The ianVisits guide to October's unusual events, tours, lectures and exhibitions happening around London.
Thursday 1st October
A parade by the UK's judges as they attend an annual service at Westminster Abbey.
Starts at 11am
Using original film and photographs found in the Mediatheque, discover the ambition behind this now notorious London housing estate.
3pm to 4pm
Clerkenwell
How much would you pay to avoid a recession? In other words, can we place a price on the economic costs of business cycle fluctuations?
Starts at 6pm
Holborn
A synopsis of the consent and licensing process for dredging works on the Thames.
6pm to 7:30pm
Southwark
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
John Dodwell will detail the Trust's progress to date. He will explain the issues they face and the constraints under which they work.
7:30pm to 9pm
Richard Greenhill will be presenting a qualitative study that he carried out into dacryphilia.
7:30pm to 10:30pm
Whitechapel
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Friday 2nd October
This (approx) 3 hour walk covers the Lower River Lea from Bromley by Bow to Leamouth via Canning Town.
Starts at 11am
Bow
Free
11:30am to 4:30pm
Think perfumed- scent tours, mask-making workshops, mirror installations and Baroque and roll.
6pm to 9:30pm
Discover the most surprising tales of individuals and communities moving to change their world.
6:30pm to 8pm
Camden
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Saturday 3rd October
Theissymposium puts vehicle restoration projects such as Battle Bus into the context of the history of the war.
All Day
A recreation of the original Victorian Battersea Dogs Home for one day.
10:30am to 3pm
South Lambeth
£5.00
A walking tour of post-war prefab homes in Brockley and Nunhead.
Starts at 10:30am
Brockley
The Upminster Tithe Barn houses an eclectic collection of artefacts of nostalgic origin, both domestic and agricultural.
Starts at 10:30am
£8.50
An annual celebration of all things apple in Fenton's beguiling walled gardens and 300 year-old orchard.
11am to 5pm
Hampstead
Rosalie Schweiker is running a glass engarving workshop around the gallery table. Design and engrave your very own tumbler to take home.
1pm to 3pm
Beckenham
Monthly open day at one of London's more unusual, and delightful museums.
2pm to 5pm
Learn about several UK collections including the Bernie Grant Archive and Black Cultural Archives.
Starts at 2pm
A talk about Colonel Edward Despard, who shocked shocked London society with his mixed race marriage in the 19th century.
7pm to 9pm
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Sunday 4th October
The guided tour of the Albert Memorial gives you exclusive access inside the memorial railings,
Starts at 2pm
South Kensington
Explore the fungi in the reserve with a local expert
2pm to 4pm
Chiswick
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Monday 5th October
The visit will include a talk by one of the librarians, a tour behind the scenes of the stores and a look at some of the more special items in the collection.
10:30am to 12:30pm
City of London
This lecture explores the ways in which archaeologists can analyse and interpret these objects, presenting some results of the latest research into the artefacts from excavations in the City of London.
Starts at 1pm
Barbican
Find out how photographers were able to document London during the Victorian building boom.
2pm to 3pm
Clerkenwell
A talk on the 150th anniversary of the arrival of 19 Japanese students in the UK.
Starts at 6pm
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Tuesday 6th October
Free
The annual Courtauld book sale offering thousands of books at amazing prices with all proceeds going to support student travel grants.
All Day
Through the lens of Rye Lane in Peckham in south London, this film engages with issues of migration, urban multiculture and regeneration.
1am to 8pm
Holborn
This talk explores the relationship between state and international orders of coercion and control by exploring the intersections of digital media, popular culture, and high art.
6pm to 8pm
Camden
A talk about the 'sanitary' origins of the Victorian cemetery, from the cholera epidemic of 1832 to the horrors of Enon Chapel,
Starts at 6:30pm
Barbican
The night owls amongst you can join the bats, aardvarks, hedgehogs and other nocturnal specimens to enjoy the Grant Museum at night.
6:30pm to 9pm
Free
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
Join modern death professionals, historians, and academics in conversation about what we do with our bodies when we die.
Starts at 7pm
American photographer Alec Soth explores the journey his photographs make from the page to the wall…and back again.
Starts at 7pm
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Wednesday 7th October
Free
The annual Courtauld book sale offering thousands of books at amazing prices with all proceeds going to support student travel grants.
