| Saturday 2nd September |
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| Hundreds of cinemas across the UK will be offering cheap entry to see many of the films being screened at the moment. |
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| Meet members of the Lambeth Local History Forum to learn about their work and how you might join in. There will be local history publications on sale. |
| 10am to 4:30pm |
|  | West Norwood |
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| Step back in time and walk in the footsteps of the gladiators within the ancient Roman amphitheatre and see mudlarking artefacts on display. |
| 10:30am to 4pm |
| | City of London |
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| Occasional open day at a museum of domestic "clutter" housed in an old farm barn. |
| 10:30am to 4pm |
| | Upminster |
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| Pollock's Toy Museum will have a weekend pop up store and show in Spitalfields. |
| 11am to 5pm |
| | Whitechapel |
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| From food and photography to music and spoken word, Black on the Square will showcase established acts alongside emerging talent. |
| 12pm to 6pm |
| | Trafalgar Square |
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| An end of Summer Fair in the setting of Turner’s House garden. |
| 12pm to 4pm |
| | Twickenham |
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| Internationally pre-eminent museum and integral workshops devoted to electrical timekeeping and the distribution of accurate time. |
| 2pm to 5pm |
| | West Norwood |
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| A regatta of 12 life-sized swans perform a poetic ballet on the surface of the Royal Victoria Dock. |
| Starts at 6pm |
| | Victoria Dock |
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| Look up in wonder, as one of the world’s most extraordinary vertical dance companies present a performance on the façade of St Paul’s Cathedral. |
| Starts at 6:15pm |
| | City of London |
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| See the horror film classic – under a full moon! |
| Starts at 8pm |
| | Peckham |
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| Sunday 3rd September |
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| A festival next to the canal. |
| 9am to 6pm |
| | Islington |
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| Monthly open day at the museum to London's first international airport - in Croydon. |
| 10am to 4pm |
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| The Thames Flood Barrier is closed once a month for test purposes, where all the gates are closed at the same time. |
| 10:10am to 8:10pm |
| | Woolwich |
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| Step back in time and walk in the footsteps of the gladiators within the ancient Roman amphitheatre and see mudlarking artefacts on display. |
| 10:30am to 4pm |
| | City of London |
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| Annual open day at the cemetery with tours of the catacombs and public events. |
| 11am to 5pm |
| | West Brompton |
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| Pollock's Toy Museum will have a weekend pop up store and show in Spitalfields. |
| 11am to 5pm |
| | Whitechapel |
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| Visitors to the mill are given a full guided tour covering the history, operation and principal features of Shirley Windmill. |
| 12pm to 5pm |
| | Croydon |
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| A commemoration of the Merchant Navy with a band-led parade, service and wreath laying. |
| 12:30pm to 2pm |
| | Tower Hill |
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| Pragya Agarwal dives deep into the history and science that has determined the gendering of emotions to ask whether there is any truth in the notion of innate differences between the male and female experience of emotions. |
| 3pm to 4:30pm |
| | Holborn |
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| A regatta of 12 life-sized swans perform a poetic ballet on the surface of the Royal Victoria Dock. |
| Starts at 6pm |
| | Victoria Dock |
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| Monday 4th September |
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| Tuesday 5th September |
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| This lecture explores some of the more surprising revelations to emerge from Strawberry Hill’s history when rejected designs for its decoration and interiors are examined. |
| 6:30pm to 7:30pm |
| | Tottenham Court Road |
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| Be amazed by the incredible evolutionary story of life on the wing. Explore the miracle of flight like never before. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Hanover Square |
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| Wednesday 6th September |
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| Discover 500 years of medical history with the Royal College of Physicians fascinating collections after hours with the opportunity to join a free curator talk. |
| 5:30pm to 8pm |
| | Camden |
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| An illustrated talk on the history of architectural modelmaking in Britain. |
| 7pm to 8pm |
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| Thursday 7th September |
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| Located in the Royal Docks, it shoots a plume of water 30 metres into the air. |
| 1pm to 8pm |
| | Victoria Dock |
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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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| 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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| A screening of 'Exposed: Nursing Narratives' and short films based on interviews will be followed by a panel discussion. |
| 6pm to 8pm |
| | Harley Street |
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| In this talk, Michael Heinrich will explore the historical and modern roles of herbal medicines in the UK |
| 6pm to 8:30pm |
| | Southwark |
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| An evening learning about the life and times of Carlo Gatti from historian Peter Barber, in partnership with the Union Ticinese, founded by the Gatti family and others 150 years ago this year. |
| Starts at 6:30pm |
| | Islington |
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| Discover authors that blur the lines between fiction and history writing |
| 6:30pm to 8:30pm |
| | Pimlico |
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| Art historian Nicola Moorby shares her experiences of following in Turner’s footsteps of his 1819 tour of Italy. |
| 6:30pm to 7:30pm |
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| Friday 8th September |
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| Rare chance to see inside a Tudor building on Fleet Street with one of the best-preserved Jacobian-enriched plaster ceilings in London. |
| 9am to 5pm |
| | City of London |
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| Daniel Taylor examines the debates surrounding the battle for the Normandy town of Villers-Bocage during the Second World War. |
| 12pm to 1pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| Located in the Royal Docks, it shoots a plume of water 30 metres into the air. |
| 1pm to 7pm |
| | Victoria Dock |
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| Join historian, Alice Loxton as she delves into the world of Georgian London and explores the delights of the satirical printmakers. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
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| How can black holes help us understand the workings of a quantum computer? |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Hanover Square |
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| Saturday 9th September |
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| Take a tour of the Grade II listed Guildhall's main rooms and the former magistrate's court. |
| 10am to 4:30pm |
| | Kingston Upon Thames |
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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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| This annual boating extravaganza will see around 40 beautiful vintage and exquisitely preserved vessels assemble in the central basin of St Katharine. |
| 11am to 6pm |
| | Wapping |
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| Learn about the project to restore Canons House and surrounding open spaces. |
| 11am to 4pm |
| | Mitcham |
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| A day where the house will be filled with re-enactors recalling how the house functioned when lived in by the Duke of Wellington. |
| 11am to 4pm |
| | Picadilly |
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| There's a charity event taking place today, which will include people using a zip wire between The Cheesegrater and The Gherkin. |
| 12pm to 6pm |
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| Located in the Royal Docks, it shoots a plume of water 30 metres into the air. |
| 12pm to 7pm |
| | Victoria Dock |
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| Chapel & crypt visits provide a rare opportunity to learn more about the Anglican chapel and the crypt beneath. |
| 1pm to 5pm |
| | Peckham |
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| See the archaeological excavations and Tudor foundations at Scadbury Moated Manor – which still has its moat around it. |
| 2pm to 5pm |
| | Chislehurst |
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| Make the most out of AI image generating by learning how to optimise your text prompts in this workshop with James Irwin. |
| 3pm to 6pm |
| | Poplar |
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| 70 years after it first wowed and terrified audiences, Nigel Kneale’s The Quatermass Experiment is back at its home, Alexandra Palace. |
| Starts at 6:30pm |
| | Wood Green |
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