| Saturday 7th October |
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| Artists and crafts people across the borough of Lambeth will be opening their studio and work spaces to the public. |
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| Southwark Cathedral is hosting a day of talks exploring burial grounds, cemeteries and funerals. |
| 10:30am to 4:30pm |
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| See working models of cars, cranes, trains, funfair rides and more, all built from Meccano, the famous construction toy invented by Frank Hornby. |
| 10:30am to 4:30pm |
| | Welling |
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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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| Join Adjunct Curators, Asia-Pacific Hera Chan and Alvin Li in a discussion about a series of Chinese photobooks publications |
| 11am to 3pm |
| | Pimlico |
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| Meet publishers, writers, translators, fanzine makers, illustrators and open minded readers interested in the Spanish language. |
| 11am to 5pm |
| | Walworth |
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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 3pm |
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| Annual Conker Championships held in Peckham - anyone can attend, although you need to book in advance, especially if you want to participate. |
| 3pm to 6pm |
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| An informal hour with the writer, broadcaster and former Children’s Laureate, Michael Rosen. |
| 5pm to 6:15pm |
| | Bethnal Green |
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| A talk by a book author on the Palace of Westminster, focusing on how the nation’s historic faith is embedded within the building’s architecture. |
| 6pm to 8pm |
| | New Southgate |
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| Sunday 8th October |
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| Artists and crafts people across the borough of Lambeth will be opening their studio and work spaces to the public. |
| 10am to 6pm |
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| Meet publishers, writers, translators, fanzine makers, illustrators and open minded readers interested in the Spanish language. |
| 12:30pm to 5pm |
| | Walworth |
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| Monday 9th October |
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| Tuesday 10th October |
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| Why are there chess Grandmasters, but not Grandmasters of noughts and crosses (otherwise known as tic-tac-toe)? |
| 1pm to 2pm |
| | Holborn |
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| Prof Ben Highmore looks at how the 1950s bombsites in the UK were turned into junk-playgrounds. |
| 2pm to 4pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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| This unmissable event for Pratchett fans will be, for most, a first chance to discover these unearthed stories |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
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| This talk will take the form of an architectural journey around Kensington's wide variety of Victorian churches. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Kensington |
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| Wednesday 11th October |
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| Dr Frances Sands, Curator of Drawings and Books, for a session focusing on the various items of pro-emancipation literature within Sir John Soane’s collection. |
| 1pm to 2pm |
| | Holborn |
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| Join Kate Macdonald of Handheld Press to hear how Handheld chooses its book cover artwork, with some forays into how book cover art works |
| 2pm to 3pm |
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| Are current and traditional legal frameworks and new governance strategies able to guard against the novel risks posed by new systems? |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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| In this talk, activists Sorcha Thomson and Marral Shamshiri set the record straight, revealing how women have contributed to revolutionary movements across the world in endless ways |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Holborn |
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| A unique opportunity to hear artist El Anatsui speak about his life and extraordinary career as his Hyundai Commission in the Turbine Hall opens to the public |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Southwark |
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| Thursday 12th October |
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| An annual wreath laying ceremony at Edith Cavell’s statue, just off Trafalgar Square. |
| 10am to 11am |
| | Trafalgar Square |
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| The writer and historian C. J. Schüler will discuss the documentary research into historic land ownership and management that informed his book The Wood That Built London |
| 5pm to 6pm |
| | Picadilly |
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| Louise Ryan and Grainne McPolin present an oral history project involving 40 Irish nurses who worked in the NHS during 1950s-60s. |
| 5pm to 6:30pm |
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| This talk will explore the early days of anaesthesia, how ether and chloroform’s different properties caused concern both in the operating theatre and beyond. |
| 6pm to 8:30pm |
| | Southwark |
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| This is the story of a prize-winning modernist school and its early demise, and entangled with this is a larger story about the landscape in and around Heathrow airport. |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
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| Join lawyer Kate Morgan as she explores the history of homicide, through the strange stories and mysterious cases that have shaped the law of murder in England down the centuries. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Covent Garden |
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| Join author and comedian Marc Burrows on a journey through the life and work of Sir Terry Pratchett, based on his biography and officially endorsed by the author’s estate. |
| 7:30pm to 9:30pm |
| | Euston |
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| A night of planetery-themed stand-up comedy, stories, and silliness from some of London's funniest people. |
| 7:30pm to 9:30pm |
| | Southwark |
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| Friday 13th October |
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| Take this exciting opportunity to hear from our world renowned Conservators about their work on the Tate Britain Rehang |
| 3pm to 4:30pm |
| | Pimlico |
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| Immerse yourself in the Clockwork Watch story world, party with Professor Elemental and explore 19th-century London in Minecraft. |
| 7:30pm to 10:30pm |
| | Camden |
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| Join Gilbert & George in conversation with Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, as part of the Frieze Masters Talks Programme. |
| 7:30pm to 8:30pm |
| | Soho |
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| Saturday 14th October |
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| Annual model wargaming show with traders, tournaments, and a "bring and buy" service. |
| 10am to 4pm |
| | Lower Edmonton |
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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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| A screening of classic Doctor Who episodes in the studio where they were made. |
| Starts at 2pm |
| | Hammersmith |
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| A presentation by Andy Saunders, with the original and remastered NASA images projected onto a 16ft x 9ft screen. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Southwark |
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