All Day
Lambeth Palace Garden will be open on the first Wednesday of the month between March and October,
12pm to 3pm
Southwark
An exclusive architect-led, behind the scenes talk and tour of this RIBA London Award winning Foyles bookstore.
6pm to 7:30pm
Soho
President of Menlo Energy Economics who will discuss how technological innovations in distributed energy resources will reshape the future of the power sector.
6pm to 7:30pm
South Kensington
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
Professor Rodrik will give an accessible introduction to the strengths of the discipline of economics and why it is so often misunderstood,
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
£12.50
A Special Talk with Professor Lawrence Zeegan, Dean of the School of Design at the London College of Communication.
7pm to 9pm
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Thursday 8th October
Free
The annual Courtauld book sale offering thousands of books at amazing prices with all proceeds going to support student travel grants.
All Day
This thematic workshop will explore how citizens, businesses and visitors can be continuously at the center of designing, building and maintaining 'smarter' city services that meets their current and future needs.
10:30am to 12:30pm
Clerkenwell
A debate between roboticists, ethicists and lawyers on the future of artificial intelligence.
Starts at 6pm
Dr Lewis Dartnell will give a talk about how physics is shaping our hunt for extra-terrestrial life, in a tunnel under Kings Cross.
6:30pm to 8pm
A talk about the UK's own fusion reactor, and the international project to building a commercial reactor in France.
Starts at 7pm
Free
Join an anthropologist, an art curator and the artist Alice Anderson for a discussion on the status of objects that have been ‘charged’ or ‘animated’.
Starts at 7pm
Alex Pascall was one of the developers of the Notting Hill Carnival and part of the team behind the birth of Britain's first national black newspaper The Voice.
7pm to 8:30pm
In conversation, Andy Beckett and Ken Livingstone discuss the Greater London Council under 'Red Ken'.
Starts at 7:30pm
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Friday 9th October
Free
The annual Courtauld book sale offering thousands of books at amazing prices with all proceeds going to support student travel grants.
All Day
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Saturday 10th October
£20.00
All day conference on man made, or man used subterranean structures.
All Day
South Kensington
£5.00
This event with a medieval theme commemorates King Harold, the last Saxon King of England.
All Day
Waltham Abbey
£3.00
Discover three halls packed with working Meccano models of trains, planes, cranes, fairground rides and much more,
10:30am to 4:30pm
Eltham
Westbourne Park Garage in north west London will open its doors to members of the public.
11am to 4pm
Maida Vale
Come and celebrate the best of African culture in Trafalgar Square
12pm to 6pm
St James
Join artist Per Huttner and a group of artists, researchers, scientists and thinkers who put Aristotle’s ideas to the test.
1pm to 6pm
Jenny Landreth has spent years exploring London's watery offerings. Packed with info and photography, her guide to the greatest spots is a must-have if you fancy a luxury length or just a quick dip.
Starts at 3pm
Upper Holloway
£12.00
The ZSL keeper will answer all your questions about sloths. Are they really lazy or is that something of a myth?
Starts at 4pm
Historian Mark Seaman and biographer Clare Mulley are joined by writer Elizabeth Buchan and Noreen Riols to talk about the lives of these remarkable women.
4pm to 6pm
Camden
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Sunday 11th October
Trips are led by a guide from the museum who will explain the history of the tunnel as you cruise through it.
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£1.00
The wide variety of stalls will offer: beekeeping equipment; hives; garden decorations; food; drink; arts and crafts; beauty products and much more.
11am to 4pm
Paddington
Annual church service held on behalf of the fish traders, and the church is usually decorated with fish nets and displays.
Starts at 11am
City of London
Apple displays and tastings, food and drink stalls, demonstrations, children’s activities, & baking competition
11am to 3pm
The London Sound Survey is a glorious gathering of sounds from the urban hubbub, with streets, waterways, animals, chimes, engines, ambience
Starts at 12pm
Upper Holloway
Cavanagh covers some 300 Peel radio shows bringing him into vivid focus.
Starts at 2:45pm
Upper Holloway
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Monday 12th October
A lecture about emergency mass burial pits in London that revealed evidence of a global catastrophic volcanic event.
