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| Saturday, 24th October |
| The talk essentially takes the form of a guided tour of the house and church. |
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| Sunday, 25th October |
| Open days usually feature the restored engines in operation, a light railway trip, and walks around the Victorian buildings. |
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| Join Alistair Hall, art director and author of London Street Signs, for an illustrated talk exploring some of the capital’s most beautiful and curious nameplates. |
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| Pageboy, courtier, civil servant and poet. Chose to write in English rather than Court French. A radical choice, but why? |
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| Monday, 26th October |
| A lecture on the Caribbean migrants who came to the UK not to work in the buses and hospitals, but as artists and writers. |
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| Tuesday, 27th October |
| An evening with James Rodgers who will be discussing his critically acclaimed book Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin. |
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| This illustrated talk will discuss the life and work of the Penzance-born Humphry Davy and his rise from provincial obscurity to metropolitan fame. |
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| Let Ben Aaronovitch tell you about his new book in the "Rivers of London" series. |
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| Professor Tracey Hill’s illustrated talk will discuss the traces of James and George Peele in the City archives, and reveal the many parallels between their civic pageants and the Elizabethan theatre. |
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| Wednesday, 28th October |
| The City is unique in having a wondrous cluster of Wren churches within its Square Mile. |
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| A talk about the so-called Great Eruption of Eta Carinae which was for a time in the mid 19th century the third brightest object in the night sky. |
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| This paper examines how spouses, cultural commentators, and legal practitioners addressed the problem of unwanted sex--even rape--in marriage, from the 1700s to the 1820s. |
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| From the former director of GCHQ, learn the methodology used by the British intelligence agencies to reach judgements, establish the right level of confidence and act decisively. |
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| This lecture will focus on the nightclub and its associated audiences and cultures, and the ways that clubs and music venues generate particular forms of social infrastructure. |
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| Professor John Mullan will explore the tradition of factuality in the English novel, ending with the novels of Kazuo Ishiguro and examples of recent auto-fiction. |
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| Film historian Pamela Hutchinson talks about the life and legacy of 1920s star Louise Brooks |
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| Join a performer as they guide you on a bone-chilling journey through the past. |
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| Join Alexandra Epps, Arts Society Lecturer and Art Guide to learn more at this online Lecture. |
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| Nick Groom’s talk will approach the coronavirus pandemic from a cultural perspective, suggesting how supernatural agents such as vampires can help us to make sense of the crisis. |
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| Audiences will be lead on an evening tour of Chelsea Physic Garden by Sir Derek Dustyreel - 1950's black and white film star. |
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| Thursday, 29th October |
| Join Joe Studman for a virtual history walk around Kentish Town. |
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| Join a panel of experts as they discuss the so-called just transition and, as society emerges into the “new normal”, the opportunity we are presented with for a fair green recovery. |
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| Evelyn’s preoccupation with apparently contemporary environmental problems, and his suggested solutions, are a remarkable legacy and one to be celebrated in 2020. |
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| Professor David Edgerton will survey British policy for British aviation after 1945 arguing that many really did believe that the UK’s future lay in leadership in aeronautics. |
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| A talk by award-winning journalist and author Peter Ross on his latest publication A Tomb With a View: The Stories and Glories of Graveyards. |
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| Follow a lantern-lit tour amongst the tombs of the East End's famous and infamous dead! |
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| A talk about the property speculator and developer, Nicholas Barbon who made his fortune rebuilding after the Great Fire of London. |
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| Visit Strawberry Hill at twilight and experience the home of the author of the first Gothic novel. |
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| Audiences will be lead on an evening tour of Chelsea Physic Garden by Sir Derek Dustyreel - 1950's black and white film star. |
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| Friday, 30th October |
| For Black History Month 2020 we explore BAME leaders in nursing, past and present. |
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| Join a performer as they guide you on a bone-chilling journey through the past. |
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| Why Can’t We All Just Get Along by Iain Dale is part-memoir, part-polemic about the state of public discourse in Britain and the world today |
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| Haunting ghost stories, live music, and food and drinks available from the Painted Hall Café and the Old Brewery. |
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| Audiences will be lead on an evening tour of Chelsea Physic Garden by Sir Derek Dustyreel - 1950's black and white film star. |
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| Follow a lantern-lit tour amongst the tombs of the East End's famous and infamous dead! |
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| Saturday, 31st October |
| Alec Tritton tells us about resurrection men - they supplied fresh corpses in the 19th century to Anatomical Schools. |
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| Discover some of the Natural History Museum's scariest specimens with a spooky self-led trail around the hallowed halls at night. |
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| Haunting ghost stories, live music, and food and drinks available from the Painted Hall Café and the Old Brewery. |
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| Follow a lantern-lit tour amongst the tombs of the East End's famous and infamous dead! |
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