Saturday 4th June |
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An eclectic display of domestic items from the last century as well as agricultural machinery inside an old barn. |
| 10:30am to 4pm |
| | Upminster |
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The under restoration windmill will aim to have its new sails rotating for the open days. |
| 11am to 4pm |
| | Upminster |
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St Mary's Church, Hampton will be opening its crypt up to visitors during its Platinum Jubilee Garden Party. |
| 11:30am to 3:30pm |
| | Hampton |
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Pose for pictures with the baton, watch sportsmen and women do their thing, try out a Commonwealth Games sport for yourself, sample some street food and enjoy the atmosphere. |
| 12pm to 3pm |
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Pure Japanese Zen garden (so no flowers) with 12 large and small rocks of various colours and textures set in islands of moss and surrounded by a sea of grey granite gravel. |
| 2pm to 5pm |
| | Acton |
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Your chance to sit in the cockpit of a Gulf War veteran Buccaneer and a Cold War Phantom |
| 2pm to 4:30pm |
| | Colindale |
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At its best in late spring as Japanese maple cultivars display great variety of shape and colour whilst ferns unfurl over a tumbling stream and alpines and clematis burst into flower. |
| 2pm to 6pm |
| | Upper Holloway |
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Sunday 5th June |
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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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Better than half price entry to the Painted Hall on the first Sunday of the month. |
| 10am to 5pm |
| | Greenwich |
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The under restoration windmill will aim to have its new sails rotating for the open days. |
| 11am to 4pm |
| | Upminster |
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Explore Tottenham's hidden heritage and see the magnificent 1888 engine in action. |
| 11am to 5pm |
| | South Tottenham |
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Pure Japanese Zen garden (so no flowers) with 12 large and small rocks of various colours and textures set in islands of moss and surrounded by a sea of grey granite gravel. |
| 2pm to 5pm |
| | Acton |
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The garden is back after 3 yrs of gentle development in this oasis of calm along Peckham Rye. |
| 2:30pm to 5:30pm |
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A selection of rarely screened early Japanese animation, showing some of the very first anime films, will be accompanied by electro-acoustic music. |
| Starts at 3pm |
| | Barbican |
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There will be a military flypast over central London as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations at Buckingham Palace. |
| Starts at 5pm |
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Director Danny Boyle discusses Pistol, his new series, and the punk revolution with Julien Temple, Maisie Williams, John Cooper Clarke, Celeste Bell and chair Andrew O’Hagan. |
| Starts at 7:30pm |
| | Southwark |
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Monday 6th June |
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An unusual visitor to London, a large tanker ship will be passing through Tower Bridge |
| Starts at 7:30pm |
| | Southwark |
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Tuesday 7th June |
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This lecture will look at both debt (bank loans and bonds) and equity (shares given to other founders, or sold on the stock market). |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Barbican |
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How can London can be a place of flourishing for all people – culturally, economically, justly - as we move forwards from the pandemic? |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | City of London |
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Join bestselling author Damien Lewis in this online event to mark the release of his latest book, which tells the story of Josephine Baker - singer, dancer and Second World War spy. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Chelsea |
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Join John Higgs – the author of William Blake Vs The World – for a reading of this magnificent little book. |
| 7pm to 10pm |
| | Southwark |
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Wednesday 8th June |
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This real-life murder mystery inspired Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and the Golden Age of Crime. |
| 7:30pm to 8:30pm |
| | Online |
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Thursday 9th June |
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In England on Fire, author and artistic curator Stephen Ellcock has picked through dust, ashes and shadows in a search for the most striking visual representations of England's uncanny landscapes. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Soho |
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A talk on myths and folklore of the Sun from around the world. Tales will be told and songs will be sung. |
| Starts at 8pm |
| | Walworth |
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Friday 10th June |
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Join Colonel Giles Orpen-Smellie as he provides a first-hand perspective on the use of tactical intelligence during the Falklands War. |
| 12pm to 1pm |
| | Chelsea |
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The exhibition will showcase the design and construction process behind completed works, alongside current projects. |
| 6pm to 9pm |
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Science Fiction Theatre is a film club dedicated to the exploration and celebration of classic science fiction. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Homerton |
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Saturday 11th June |
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Monthly behind the scenes tours of the local theatre. |
| 10am to 12pm |
| | Hampton |
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To mark the 70th anniversary of one of London's most distinctive bus garages, there will be an open day. |
| 10am to 4pm |
| | Clapham |
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Discover a selection of courtyard gardens, some very small, behind fine C17 French Huguenots merchants' and weavers' houses in Spitalfields. |
| 10am to 4pm |
| | Whitechapel |
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Unique opportunity to visit five Central London gardens usually only seen by residents. |
| 10:30am to 4pm |
| | Paddington |
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Re-enactments of the Battle of Barnet and the Second Battle of St Albans will take place, together with firepower displays, music and dance and story-telling. |
| 10:30am to 5pm |
| | Arkley |
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These tours will take visitors behind the scenes of the 300-m long Bishopsgate complex built over Liverpool Street Railway Station platforms in the 1980s and recently refurbished by Fletcher Priest. |
| 11am to 3:15pm |
| | City of London |
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This event brings together around 40 of the leading antiquarian map dealers as well as collectors, curators and map aficionados. |
| 12pm to 7pm |
| | South Kensington |
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The Plumstead Make Merry is the longest-running community festival in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. |
| 12pm to 6pm |
| | Woolwich |
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Annual local fete held in Hampstead. |
| 12:30pm to 5:30pm |
| | Highgate |
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The Tudor Pull is a ceremonial event for Thames Watermen's Cutters which is organised each year by the Thames Traditional Rowing Association. |
| 12:50pm to 5pm |
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Open day at the Twickenham and Thames Valley Beekeepers' Association. |
| 1pm to 4pm |
| | Twickenham |
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Prize-winning historian Helen Parr brings to life the experiences of the paratroopers who fought in the Falklands, and examines the conflict's impact. |
| Starts at 2pm |
| | Chelsea |
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Monthly open day at one of London's more curious and delightful museums, devoted to the history of the sewing machine. |
| 2pm to 5pm |
| | Tooting |
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You should be aware that a thousand or so people will be cycling around London wearing, well, rather less than is usual. |
| Starts at 2:30pm |
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A presentation by architectural design team member Hannes Schafelner who will share insights on the design process and construction of the building, inspired by the fluid geometry of water in motion. |
| 3pm to 4pm |
| | Olympic Park |
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