| Saturday 26th November |
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| Occasional open day at a 14th century building in Ilford. |
 | 10am to 2pm |
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| Along with food, drinks and plenty of cheer, there’s something for everyone at this Christmas shopping event. |
| 10am to 4pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| A book fair, discussions and workshops exploring the legacies and futures of radical bookselling. |
| 10am to 4pm |
| | Barbican |
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| Traditional style Christmas fairs by the Finnish and Norwegian churches in Rotherhithe. |
| 12pm to 6pm |
| | Rotherhithe |
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| Sunday 27th November |
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| Along with food, drinks and plenty of cheer, there’s something for everyone at this Christmas shopping event. |
| 10am to 4pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| A WW2-era history attraction that's open to the public once a month. |
| 10:30am to 4pm |
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| Over 110 stalls of original gift ideas for all the family as well as ‘Street Food Market’ for festive treats, carol singing, mulled wine and food. |
| 11:30am to 4pm |
| | Dulwich |
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| Traditional style Christmas fairs by the Finnish and Norwegian churches in Rotherhithe. |
| 12pm to 6pm |
| | Rotherhithe |
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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 November |
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| You are invited to spend an evening at 6 Fitzroy Square as the muralist Alan Dodd discusses his career and work. |
| Starts at 6:30pm |
| | Tottenham Court Road |
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| A look at the role the channel has played across the landscape of British television over the course of the last four decades. |
| Starts at 7:30pm |
| | Southwark |
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| Tuesday 29th November |
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| An illustrated conversation about London’s fake, fictional and wholly invented shops. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
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| Wednesday 30th November |
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| RJ Andrews will discuss his new book ‘Florence Nightingale, Mortality and Health Diagrams’. |
| Starts at 3:30pm |
| | Southwark |
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| Dr Nicola Tallis uncovers the exciting history of the jewels and jewellery that the ten queen consorts of England from 1445-1548 wore and their significance as an explicit and unmistakable display of wealth, majesty and authority. |
| 6pm to 8pm |
| | Picadilly |
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| The story of the work undertaken to the Great Clock during the Elizabeth Tower project. |
| 6:15pm to 8:30pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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| In this talk, author Miranda Miller will explore Dadd's life and work, including his masterpiece The Fairy Feller’s Masterstroke, now in Tate Britain. |
| Starts at 6:30pm |
| | Soho |
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| The Science Museum will open a free exhibition – Injecting Hope: The race for a COVID-19 vaccine – at a special edition of the museum’s after-hours, adults-only Lates event. |
| 6:30pm to 10pm |
| | South Kensington |
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| Acclaimed cartoonist Tom Gauld reveals the secrets behind his hugely popular and darkly amusing literary comic strips. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Barbican |
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| In a world accustomed to 24-hour news coverage, how did broadcast media square up to the challenge of covering the pandemic? |
| 7:30pm to 8:45pm |
| | South Kensington |
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| This talk will focus on what Christmas was like in the late Georgian period. |
| 7:30pm to 8:30pm |
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| Thursday 1st December |
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| A monthly late opening of the restored Roman temple found near Bank in the City of London in the 1950s, and recently restored to its original subterranean location. |
| 5pm to 8pm |
| | City of London |
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| This month, join Librarian, Martin Cherry as he explores one of freemasonry’s best known images. |
| 5pm to 8pm |
| | Aldwych |
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| Mike Luddy, the Commercial Development Director for HS2, discusses his experiences of station regeneration. |
| 5:30pm to 7:30pm |
| | Pimlico |
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| Some thirty authors of this year’s best books come together for a night of live music, readings, and four floors of signings. |
| 6pm to 9pm |
| | Soho |
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| This lecture will examine how judges are appointed, whose interests they serve, and who they are accountable to. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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| Don’t miss the lighting of the world’s most famous Christmas tree. |
| Starts at 6pm |
| | Trafalgar Square |
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| On the first Thursday of the month, Holborn's Novelty Automation has a bar in the store for their late-night opening. |
| 6pm to 9pm |
| | Holborn |
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| Friday 2nd December |
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| Arriva London will be running a heritage bus along route 137 to mark the end of its ownership of heritage buses. |
| 10am to 6pm |
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| Hampton Court Palace courtyards will be transformed into a food-lover's Christmas wonderland. |
| 10am to 6pm |
| | East Molesey |
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| Traditional style Christmas fairs by the Finnish and Norwegian churches in Rotherhithe. |
| 12pm to 8pm |
| | Rotherhithe |
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| A one off weekend market dedicated to vegan produced. |
| 12pm to 8pm |
| | Kings Cross |
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| Join Professor Peter Kornicki as he explores the work undertaken by linguists - from code breaking to radio operating - against Japanese forces in India and Burma during the Second World War. |
| 12pm to 1pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| The festival will return with some firm favourites: the lantern parade, live events, creative workshops, market stalls, followed by the lantern exhibition. |
| 12pm to 9pm |
| | Tower Hill |
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| Join Katherine Howells from The National Archives and Anthony Richards from the Imperial War Museums as they share fascinating objects, documents and images from the archives that tell stories of wartime Christmases |
| 2pm to 3pm |
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| A talk about an under reported aspect of English East India Company - white women and the babies born to them in India. |
| 5:30pm to 7pm |
| | Euston |
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| Saturday 3rd December |
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| Experience some nostalgia riding on vintage buses from the 1930’s – 1990’s on an annual Heritage Bus Running Day. |
| All day |
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| A note that a steam train will pass around north London this morning and evening. |
| 8:55am to 9:40pm |
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| Monthly behind the scenes tours of the local theatre. |
| 10am to 12pm |
| | Hampton |
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| This year’s event, features over 70 stalls of gifts and fine food. |
| 10am to 4pm |
| | Fulham |
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| Hampton Court Palace courtyards will be transformed into a food-lover's Christmas wonderland. |
| 10am to 6pm |
| | East Molesey |
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| A display of loads of Meccano models. |
| 10:30am to 5pm |
| | Barkingside |
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| Pop along to browse the handmade goodies on offer, and stock up on gifts whilst supporting small traders. |
| 11am to 5pm |
| | Southwark |
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| Occasional open weekend of the usually private Thames island where the resident artists open their studios. |
| 11am to 5pm |
| | Twickenham |
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| Traditional style Christmas fairs by the Finnish and Norwegian churches in Rotherhithe. |
| 12pm to 6pm |
| | Rotherhithe |
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| A one off weekend market dedicated to vegan produced. |
| 12pm to 8pm |
| | Kings Cross |
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| Free horse and carriage rides around Chelsea each weekend in December. |
| 12pm to 4pm |
| | 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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