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| Saturday, 8th August |
| Live online Zoom talk. Rosalind McCutcheon and Jill Williams cover the story of Ireland. |
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| Sunday, 9th August |
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| Monday, 10th August |
| Ideas for living that aid physical and mental health, from homes for heroes and key worker housing to communal dwellings that improve wellbeing. |
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| Introduced by Interpretation Manager Jane Nielsen, join Curator, Mark Dennis, as he uses examples from our collection to illustrate this unique art form born out of conflict. |
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| Tuesday, 11th August |
| Join our expert-led webinar that will give you guide you through all the basics to get started with discovering your family history within half an hour. |
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| Hear fascinating and unexpected tales of London's great West End stores, from Selfridges to John Lewis via Liberty, HMV and many others |
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| These talks will explore not only the mirage of safety and control presented by nurses, but also the toll this mask of resilience took upon the human being behind it. |
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| Stuck at home? Get to know Rome in an hour with a professional tour guide and lover of art, Olga Cuckovic. |
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| Using results from the most powerful telescopes and particle colliders, Katie Mack describes how small tweaks to our incomplete understanding of reality can result in starkly different predictions of how the Universe will end. |
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| A lecture about the diplomacy and science needed to understand the origins and hazards associated with Mount Paektu, a large volcano on the border of the North Korea and China. |
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| Wednesday, 12th August |
| Simon Fowler talks on Zoom about the life that paupers lived in the 1800s. |
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| Professor Dany Nobus will reflect upon the enduring legacy of one of Freud’s most controversial texts, gauge its value for our contemporary living conditions, and open some new perspectives for revisiting this absolute classic of Freudian psychoanalysis. |
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| Stuck at home? Come along to this virtual tour of Art Deco New York with author Anthony Robins. |
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| Thursday, 13th August |
| Join historian Yasmin Khan in conversation with journalist and author Shrabani Basu as they discuss India’s role in the Second World War. |
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| Florence Nightingale apparently loathed having her photograph taken. Why then did she accept to sit for these images? |
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| This online slideshow followed by a Zoom Q&A is a nice start on a journey through the ritual year. |
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| Friday, 14th August |
| Family open weekend at the gardens of Chiswick House |
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| A talk about the nature of erotic writing in the 16th century from book burning to the Renaissance. |
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| Join General Lord Richards, President of the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League, in conversation with Dr Peter Johnston as they explore the contribution of Commonwealth soldiers during the Far East campaign. |
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| In 1809 a London brewery was prosecuted for the unusual offence of trying to remove cloudiness from its beer by dosing it with an extract of fish-skins. |
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| James Sumner (Manchester University) discusses the challenges that brewers faced in promoting new innovations to an often justifiably suspicious public. |
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| Brighton is not just the sea front, pier and pavilion. Let Stephen show you the many sides of the city often called London by the Sea |
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| Saturday, 15th August |
| Family open weekend at the gardens of Chiswick House |
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| Join historian Julie Summers and Geoff Gill from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in conversation with Emma Mawdsley on the treatment and conditions of prisoners of war working on the Thai-Burma Railway. |
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| This talk describes the development of the aircraft and eventual need to have a “standoff missile“ capable of allowing the aircraft to stay clear of the target area. |
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| A virtual lecture on the Arms of the City of London and its diverse ancient and modern Livery Companies |
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