Top events in London on Sun 15th May 2016
A travelling vintage Victorian steam fair arrives in the park outside the IWM.
A chance to look around the station and check out the equipment used by Brigade firefighters.
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North Kensington
A workshop to learn plant identification techniques and find out about useful edible and medicinal plants available in the British countryside.
2016-05-15
10am to 3pm
Leyton
Andrew Neilson will discuss what’s gone wrong with our prisons and what can be done to create a more effective and humane criminal justice system.
2016-05-15
Starts at 11am
Holborn
Annual festival of kite flying -- come to watch, or join in.
2016-05-15
11am to 5pm
Streatham
Join planetary scientist Sara Russell to find out what this asteroid could reveal about the history of the sun and planets,
2016-05-15
12:30pm to 1pm
South Kensington
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
This exhibition reveals the work of Victorian photographer and Leytonstone-resident Alfred Wire.
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Closing soon Sun, 15th May
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Thirty of Botticelli’s exquisite drawings for Dante’s Divine Comedy alongside a selection of outstanding Renaissance illuminated manuscripts.
All Day
Closing soon Sun, 15th May
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One of the most renowned Norwegian artists, Astrup's work transforms the rugged Norwegian landscape into a mythical, living entity.
All Day
Closing soon Sun, 15th May
2016-02-05
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The UK’s largest ever exhibition of the work of pioneering female comics artists
All Day
Closing soon Sun, 15th May
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On display for the first time is a letter written by Charles Dickens in support of an application for a new matron.
All Day
Closing soon Sun, 22nd May
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Featuring over 100 drawings and sketches, this exhibition expresses the richness and flair of British draughtsmanship during the Victorian era.
10am to 5:30pm
Closing soon Sun, 29th May
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An exhibition of Ben Robson’s sketches of Tottenham, beginning over half a century ago.
1pm to 5pm
Closing soon Sun, 29th May
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See the first European painting of an Australian animal, 'The Kongouro from New Holland' by the artist George Stubbs,
All Day
Closing soon Sun, 5th June
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The exhibition brings to life the sheer scale of the work being done to deliver Crossrail.
All Day
Closing soon Sun, 5th June
2016-02-01
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Crossrail reveals new images of the stations in central and southeast London.
All Day
Closing soon Tue, 14th June
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Exhibitions opening soon
Regular Events - Sunday 15th May 2016
Regular guided tours around Rotherhithe including a climb down into the Brunel shaft above a railway tunnel..
10:45am to :
Rotherhithe
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1pm to 3pm
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1pm to 3pm
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11:30am to 1:30pm
Clerkenwell
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Regular guided tours around the brutalist concrete estate that is the Barbican.
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Guided tours of one of London's great Victorian cemeteries.
2pm to 4pm
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Weekend openings of one of London's largest visible Roman ruins, currently in the basement of an otherwise unremarkable office block.
All Day
City of London
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