Saturday 28th May |
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Over 100 vehicles on display, alongside a village fete. |
| 9am to 7pm |
| | Enfield |
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On a day where the past comes alive, learn about the local connections of past Kings and Queens, and get an insight into the medieval period as part of events marking the Queen’s Jubilee. |
| 9:30am to 5pm |
| | Epsom |
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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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Many surprises, unusual trees and shrubs are hidden behind the railings of this large London square. |
| 10am to 4pm |
| | Belgravia |
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Europe's biggest independent annual motorcycle show celebrates the creativity of the new-wave and cafe-racer custom motorcycle culture. |
| 10am to 8pm |
| | Wapping |
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Southbank will transform into a hub of scientific learning and discussion, as some of London’s leading scientists take to their soapboxes to showcase their science to the general public. |
| 2pm to 5pm |
| | Southwark |
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Watch the sight of a large crowd of people walking out of the flower show laden with big ornate plants, squashing onto buses and tube trains. |
| Starts at 5pm |
| | Chelsea |
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Watch the 1958 Hammer Horror classic starring Christopher Lee in a graveyard chapel |
| 8pm to 9:30pm |
| | Ham |
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Sunday 29th May |
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A defunct holiday to mark the return of the Monarchy, by slapping people with nettles. |
| All day |
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Over 100 vehicles on display, alongside a village fete. |
| 9am to 5pm |
| | Enfield Town |
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Europe's biggest independent annual motorcycle show celebrates the creativity of the new-wave and cafe-racer custom motorcycle culture. |
| 10am to 6pm |
| | Wapping |
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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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A family friendly festival where you can take to the water, enjoy live music and dance, and take part in a variety of fun activities. |
| 12pm to 5pm |
| | Hayes |
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In partnership with the Doctor Who Appreciation Society, a tribute to Verity’s illustrious career with a rare screening of her 1974 BBC series Shoulder to Shoulder. |
| Starts at 2pm |
| | Hammersmith |
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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 30th May |
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Governments, corporations and defence establishments need to take it into account. Should we recognise it as a new global power? |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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Tuesday 31st May |
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This lecture shows that in reality, running a computer OS is a supreme juggling act. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Barbican |
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Explore how the female animal has been misunderstood and misrepresented by the scientific patriarchy. |
| 6:30pm to 9:30pm |
| | South Kensington |
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Wednesday 1st June |
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After hours opening of the modernist headquarters of the RCP with tours and archive documents on show. |
| 5:30pm to 8pm |
| | Camden |
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This lecture offers a broader perspective from astrobiology, astrochemistry, and astrophysics on the habitability or otherwise of other planets beyond Planet Earth. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Barbican |
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Starting with de Loutherbourg’s contested portrait of Swedenborg at Swedenborg House, this talk will look at the artist and his associates, and the challenge of writing him back into art history. |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Bloomsbury |
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Thursday 2nd June |
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Two sets of military gun salutes will take place today to mark the Official Birthday of HM The Queen and Coronation Day. |
| 11:30am to 1:30pm |
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A large flypast of military aircraft from all three services will pass over Central London at lunchtime. |
| 12:50pm to 1:10pm |
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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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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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Looking to both our history and near futures, this panel discussion explores how the food we eat is changing at extraordinary rate. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Richmond |
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Friday 3rd June |
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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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Saturday 4th June |
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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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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 |
| | City of London |
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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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