Saturday 25th May |
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The annual weekend of vintage cars on display alongside traditional village fair. |
| 9am to 6pm |
| | Enfield |
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The Association of Dunkirk Little Ships fleet will be at St Katherines Docks this weekend. |
| 11am to 5pm |
| | Wapping |
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Queen’s Stone on the Southbank will transform into a hub of scientific sharing, as world-leading researchers once again take to their soapboxes to present their research at this free, live event. |
| 1pm to 4pm |
| | Southwark |
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Writer and critic Kim Newman will introduce this unique 'Made at Riverside' TV event. |
| 1:30pm to 6pm |
| | Hammersmith |
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Screening of a block of newly restored cartoons from the legendary Fleischer Studios featuring Betty Boop, Popeye, Koko the Clown and more. |
| Starts at 2pm |
| | Kennington |
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Teddington RNLI Lifeboat Station will celebrate the charity’s 200th birthday with a station Open Day and a rare chance to see a historical lifeboat. |
| 2pm to 5pm |
| | Teddington |
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Late in the afternoon of the last day of the Chelsea Flower Show, many of the exhibitors sell off their plants to the visitors. |
| Starts at 4pm |
| | Sloane Square |
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Step into ancient landscapes with award-winning paleobiologist Thomas Halliday as he guides us through a series of explorations. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Hanover Square |
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Sunday 26th May |
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The annual weekend of vintage cars on display alongside traditional village fair. |
| 9am to 5pm |
| | Enfield |
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A WW2-era history attraction that's open to the public once a month. |
| 10:30am to 4pm |
| | Watford |
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Once a month, the oldest building in Hackney, St Augustine's Tower is open, so you can climb up to the top. |
| 2pm to 4:30pm |
| | Hackney |
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Monday 27th May |
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The pop-up will welcome 60 traders and vendors to the area offering a vast selection of art, literature, clothing, toys, accessories and interior design products. |
| 10am to 4pm |
| | Whitechapel |
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Tuesday 28th May |
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This talk and document viewing will tell the story of the growth and development of West London, using sections of John Rocque's 1746 map. |
| 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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A talk by Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears about their new book, England: Seven Myths That Changed a Country – and How to Set Them Straight. |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Holborn |
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Alan Powers, co-author with the late Elain Harwood of a new book on Goldfinger, will explain some key works that are less well known. |
| 6:30pm to 8:30pm |
| | Hampstead |
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Join physicist Kathryn Coldham for a captivating exploration of the CMS experiment at CERN. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Hanover Square |
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In this lecture, step into the captivating world of the Vikings and delve into their rich culture and enduring traditions |
| 9:30pm to 10:30pm |
| | Online |
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Wednesday 29th May |
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A backstage tour in one of Newham’s iconic Grade 2 listed building. |
| Starts at 3pm |
| | Stratford |
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Join historian and author, Damien Lewis discussing his latest book, SAS Great Escapes 3. |
| 7:30pm to 8:30pm |
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This talk will demonstrate Carroll’s influence on the Surrealists, explore the remarkable mind of the author |
| 8pm to 9:30pm |
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Thursday 30th May |
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This lecture considers the role of experts in contributing to public debate in a democracy, bringing Aristotle's work on rhetoric to bear on norms for expert communication and public debate. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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From bestselling author of A History of the World According to Sheep comes a deeply fascinating exploration of a fast-vanishing way of life as Coulthard chronicles the countryside through tools, toys, domestic objects and more. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Soho |
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A double bill featuring the missing movie houses of the metropolis - east and west. |
| 7pm to 9pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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Friday 31st May |
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A note that the Silver Wind cruise ship will pass through Tower Bridge this morning. |
| 7:45am to 8am |
| | Southwark |
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Science writer and broadcaster Jules Howard examines the mind-bending journey that eggs have been on, from the coastlines of the Cambrian Period and Carboniferous coal forests, to the end of the age of dinosaurs when live-birthing mammals began their modern rise to power. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Euston |
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A special Soane Late which will take a closer look at the Museum's current exhibition Fanciful Figures. |
| Starts at 6pm |
| | Holborn |
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The Natural History Museum is hosting a special one-off evening to celebrate the opening of its new exhibition, Birds: Brilliant and Bizarre. |
| 6:30pm to 9:30pm |
| | South Kensington |
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Saturday 1st June |
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This exhibition marks the 30th anniversary of the ordination of 1200 women to the priesthood in the Church of England. |
| 10am to 5pm |
| | Southwark |
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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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A guided tour of this remarkable post-war church. |
| 3pm to 3:45pm |
| | Soho |
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