| Saturday 1st October |
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| RT buses dating from 1939-1954 will be running alongside the normal daily service on route 37, Putney Heath to Peckham. |
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| Monthly behind the scenes tours of the local theatre. |
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| The newly restored chapel will be ‘unveiled’ to the public with a free weekend of activities and events. |
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| Artists and craftspeople across the borough of Lambeth will be opening their studio and work spaces to the public. |
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| An eclectic display of domestic items from the last century as well as agricultural machinery inside an old barn. |
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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. |
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| Sunday 2nd October |
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| Artists and craftspeople across the borough of Lambeth will be opening their studio and work spaces to the public. |
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| Monthly open day at the museum to London's first international airport - in Croydon. |
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| Better than half price entry to the Painted Hall on the first Sunday of the month. |
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| Occasional open day of the windmill, which ceased working in about 1890, but most of the original machinery, including its two pairs of millstones, is still in place, and has recently been restored. |
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| Monday 3rd October |
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| A parade of judges in full regalia as they arrive for an annual service in Westminster Abbey. |
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| Tuesday 4th October |
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| Explore what recent US Supreme Court judgements mean for American democracy. |
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| Join the webinar on feminist foreign policy. |
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| This talk looks at some of the adultery scandals of the early 1800s and the resultant criminal conversation trials, |
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| Join a panel of experts discussing what is the next big global threat and how we can work to prevent it. |
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| London Stone: a mysterious block of stone in central London. What is it, and why are there so many myths about its origin and purpose? |
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| Wednesday 5th October |
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| Children from several London primary schools will spend the day experiencing life as Borough Market traders, selling fruit and vegetables that they and their classmates have grown from seed at school. |
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| Explore a novel perspective on the Kafala system in the Middle East, questioning concepts like unfreedom and freedom. |
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| Join Curator, Kate Sumnall for a talk on prehistoric London. |
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| Singapore to London: The Return Journey of The Iconic Land Rover Expedition |
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| This talk explores the drinks, both alcoholic and not, that are depicted in Hogarth’s works and explore their effect on society as well as the artist himself. |
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| Thursday 6th October |
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| The first Thursday of the Month is the Freemason's Museum Late where they're open until 8pm |
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| Learn why gin drink, associated in the eighteenth century with the lowest levels of society, came in the nineteenth to be served in luxurious establishments known as ‘Gin Palaces’. |
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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. |
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| A talk discussing the recently catalogued records of the Cable Street Group. |
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| A conversation with Dr Angela Stienne, about her new book Mummified which explores the curious, unsettling and controversial cases of mummies held in French and British museums. |
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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. |
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| Explore the lessons we should learn and how successful the policies were from the Attlee governments post war policies. |
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| Art on the Underground and Kerber Verlag present a new publication on the work of Alexandre da Cunha at Battersea Power Station, to celebrate one year on from the station’s opening. |
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| An online tour of the kitchen, stillroom and domestic offices at Ham and explore some of the recipes Elizabeth and her royal guests might have enjoyed. |
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| Discover the ideas that revolutionised our view of nature and helped us gain a deeper insight into the workings of the Universe. |
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| A virtual tasting of some 17th century dishes, sharing the recipes for those who would like to recreate them at home. |
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| Friday 7th October |
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| Join Professor Joanna Bourke as she questions how the role of emotions and ethics can give us a better understanding of the experience of combat. |
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| Saturday 8th October |
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| See working Meccano models of cars, cranes, trains, funfair rides and more, and build your own model for the chance to win a prize. |
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| The tour will be led by a member of The Friends and will include access to the crypt of the Chapel, which is not normally open to the public. |
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| You can either enter, or watch a series of conker games taking place today in Peckham. |
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