Starts at 1pm
Barbican
This talk will discuss Britain status as ‘no longer an island’ as lighter than air technology brought Zeppelins and then aeroplanes to bomb London with consequences for all in a new total war.
2pm to 3pm
Clerkenwell
A guided tour of the grounds of the Royal London Hospital, East London, where Edith Cavell trained and worked as a nurse.
2:30pm to 3:15pm
Whitechapel
This lecture focuses on the ancient art market, collecting, museums and the academic sphere, with examples related to Israel and its environs.
6:30pm to 8pm
A talk on the Jacobean understanding of the Twelfth Night: a time of ghosts and the blurring of the barriers between the living and the dead.
Starts at 7:30pm
Southwark
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Tuesday 13th October
Discover the Stained Glass of the City of London in this illustrated talk by Alexandra Epps.
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Barbican
This lecture will consider the place of evidence in science and religion, looking particularly at some of the debates about the rationality of faith associated with “New Atheist” writings.
Starts at 1pm
Holborn
An evening of talks and lectures by the Pathology & Forensic Medicine Society.
Starts at 6pm
Tooting
A talk about the use of unregulated chemicals in Victorian times, and their hazards.
6pm to 9pm
Euston
£10.00
This trail explores George Orwell's dystopian nightmare: the world of Big Brother, the Thought Police and Room 101.
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Regent Street
Come and be transfixed by tales from the remarkable science of cryptography, and how it has changed the course of history.
Starts at 6:30pm
Upper Holloway
Overpowered! by Christopher Green is the first popular, illustrated history of hypnosis.
6:30pm to 9pm
Camden
A talk about the body snatchers, how it left its chilling mark on British history, and still infiltrates popular culture today.
Starts at 6:30pm
Barbican
This talk examines the life of William Beckford, twice Lord Mayor of London, and one of the largest slave-owners in the British Empire.
7pm to 9pm
RSA Chief Executive, Matthew Taylor offers a vision for the future - a world where every individual has the freedom and opportunity to develop their unique capabilities to the full.
Starts at 7:30pm
Richmond
£20.00
Playing host to the UK’s most fabulous women in STEM, ALD Live is an entertaining evening of geekery, comedy and music suitable for women and men,
7:30pm to 9:30pm
Holborn
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Wednesday 14th October
£12.00
To celebrate the Royal Research Ship Discovery's visit to the Thames, physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski presents a night delving into the mysteries of the deep.
7pm to 8:30pm
Hanover Square
A talk about the 'queen's dwarf', a life of slavery, redemption, riches, and poverty.
Starts at 7pm
Join Dr Matthew Green on an historical journey through 800 years of London’s history.
Starts at 7:30pm
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Thursday 15th October
Tour of the City of London's historic Guildhall, followed by attending the Common Council.
Starts at 10:45am
Though largely forgotten now, Technology Networks were community-based prototyping workshops supported by the Greater London Council from 1983 until 1986.
1pm to 2pm
Hear from David about his career in TV, theatre and film that has spanned 5 decades,
Starts at 3pm
The columnist and broadcaster, Steve Richards, will explain how Labour moved from Blair to Corbyn and argue that nearly all media orthodoxies in relation to this journey are wrong.
5:30pm to 7pm
A screening of this episode from Murder Rooms set in late nineteenth-century Edinburgh in which doctor turned detective Joseph Bell is asked to unwrap a mummy but finds a recently murdered corpse.
6pm to 8:30pm
Drawing on macabre and fascinating case studies, the lecture will range from particular cases to general priniciples of tracing bodies, and the application of science in supporting the law.
Starts at 6pm
Holborn
Join Dr Shelley James from the Royal College of Art as she invites participants to work glass using the latest generation of portable flameworking torches.
6:30pm to 9pm
Following on from the 2014 BBC documentary, this lecture explores the impact of the Gilbert Scott family on our nation’s architecture.
Starts at 6:30pm
Strand
Do you aspire to being an expert clue-cracker? Then nothing could be better than meeting professional crossword setter Tim Moorey.
Starts at 6:30pm
Upper Holloway
Hear from two police officers responsible for working with the 'black museum' of crime at Scotland Yard.
Starts at 7pm
A talk about the history of ether and its use in anesthetics.
Starts at 7pm
Historian Alun Whithey will look to the 18th century, when the beard fell out of favour and the clean-shaven look became popular.
