Saturday 26th March |
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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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Watch around 400 crews row up the Thames from Mortlake to Putney - one of the largest river races on the Thames. |
| 10am to 1:30pm |
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An open day at the theatre for the public to access areas in the building, and to see special content from behind-the-scenes. |
| 10am to 4pm |
| | Sloane Square |
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A demonstration of Victorian medical surgery in an old operating theatre. |
| Starts at 10am |
| | Southwark |
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A running day recreating bus route 101 in East London with RTs and Routemasters. |
| 10am to 5pm |
| | Southwark |
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Maker's Fair showcasing local artists, crafters and creatives from East London |
| 11am to 3:30pm |
| | Bethnal Green |
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A chance to visit the Hermitage barge moorings close to Tower Bridge and tour some of the boats. |
| 11am to 4pm |
| | Wapping |
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Sunday 27th March |
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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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From the oldest to the newest, this year’s event will see some of the earliest examples nestling among hundreds of Minis and their variations including vans and pickups. |
| 10am to 5pm |
| | Weybridge |
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A chance to visit the Hermitage barge moorings close to Tower Bridge and tour some of the boats. |
| 11am to 4pm |
| | Wapping |
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See items from the first decade of the Wages for Housework Campaign. |
| 2pm to 5pm |
| | City of London |
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A secluded, south facing, cottage style garden, developed over 30 yrs for year-round interest and is at its best in spring. |
| 2pm to 4:30pm |
| | Woodford Green |
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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 28th March |
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Science fiction’s most frequent alternative to human is 'alien', another rich imaginative resource with which to think about what makes us human. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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The evening will also feature an exclusive guided walk through the wetlands to view the night sky. |
| 6:30pm to 8:30pm |
| | Tottenham |
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Rob Percival, an expert in the politics of meat, searches for the evolutionary origins of the meat paradox, asking when our relationship with meat first became emotionally and ethically complicated. |
| 7:30pm to 9pm |
| | Holborn |
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Tuesday 29th March |
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A talk about the National Horological Collection comprising some of the best clocks and timepieces ever made. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
| | Online |
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Fashion stylist Kat Farmer discusses her new book and shares her experience of how fashion helped her to rediscover her confidence. |
| 6pm to 7:30pm |
| | Online |
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This lecture will give a practical guide to building viral science stories to bring about environmental change. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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Join Saltzman Prize winner Mac Collins in conversation with designer Sam Hecht of Industrial Facility. |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Kensington |
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Dr Frances Sands, curator of Hidden Masterpieces, will consider the different types of architectural drawings found at Sir John Soane’s Museum. |
| 6:30pm to 7:30pm |
| | Online |
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Join guests including her close friend, the actor Simon Callow and theatrical agent Mel Kenyon as we celebrate the life and work of perhaps the greatest theatre agent ever to have lived. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Camden |
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A talk with landscape architect Marian Boswall to celebrate the launch of her new book Sustainable Garden. |
| 7pm to 8pm |
| | Southwark |
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A talk about two famous houses at opposite ends of Philip Webb’s career that are now owned by the National Trust. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Online |
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Wednesday 30th March |
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A talk exploring the working class history of the docks and life working on the docks today. |
| Starts at 12pm |
| | Online |
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Is 'plant intelligence' about whether plants can see, hear, choose and make decisions, or a rethink about the meaning of all these words? |
| 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| | Online |
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A talk about the hunt for exo-planets outside our Solar System. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Barbican |
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A special after-hours extravaganza inspired by free exhibition, Ancient Greeks: Science and Wisdom. |
| 6:15pm to 10pm |
| | South Kensington |
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An online lecture highlighting the lesser-known aspects of chadō (or chanoyu), the Japanese Way of Tea. |
| 6:30pm to 7:30pm |
| | Online |
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Join Giles Whittell in conversation with Dr Glyn Prysor for the launch of his new book, which recounts the story of Operation Chariot. |
| 6:30pm to 3pm |
| | Chelsea |
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Kate Clements, Curator of new Second World War Galleries at Imperial War Museum will give a talk on the hidden stories of women in WWII |
| 7pm to 8pm |
| | West Brompton |
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Chief Curator Lucy Worsley is joined by former Historic Royal Palaces curator Eleri Lynn to explore the dazzling world of Tudor fashion. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Online |
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How is artificial intelligence and robotics transforming the future of love and desire? |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Hanover Square |
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Did you know that Henry VIII once had a mansion in Hackney where he reconciled with his daughter Mary? Find out this and more in this talk. |
| 7pm to 8pm |
| | Online |
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The screening is accompanied by a discussion between a panel of renowned classicists who will discuss the importance of mythology to Ancient Greek culture. |
| 7:30pm to 10pm |
| | South Kensington |
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Dress historian Amber Butchart looks at radical fashion changes in the 1920s |
| 7:30pm to 8:30pm |
| | Online |
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Dress historian Amber Butchart looks at radical fashion changes in the 1920s |
| 7:30pm to 8:30pm |
| | Online |
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Thursday 31st March |
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Four days of events about coffee with lots of different things happening throughout the weekend. |
| 10am to 5pm |
| | Whitechapel |
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Sturgis will discuss the life and downfall of Oscar Wilde and gives a fresh look into the characters, social context and events that shaped Wilde’s life. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Covent Garden |
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Friday 1st April |
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Four days of events about coffee with lots of different things happening throughout the weekend. |
| 10am to 5pm |
| | Whitechapel |
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Join Dr Gregory Fremont-Barnes as he discusses the tri-service operation in the Falkland Islands that ultimately relied on ‘boots on the ground’. |
| Starts at 12pm |
| | Chelsea |
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Meet the curators behind the upcoming exhibition 150 Years of the Royal School of Needlework in this illustrated discussion between Head of Exhibitions Dennis Nothdruft and Dr Susan Kay-Williams. |
| 1pm to 2:30pm |
| | Online |
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Saturday 2nd April |
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Four days of events about coffee with lots of different things happening throughout the weekend. |
| 10am to 5pm |
| | Whitechapel |
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A monthly opening of the Florence Nightingale Museum in Southwark. |
| 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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