Check out this week's alternative guide to what's on in London. | Welcome to my weekly email of lectures, talks, heritage events, organised walks and other random miscellany which Ian hopes would be of interest. | = Event is free of charge | | = Pre-Booking required. |
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| | Saturday, 30th July | | Twelve yachts from the Clipper Venture Round The World Race will pass through Tower Bridge this morning as part of an end-of-race parade. | | Visit the c.1397 Grade 2 listed ‘threshing’ barn, over 100ft x 40ft in size, with a fine crownpost roof. | | Explore light-based, glittering underground art installations; space-related craft, prints, clothing, cakes and books. | | A series of scything workshops, talks and communal picnics culminating in a scything competition. | | Good Chance presents a discussion on the role of technology in the refugee crisis. | | | Sunday, 31st July | | Monthly open day at this railway side nature reserve in Sth London. | | A series of scything workshops, talks and communal picnics culminating in a scything competition. | | | Monday, 1st August | | | Tuesday, 2nd August | | An evening in the Sir John Soane's Museum with the rooms lit by candles. | | | Wednesday, 3rd August | | In a talk to accompany his exhibition of photographs, Simon Gregor will share some of his experiences of photographing London at night. | | | Thursday, 4th August | | Tours include visits to the Meeting Room and the grand Reading Room of the Library. | | Join adventurer and TV presenter, Ryan Pyle as he talks about his two months traveling through the remote locations in Brazil | | | Friday, 5th August | | Once a month, the private gardens of Lambeth Palace are open for a few hours in the afternoon. | | Have you ever wondered how curators work with museum collections to create exhibitions? Have you ever thought you might do a better job? | | | Saturday, 6th August | | Monthly open day at one of London's more curious and delightful museums, devoted to the history of the sewing machine. |
| | Exhibitions closing shortly | | This exhibition charts the huge regeneration and development of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park from 2012 – 2016 (Ends on Thu, 28th Jul) | | A small display that encapsulates the personal processes of being a Punk in the late 1970s. (Ends on Thu, 28th Jul) | | Revealing portraits from an era when ordinary people at work on the canals were seldom photographed. (Ends on Sun, 7th Aug) | | Come and experience 18th-century Rome through an astonishing series of watercolours not displayed together since 1805. (Ends on Sun, 14th Aug) | | Discover a little-known chapter of Indian history through the largest surviving example of an Assamese devotional textile. (Ends on Mon, 15th Aug) | | To celebrate 30 years of Poems on the Underground, this new poster parade looks back at a selection of poems from the programme (Ends on Fri, 29th Jul) | | This exhibition tells Sicily’s fascinating stories – from the arrival of the Greeks to the extraordinary period of enlightenment under Norman rule. (Ends on Sun, 14th Aug) | | This hands-on, fully interactive gaming event features the very best video games and consoles from the past 40 years. (Ends on Sun, 7th Aug) | | Two revolving arms narrowly evade each other in a huge mobile of light and sound in constant motion. (Ends on Wed, 10th Aug) | | Discover a miniature model favela in the Horniman Gardens, created by Project Morrinho. (Ends on Thu, 4th Aug) | | A major exhibition revealing the fascinating life, times and lost library of Queen Elizabeth I’s most famous ‘conjurer’. (Ends on Fri, 29th Jul) | | An exhibition of models of babies that are just a little bit creepy. (Ends on Sat, 30th Jul) | | A display of art work inspired by the zoological exhibits at the Grant Museum (Ends on Sat, 6th Aug) |
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