| Saturday 26th October |
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| MADE London the design & craft fair introduces 100+ exhibitors for its annual event at One Marylebone, a grand former church beside Regents Park. |
 | 10:30am to 5pm |
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| Expect to see the latest systems based on the RockChip and Raspberry Pi, plus historic machines from Acorn's past such as the BBC Micro |
| 11am to 4pm |
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| On the theme of ‘spoken word’, the National Poetry Library’s annual poetry day features readings and a workshop, and shows off the collection’s hidden gems. |
| 11am to 5pm |
| | Southwark |
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| This illustrated talk explores Dickens’s lifelong fascination with the neighbourhood of St-Giles-in-the-Fields. |
| 11:30am to 12:30pm |
| | Soho |
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| Dacres Wood Nature Reserve occupies 2.5 hectares to the east of the main railway line between Forest Hill and Sydenham stations. |
| 1pm to 4pm |
| | Forest Hill |
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| Research conducted by Rebecca Preston and Andrew Saint has shed new light on the history of this fascinating area and the lives of those who lived in the place that has become the heart of London. |
| 1:30pm to 2:30pm |
| | Soho |
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| Tour of the Victorian testing machine museum and a demonstration of the Universal Testing Machine. |
| 1:30pm to 4pm |
| | Southwark |
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| Sunday 27th October |
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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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| Regular silent cinema screening with live musical accompaniment on the Wurlitzer. |
| 2:30pm to 5pm |
| | Brentford |
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| This talk explores a selection of such legends and the possible explanations for how those stories started – from medical and psychiatric |
| 7:30pm to 9pm |
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| Monday 28th October |
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| Let award winning storyteller Brice Stratford take you on a wild and witchy ride, through the twists and turns of Allhallowstide |
| 8pm to 9:30pm |
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| Tuesday 29th October |
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| This lecture traces the development of technologies for messaging and signals, from wireless to wired and back again. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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| This lecture explores the history, design and production of 19th century innovation in wall-paper. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
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| Step into the shadows of the 19th century, an era of occultism and gothic intrigue, with an online lecture on Victorian Ghost Stories. |
| 9pm to 10:30pm |
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| Wednesday 30th October |
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| This lecture provides a deeper exploration of Paganism, beginning with its roots in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, and the question of how ancient paganism was regarded then |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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| Join two former Secretaries of State for Defence, Malcolm Rifkind and Des Browne, as they reflect on the complexities of the role over recent decades. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| Come see the Museum after hours, led by one of their guides, and hear stories of ghosts & other horrifying stories from Horse Guards, London and across the world from the Household Cavalry |
| 6pm to 7:30pm |
| | Whitehall |
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| Join landscape gardener and author, Michael Brown, for 'Death in the Garden', a talk on the use of poisonous plants throughout history |
| 6:30pm to 8:30pm |
| | Barbican |
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| What queens would England have had if firstborn daughters, not firstborn sons, had inherited the throne? |
| Starts at 6:30pm |
| | Picadilly |
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| Thursday 31st October |
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| Be one of the few who get to experience over the rope access to the Lightning jet. |
| 11am to 4pm |
| | Colindale |
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| This lecture explores the striking parallels between 1968 and the 2024 Election, drawing on previously unexplored archives and numerous interviews. |
| 1pm to 2pm |
| | Holborn |
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| This illustrated talk describes how over the centuries the mighty and the humble have suffered the most bizarre and amusing deaths at the hands of fate. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
| | City of London |
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| A chance to see the Kilmorey Mausoleum in St. Margarets after dark. |
| 6pm to 9pm |
| | Twickenham |
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| Speakers from academia, policymaking and urban planning will discuss what can be done to make cycling safer and more inclusive, how barriers to implementation can be overcome, and what we can learn from other cities around the world. |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Holborn |
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| This Halloween, prepare to embrace your worst fears as the museum investigates spooky science and terrifying tech. |
| 6:30pm to 10pm |
| | South Kensington |
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| A diary of a life in pieces: the author of The Buddha of Suburbia launches his extraordinary memoir about the accident that left him paralysed. |
| Starts at 7:30pm |
| | Southwark |
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| A chill-spining and fascinating historic journey into the mystical world of Scandinavian folklore and ancient witchcraft |
| 9pm to 10pm |
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| Friday 1st November |
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| The Docklands Impounding Station is a feat of early mid-century engineering, built in 1929, few people realise that its three working pumps are still in use today. |
| 10am to 3:30pm |
| | Poplar |
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| Be one of the few who get to experience over the rope access to the Lightning jet. |
| 11am to 4pm |
| | Colindale |
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| Dr Michael Somerville explores how the British Army used lessons from the American Civil War to prepare for war in Europe. |
| 12pm to 1pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| Saturday 2nd November |
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| Monthly opening on a Saturday of this exhibition which is usually only open Mon-Fri. |
| 9:30am to 5pm |
| | Southwark |
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| The Docklands Impounding Station is a feat of early mid-century engineering, built in 1929, few people realise that its three working pumps are still in use today. |
| 10am to 3:30pm |
| | Poplar |
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| Get close up to Copenhagen Fields, the model railway society's 2mm scale (1:152) depiction of London as it was in the 1920s and 1930s. |
| 10am to 5pm |
| | Islington |
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| Pall Mall will be filled with vintage and sportscars, showcasing many of the Veteran Car Run stars, but also the present and future on wheels. |
| 10am to 3pm |
| | St James |
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| See working models of cars, cranes, trains, funfair rides and more, all built from Meccano, the famous construction toy invented by Frank Hornby. |
| 10:30am to 4:30pm |
| | Welling |
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| The Friends of The Rose Playhouse will host two sessions on the excavation of the site in 1989 and what the future holds, and discuss the place of The Rose in London archaeology. |
| Starts at 12pm |
| | Southwark |
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| A screening of the Doctor Who story, The War Machines, with Q&A session |
| 2pm to 4pm |
| | Hammersmith |
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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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| Clare Malone explores the anatomy of particle detectors, taking the ATLAS experiment at CERN as a specific example. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Hanover Square |
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