Starts at 7pm
Frank Kelsall will discuss what happened after the fragmentation of the Southampton Estate, which seems to be an unexplored topic.
Starts at 7:30pm
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Friday 16th October
A special pop-up exhibition exploring the age of one of the most geologically diverse places on Earth - the British Isles.
1pm to 4:30pm
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Saturday 17th October
A guided walk around Hyde park, including visit to the rarely open Pet Cemetery.
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Paddington
Get your best foot forward this autumn, and enjoy the changing landscape on one of TfL’s 40 guided walks.
All Day
A talk about the history of capital punishment in the Capital city.
Starts at 1pm
A talk about recent understanding of the Great Plagues, and their modern equivalents.
Starts at 3:30pm
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Sunday 18th October
Get your best foot forward this autumn, and enjoy the changing landscape on one of TfL’s 40 guided walks.
All Day
This guided tour will provide rare access into the Charnel House under Spitalfields.
Starts at 11am
Whitechapel
There will be music and a variety of activities including crafts, a treasure hunt, and apple pressing to make delicious juice.
11am to 4pm
Welling
Two talks on the architecture and history of London's cemeteries and their mausoleums.
Starts at 1pm
Walking tour taking in over 20 different 'Prisoner' locations, culminating in Number Six's London home.
Starts at 2pm
£12.00
Two speakers on the charnel houses of London, including vaults being cleared for modern restaurants.
Starts at 3:30pm
The ribute show 'Waterloo' looks back at the sensational rise to stardom, and gives fans the opportunity to experience the thrill of a live Abba show.
Starts at 7:30pm
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Monday 19th October
This talk will outline the diversity of its wartime role and how it is now remembered.
Starts at 12:30pm
St James
An historic building survey at Knole, Kent enabled a very surprising revelation about the history of the house in the early 17th century.
Starts at 1pm
Barbican
A meetup for people who work in or around newsrooms and make (or want to make) games. The format for the event will be a short presentations about 3 newsgames followed by a discussion.
6pm to 8:30pm
Islington
Drawing from the life work of Sir John Soane – one of Britain’s greatest architects and collectors - the series offers a perspective on how designers draw inspiration
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
Explore how psychology, acoustics and urban planning collide in the emerging field of soundscape design.
6:30pm to 8pm
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Tuesday 20th October
1pm to 2pm
Three hours of bell ringing, with public access to the church tower from 8pm.
5:45pm to 2pm
Whitechapel
£10.00
an evening of lectures on constitutional history and royal power by expert speakers.
Starts at 6pm
Suffering the symptoms of Magna Carta withdrawal after this summer’s celebrations?
6pm to 8:30pm
An event celebrating the publication of SPQR, a new look at Roman history from one of the world's foremost classicists: Professor Mary Beard.
6:30pm to 6pm
Picadilly
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
What insights does the Tibetan Buddhist tradition have to share about the pursuit of happiness and how does it define happiness?
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
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Wednesday 21st October
Are you confident about vaccines? Pauline Paterson discusses what the concerns are, why these persist and how they keep track of levels of confidence
Starts at 1pm
UCL’s Academic Centre of Excellence for Cyber Security Research is opening its doors for a series of short talks delivered by the Centre’s new staff.
4pm to 7pm
A marine artist discusses the 19th century tea trade between Hong Kong and New York,
6pm to 7pm
St James
Fabricating pharmaceuticals from the medieval medicine cabinet
Starts at 6pm
Strand
A debate about the history of the Lord Mayor's Show and the great traditions, paraphernalia and personalities associated with it.
Starts at 6pm
Holborn
This public lecture will describe how these planets have been found, what types of different planetary systems have been detected,
6pm to 7:30pm
Whitechapel
Join authors and map experts Barbara Bond and Peter Chasseaud for an evening of cartographic indulgence and histor
Starts at 6:30pm
Covent Garden
A talk about the curious life of the man who created Wonder Woman
6:30pm to 8pm
Camden
Should the British War Cabinet have used double agents to redirect raids away from Central London and towards less populated areas?
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
This talk will focus on those living throughout London in 1851 – who they were, where they were, where they’d come from and where they were bound.
