| Saturday 2nd December |
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| Step into a world of wonder and enchantment this Christmas with a Victorian Magic Lantern show. |
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| Occasional guided tours of the Old Bailey criminal court in the City of London. |
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| Experience some nostalgia riding on vintage buses from the 1930’s – 2000’s on their annual Heritage Bus Running Day. |
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| A traditional festive market, featuring more than 40 vendors. |
| 10am to 5pm |
| | Bethnal Green |
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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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| The local group is taking over the entire Hainault Baptist Church complex and filling it with Meccano models of all types and sizes. |
| 10:30am to 5pm |
| | Barkingside |
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| The North Wood Morris Men will be we shall be dancing up the South Bank accompanied by several other dance sides. |
| 10:30am to 4:30pm |
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| The guided tour of the Albert Memorial gives you exclusive access inside the memorial railings |
| 11am to 12:30pm |
| | South Kensington |
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| Open two weekends a year, the usually private island's artists open their doors to show off their wares. |
| 11am to 5pm |
| | Twickenham |
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| 20 minute free horse and carriage rides around Chelsea each weekend in the run up to Christmas |
| 12pm to 4pm |
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| Annual sale of Nordic gifts by the two Nordic churches in Rotherhithe. |
| 12pm to 6pm |
| | Rotherhithe |
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| Sunday 3rd December |
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| Take a boat trip through London's longest canal tunnel whilst enjoying a warm fruit punch and mince pie with cream. |
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| | Islington |
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| Step into a world of wonder and enchantment this Christmas with a Victorian Magic Lantern show. |
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| | Clerkenwell |
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| A traditional festive market, featuring more than 40 vendors. |
| 10am to 5pm |
| | Bethnal Green |
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| Monthly open day at the museum to London's first international airport - in Croydon. |
| 10am to 4pm |
| | Bethnal Green |
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| Frock Me! returns to Chelsea Old Town Hall with over 60 leading dealers of vintage and antique fashion, textiles and accessories. |
| 11am to 5:30pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| Open two weekends a year, the usually private island's artists open their doors to show off their wares. |
| 11am to 5pm |
| | Twickenham |
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| The collection includes instruments by Gavioli, Marenghi, Hooghuys, Wilhelm Bruder Söhne and Gebr.Weber. |
| 11am to 5pm |
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| A tour of the first Gothic-revival cemetery with your expert guide from the Friends of West Norwood Cemetery charity |
| 11am to 12:30pm |
| | West Norwood |
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| 20 minute free horse and carriage rides around Chelsea each weekend in the run up to Christmas |
| 12pm to 4pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| Annual sale of Nordic gifts by the two Nordic churches in Rotherhithe. |
| 12pm to 6pm |
| | Rotherhithe |
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| Enjoy the festive season with Peter Pan accompanied by the Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ. |
| 2:30pm to 5pm |
| | Brentford |
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| A look at the art and design of that most stylish of 60s TV companies, ITC. |
| Starts at 3pm |
| | Southwark |
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| Monday 4th December |
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| There will be over 50 stalls selling everything from festive food to jewellery and from clothing to toys. |
| 11am to 8pm |
| | City of London |
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| Join Lady Antonia Fraser, Professor Catriona Seth and Alexander Collins, as they explore the queen’s life through her letters and the artworks linked to her in the museum. |
| 6:30pm to 8:30pm |
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| A discussion of light in public entertainments in the Georgian era and today. |
| Starts at 7pm |
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| Tuesday 5th December |
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| Discover angels as public art, monuments and memorial in the unique Square Mile of the City of London. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
| | City of London |
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| This event will look at how attitudes to safety have changed since railways first opened. |
| 6pm to 7:30pm |
| | Pimlico |
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| Wednesday 6th December |
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| Simon Postgate - son of Oliver Postgate - will be hosting a live talk exploring the making of Clangers from his perspective as a young boy in the seventies. |
| 6pm to 7:30pm |
| | New Oxford Street |
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| Join art historian Griselda Pollock in a lecture exploring the challenging idea that Van Gogh was, at heart, more a Victorian than a modern artist. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Stockwell |
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| The National Archives welcomes back historian Dr Annie Gray for the latest in her popular series of Christmas food talks. |
| 7:30pm to 8:30pm |
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| Thursday 7th December |
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| Visit the public exhibition on the emerging proposals for 110 The Queen’s Walk, formerly known as City Hall. |
| 12pm to 7pm |
| | Southwark |
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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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| Don’t miss the lighting of the world’s most famous Christmas tree. |
| 5:30pm to 6:30pm |
| | Trafalgar Square |
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| Discover exhibition 'Fortitude: healthcare workers' experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic' and the Royal College of Physicians' collections after hours. |
| 5:30pm to 8pm |
| | Camden |
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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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| London’s longest graffiti tunnel is transformed into the Capital’s alternative festive celebration. |
| 6pm to 9pm |
| | Southwark |
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| Head to Imperial College London for a festive, after-hours evening exploring the wonders of the cosmos. |
| 6pm to 9pm |
| | South Kensington |
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| This seminar will address a significant question of architectural style in early eighteenth-century Britain: What was Nicholas Hawksmoor’s relationship with the Gothic church? |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
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| View some pieces from the Museum’s art collection and discover how soldiers have been depicted in cartoons and drawings through time. |
| Starts at 6:30pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| Friday 8th December |
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| Dr Kevin Linch explores the personal and professional lives of British Army officers during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. |
| 12pm to 1pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| The Lantern Parade brings together the community and local schools to display handmade lanterns through the streets of Aldgate. |
| 5pm to 6pm |
| | Tower Hill |
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| This special guided tour will take you on a journey through the Charterhouse's history, all revealed in flickering candlelight. |
| 6pm to 8pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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| Saturday 9th December |
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| Look out for large numbers of people dressed up as Santa and generally behaving as though they are on a pub crawl, which for many is exactly what they are doing. |
| Starts at 12am |
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| A special opening of Spike's unseen archive guided by his daughters Sile and Jane Milligan. |
| Starts at 12am |
| | Finchley |
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| A note that a steam train will leave Kings Cross station in the morning, and return in the evening. |
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| This exhibition presents the stories of Londoners of African, Caribbean, Asian and Indigenous heritage who lived and worked in the city between 1560 and 1860 and are recorded in London’s archives. |
| 10am to 4:30pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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| Your chance to explore and try out some of the most ingenious and beautifully created games around. |
| 10:30am to 4:30pm |
| | Camden |
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| A fleet of Routmaster buses will run along route 159 in the afternoon, and do a Christmas lights tour in the evening - free to join in, if there's space/willing bus driver, otherwise watch from the sidelines. |
| Starts at 11am |
| | Willesden |
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| Visit the public exhibition on the emerging proposals for 110 The Queen’s Walk, formerly known as City Hall. |
| 11am to 2pm |
| | Southwark |
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| 20 minute free horse and carriage rides around Chelsea each weekend in the run up to Christmas |
| 12pm to 4pm |
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| A tour of the large church, followed by a slightly hair-raising climb up the church tower. |
| Starts at 2pm |
| | Islington |
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| Ben Aaronovitch, James Swallow, & Andrew Cartmel will be signing Rivers of London: Volume 11: Here Be Dragons at Forbidden Planet London Megastore. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
| | Soho |
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| The tour shows how shopping grew from nothing to make Brixton South London’s biggest shopping centre by the 1920s. |
| 2:30pm to 3:45pm |
| | Stockwell |
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| Join the Wallace Collection for some festive cheer. |
| 5pm to 8pm |
| | Marylebone High St |
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