Saturday 28th October |
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A restoration project has bought the mill back to working order for the first time since 1935, and it's now open to the public. |
| 10am to 4pm |
| | Upminster |
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Once a month open day at a nature reserve that sits alongside the railway in Forest Hill. |
| 1pm to 4pm |
| | Forest Hill |
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A partial lunar eclipse will take this evening, with the moon partially blocked from the sun by the earth. |
| 6pm to 8pm |
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Experience the Museum of the Moon installation and explore the oldest gothic church in London after hours |
| 6:30pm to 9pm |
| | Southwark |
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Sunday 29th October |
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Twice a year there's a guided tour around London looking at the locations of Danger Man and The Prisoner TV series. |
| All day |
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A restoration project has bought the mill back to working order for the first time since 1935, and it's now open to the public. |
| 10am to 4pm |
| | Upminster |
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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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Join some of Sarah White’s family and friends from across three continents as they pay tribute to a remarkable unsung activist. |
| 2pm to 4pm |
| | Camden |
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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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Enjoy Halloween in spooky classic style with a silent film and the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ at the Musical Museum |
| 3pm to 6pm |
| | Brentford |
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Monday 30th October |
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An evening with Dame Zandra Rhodes, a notorious figurehead of the UK fashion industry for five decades. |
| 7:30pm to 8:30pm |
| | Richmond |
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Tuesday 31st October |
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An evening, as you explore the London home of Charles Dickens, led by an unearthly guide 'The Ghost of London Past.' |
| 5pm to 7pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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The talk will examine the politics of Horatio Bottomley MP. |
| 5:30pm to 7pm |
| | Euston |
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Why did the Soviet Union fail where China succeeded? |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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A talk which will focus on how this book was produced, and on what is special about the Soane copy in particular. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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Your medium, magician Christopher Howell, shares haunting night terrors and ghostly tales. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Homerton |
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A talk by Steven Brindle about the dramatic history of Euston Station, one of the Victorian Society’s greatest conservation battles. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Online |
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Wednesday 1st November |
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The launch of Linda McDougall's new biography of Marcia Williams, who became the first woman political adviser to a Prime Minister. |
| 5:30pm to 7pm |
| | Whitechapel |
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Visitors will enjoy seeing 7 Hammersmith Terrace in low lighting, which creates a unique and special effect on wallpapers, textiles and furniture |
| Starts at 6pm |
| | Hammersmith |
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Van Gogh specialist Martin Bailey examines the struggles that he faced and how he overcame them to channel his creativity into his art. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Stockwell |
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Historian Helen Fry will look at the rich and varied intelligence and espionage work women undertook as civilians and in uniform. |
| 7:30pm to 8:30pm |
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Thursday 2nd November |
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A roundtable discussion and reading from Debasish Lahiri’s Legion of Lost Letters: Dramatic Monologues of Romans In Exile, exploring the place of poetry and storytelling in imagining Roman Britain in the present. |
| 4pm to 5:30pm |
| | Euston |
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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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Join church and public clock specialist Keith Scobie-Youngs to explore the history of the winding of the Great Clock of Westminster. |
| 5:30pm to 10pm |
| | Russell 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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Told for the very first time, this is the shocking and extraordinary story of the most-conniving and manipulative Tudor family you've never |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Southwark |
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A selection of silent film clips are being screened along with a live 15-piece orchestra. |
| Starts at 8pm |
| | Brixton |
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Friday 3rd November |
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Saturday 4th November |
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The Festival of the Accused delves into the history of witchcraft and summons a host of writers and performers who praise the modern witch. |
| 10am to 9pm |
| | Camden |
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A day of talks on London history. |
| 10am to 4:30pm |
| | Southwark |
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A display of pre-1905 motor vehicles in central London ahead of the London to Brighton vintage car rally. |
| 10am to 3:30pm |
| | Whitehall |
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Monthly Saturday opening of an exhibition about the British priest who nearly became Pope. |
| 10am to 5pm |
| | Southwark |
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National Secular Society historian Bob Forder introduces the 19th century secularist freethinking pioneers of family planning |
| 11am to 3pm |
| | Holborn |
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This summer London's fire stations be opening their red doors to the public for a number of open day events across London. |
| 12pm to 5pm |
| | Poplar |
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John Walsh will be signing his books Conan the Barbarian: The Official Story of the Film and The Wicker Man: The Official Story of the Film |
| 2pm to 3pm |
| | Soho |
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