7:30pm to 9pm
Islington
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Thursday 22nd October
A mosaic of 1001 b/w photographs by Steve Hollingshead brings together fragments and traces of people and places.
All Day
Southwark
A talk about German spies, paranoia, and the role of the humble pigeon as friend and potential foe in wartime Britain.
Starts at 2pm
The Cities of the future Fringe will focus on a range of projects and research from across the College aimed towards improving city life.
5pm to 8pm
If we cry God for Harry, England and St George, we tell only half the story.
Starts at 6pm
Barbican
£15.00
Rooms evocatively lit with an array of candles will transport you back into the Victorian era at an evening opening.
Starts at 6:20pm
The lecture looks at the life and work of Denys Lasdun, including other buildings he designed, but focuses on the National Theatre.
6:30pm to 9pm
Covent Garden
£10.00
A talk about the rise and fall of the seaside as a Georgian and Victorian pleasure day out.
Starts at 6:30pm
Free
Most of us will spend around a third of our lives asleep. Why do we need to do this? And what effect does it have on our creativity?
7pm to 8pm
Professor Mark White, a very popular speaker returns to the Library to with his talk about the Kenneth Branagh.
Starts at 7:30pm
Hampstead
Cries of London: Slingin' the Old Jack Lang: London's Coster Language, Rhyming Slang
Starts at 7:30pm
Stephen will be discussing all aspects of sex throughout the history of comics.
Starts at 7:30pm
Soho North
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Friday 23rd October
Historian and broadcaster Michael Wood introduces some of the themes of his new BBC series.
6:30pm to 8pm
Camden
For one night, Store Street will be transformed by fire, light and pyrotechnics and taken over by local artists, musicians and creative agents.
Starts at 6:30pm
Euston
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Saturday 24th October
A guided walk around Hyde park, including visit to the rarely open Pet Cemetery.
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Paddington
Free entry to the museum (normally £8.25) which explores the history of the UK’s first children’s charity and first public art gallery.
All Day
Come to meet Twinkle, a satellite planned to be launched within 4 years.
12pm to 7pm
Euston
A talk about the history of death investigation in this country.
Starts at 1pm
Professor Lynda Nead reveals some of the hidden stories of women who left their children at the Foundling Hospital.
2pm to 3pm
Free
Gary Heales reveals highlights from the Museum's eclectic collection of lantern slides, including images of the Lea Vallery in the 1930s.
2pm to 3pm
Take part in an interactive workshop in discovering the secrets behind making an ancient Egyptian light offering before joining a procession to celebrate in creating your own light offering to the Gods.
5pm to 7pm
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Sunday 25th October
Free entry to the museum (normally £8.25) which explores the history of the UK’s first children’s charity and first public art gallery.
All Day
Join an accredited guide for a walking tour through 350 years of London’s postal history.
11am to 9pm
Free
October Plenty is an Autumn harvest celebration held annually in Southwark.
Starts at 12pm
Southwark
£12.00
The Museum of London’s curator of osteology uncovers the history of London’s skeletal remains.
Starts at 1pm
Guided tours of the 1930s modernist town hall, currently being converted into an arts centre.
Starts at 2pm
Hornsey
£12.00
Professor Grayling invites us to live the chosen life rather than one imposed on us by doctrine and dogma.
Starts at 3:30pm
Free
A parade followed by flame and pyrotechnics display set to Indian classical music.
4pm to 5pm
This reconstruction of a Victorian séance is an evening of uncanny spectacle. Prepare for darkness, rituals and answers to all life's questions.
Starts at 8pm
Stockwell
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Monday 26th October
Free
The UCL Centre for Holocaust Education is launching its latest major research into what young people in English secondary schools know and understand about the Holocaust.
5:15pm to 7:30pm
Classic horror with Vincent Price who fills a wax-work museum with real dead people.
6:30pm to 9pm
A collection of authors describe the role of dreams and dreaming in their own practice.
6:30pm to 9pm
The event is a round table discussion by eminent academics working on LGBT activism.
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
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Tuesday 27th October
£9.22
Some 50 exhibitors will be showcasing glass art and conservation; together with selected works in other media.
All Day
Southwark
Lord Robertson, former UK Defence Secretary and Secretary General of NATO, will discuss the Review and its importance and relevance in securing Britain in an age of uncertainty.
