansworth Festival celebrates canals with at least 100 boats attending, the community and the environment. |
| 10:30am to 10:30pm |
| | Rickmansworth |
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Admission to Kempton Steam Museum. See an array of petrol engines and model steam engines from across the ages. |
| 10:30am to 4pm |
| | Feltham |
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Annual open day at the cemetery with visits to the chapel and crypt – not usually open – guidance on family history. |
| 11am to 5pm |
| | Peckham |
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Watch teams of watermen who will steer huge barges up the Thames from Greenwich to Westminster. |
| 12:30pm to 4pm |
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Acclaimed artist Brian Bolland will be signing Judge Dredd By Brian Bolland: Apex Edition at Forbidden Planet London |
| 1pm to 2pm |
| | Soho |
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Sunday 22nd May |
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Weather permitting, there could be up to 50 hot air balloons drifting over Central London just after sunrise. |
| Starts at 6:30am |
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During the weekend visitors will be able to tour the house, enjoy music and theatre productions in the gardens and take part in family-friendly activities. |
| 10am to 5pm |
| | Twickenham |
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The Rickmansworth Festival celebrates canals with at least 100 boats attending, the community and the environment. |
| 10:30am to 5:30pm |
| | Rickmansworth |
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Admission to Kempton Steam Museum. See an array of petrol engines and model steam engines from across the ages. |
| 10:30am to 4pm |
| | Feltham |
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Visitors are able to explore both the Gardens and parts of the Mansion, including the Stables and cellars, at their leisure. |
| 11am to 4pm |
| | North Weald |
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Local community fete in Dulwich |
| 12pm to 5pm |
| | East Dulwich |
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This steeply, sloping garden comprises woodland walks, filled with flowering shrubs and ferns. |
| 2pm to 6pm |
| | Wimbledon |
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Visit a series of seven floating barge gardens connected by walkways and bridges. |
| 2pm to 5pm |
| | Southwark |
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What impact has two decades’ worth of policing and counterterrorism had on the state of mind of Muslims in Britain? |
| 3pm to 4:30pm |
| | Holborn |
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Monday 23rd May |
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An evening highlighting and celebrating the rich diversity of LGBTQIA+ spaces featured in the new book, Queer Spaces by RIBA Publishing. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Regent Street |
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Drawing on decades of observing our closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, world-renowned primatologist and New York Times bestselling author Frans de Waal explores what we know of biological sex differences and of the role of culture and socialisation. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Hanover Square |
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Be ready for some mind-bending magic and deceptions as magician and historian Ian Keable details some of the biggest hoaxes of the 18th century. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Camden |
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Tuesday 24th May |
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This talk will use Lettsom’s landscape as a key example to explore how medical practitioners used their botanical training to capitalize on the growing fashion for botanical collecting and agricultural experimentation. |
| Starts at 6:30pm |
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Join Prokar Dasgupta as he discusses the Dasgupta technique, where Botox is injected into the bladder under local anaesthetic, calming the bladder nerves down. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Hanover Square |
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Design Museum Director Tim Marlow discusses the illustrious career of one of the biggest names in football, Gary Lineker. |
| 7pm to 8pm |
| | Kensington |
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Wednesday 25th May |
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A rare opportunity to see behind the gates of this hidden gem, gifted to local residents during the construction of the Tate Modern. |
| 10am to 5pm |
| | Southwark |
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This Fresh Concrete event focuses on innovative technology that has the potential to transform the performance and uses for concrete. |
| 1pm to 2pm |
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Taking a look at gyroscopes, this lecture explores the common threads that link all spinning things. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Barbican |
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Science Museum Lates are adults-only, after-hours theme nights that take place in the museum on the last Wednesday of every month. |
| 6:15pm to 8pm |
| | South Kensington |
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Visit the St Sepulchre Chapel, currently undergoing conservation, and hear experts and enthusiasts discuss Comper’s work on the chapel. |
| Starts at 6:30pm |
| | Paddington |
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Global Expert in Facial Expressions, Emotions and Behaviour, Adrianne Carter, The Face Whisperer will be taking a look at the Royals and what they reveal about how they’re really feeling. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Notting Hill |
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Thursday 26th May |
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While the Privy Council has deep colonial and imperial roots, it has sometimes been an important safeguard for fundamental rights: what are the pros and cons? |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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The Beefeaters of the Tower will parade around the Tower of London to beat the bounds before a "battle" with the neighbouring church. |
| 6pm to 8pm |
| | Tower Hill |
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In this talk, Dr Elinor Cleghorn races through the early history of male-dominated medicine from the antiquity to the late 19th century, |
| 6:15pm to 8pm |
| | Southwark |
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Curator Jen Kavanagh will give an insight into the Museum’s development and how the content was brought together. |
| 7pm to 8:15pm |
| | Covent Garden |
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Friday 27th May |
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Join Professor David Welch as he explores the role of propaganda in shaping the myth of Dunkirk. |
| 12pm to 1pm |
| | Chelsea |
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Saturday 28th May |
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Over 100 vehicles on display, alongside a village fete. |
| 9am to 7pm |
| | Enfield Town |
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On a day where the past comes alive, learn about the local connections of past Kings and Queens, and get an insight into the medieval period as part of events marking the Queen’s Jubilee. |
| 9:30am to 5pm |
| | Epsom |
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Visitors will have a chance to learn about 87 Hackford Road and its most famous tenant through a guided tour which includes a short walk to set the context and a longer tour of the house itself |
| Starts at 10am |
| | Stockwell |
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Many surprises, unusual trees and shrubs are hidden behind the railings of this large London square. |
| 10am to 4pm |
| | Belgravia |
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Europe's biggest independent annual motorcycle show celebrates the creativity of the new-wave and cafe-racer custom motorcycle culture. |
| 10am to 8pm |
| | Wapping |
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Southbank will transform into a hub of scientific learning and discussion, as some of London’s leading scientists take to their soapboxes to showcase their science to the general public. |
| 2pm to 5pm |
| | Southwark |
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Watch the 1958 Hammer Horror classic starring Christopher Lee in a graveyard chapel |
| 8pm to 9:30pm |
| | Ham |
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