Starts at 6pm
Barbican
In this lecture we will learn why people have different wine experiences, and we will delve into the areas of sensory science and human physiology.
Starts at 6pm
Euston
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6pm to 7:30pm
Lord Fowler will cover the Charter review with particular reference to the financing of the BBC and to the provision of services.
6pm to 7pm
£107.00
Join Catherine Hickley, a leading journalist in the field of Nazi-looted art, as she tells the fascinating story of Hitler’s art dealer, Hildebrand Gurlitt, and the incredible collection he amassed.
6:30pm to 8pm
South Kensington
Nick Middleton will reveal the shadowy and surprisingly large world of countries that don’t exist.
Starts at 6:30pm
Covent Garden
Come and discuss the future of secondary science education with an expert panel.
6:30pm to 8:30pm
A talk about George Hibbert, an early and powerful defender of the slave trade and later slavery.
7pm to 9pm
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Wednesday 28th October
£9.22
Some 50 exhibitors will be showcasing glass art and conservation; together with selected works in other media.
All Day
Southwark
The Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons hosts a drop-in event to celebrate medical collections around London.
2pm to 5pm
The lecturer, who has just completed a book on free speech, will argue that phenomena such as Holocaust denial are better contested by the completely free debate
Starts at 6pm
Barbican
A talk on the history of vampire slaying in both folklore and fiction, from the iconic wooden stake to ultraviolet bullets.
Starts at 6:30pm
Barbican
Monthly adult-only late night events at the Science Museum.
6:45pm to 10pm
An after dark to explore the burials, murders and mysteries of the Tower of London.
Starts at 7pm
Join Odra Noel for a drink and discuss her new exhibition 'Portraits of photosynthesis', at this informal opening night in the Ri's Atrium.
Starts at 7pm
£3.00
This talk outlines the contribution made by women workers at Woolwich Arsenal to the war effort during World War 1.
7:30pm to 9pm
Greenwich
A unique and fascinating journey into the private life of a gadget you thought was on your side. Afterwards, you’ll never look at your phone in the same way again…
7:30pm to 9pm
Clerkenwell
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Thursday 29th October
Join Rob Levy as he explores the highs and lows of his relationship to data, and examines how data is delighting, misleading and downright duping us every day.
1:15pm to 1:55pm
The main speaker, Professor Ursula Martin, will discuss <em>The Scientific Life of Ada Lovelace
Starts at 4pm
Holborn
Daniel Neep presents his paper explaining why Syria transitioned from a laissez-faire to a statist economy between 1946 and 1954.
4pm to 6pm
Holborn
Starts at 6:30pm
New Cross
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Friday 30th October
Celebrate the wonders of the microscopic world through talks, demonstrations and art workshops.
6pm to 9pm
Journey through the long and chequered history of gin, from its medicinal roots, through the 18th Century Gin Craze, up to today’s gin resurgence.
Starts at 6:30pm
A riverside and Borough back-street Halloween tour of Southwark's ghostly and magical past and folklore.
Starts at 7pm
Southwark
This silent film will be accompanied by Donald MacKenzie on the Mighty Wurlitzer.
Starts at 7:30pm
This silent film will be accompanied by Donald MacKenzie on the Mighty Wurlitzer.
Starts at 7:30pm
Brentford
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Saturday 31st October
The largest free-to-view motor show in the UK, showcasing an impressive 125 years of motoring history.
10:30am to 4pm
Regent Street
Visit the c.1397 Grade 2 listed ‘threshing’ barn, over 100ft x 40ft in size, with a fine crownpost roof.
Starts at 10:45am
Rickmansworth
This (approx) 3 hour walk covers the Lower River Lea from Bromley by Bow to Leamouth via Canning Town.
Starts at 11am
Bow
Join Egyptologist John J Johnston as he looks back over the life and career of the iconic British actor, Sir Christopher Lee.
6pm to 8:30pm
Where better to spend Halloween than in a room of scary skeletons and skulls?
6:30pm to 9pm
This circular-ish walk will be funny, irreverent, and informative and will wonder what ghosts are what ghost stories say about who we are and how we think about the world.
Starts at 7pm
Clerkenwell
A talk about Lord Byron's doctor, John William Polidori, and his literary invention of the Vampire.
Starts at 7pm
