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| Saturday, 17th April |
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| Five gardens in a housing estate only open to the public through the National Garden Scheme. |
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| A talk about the oldest botanic garden in Britain, now in its 400th year. |
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| Get a taste of the Royal College of Physicians fascinating 500-year history and award-winning architecture in a live virtual guided tour. |
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| Museums are full of the belongings of the dead! Come and see some remarkable objects and hear some incredible stories. |
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| Sunday, 18th April |
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| A 70ft garden with trees, evergreen structure, perennial flowers and grasses. |
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| This 100m-long unique and award winning garden is home to the Corokia National Collection along with a great number of other unusual plants. |
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| Front gardens in this pretty cobbled cul-de-sac of terraced houses, overlooking Thornhill Road Gardens in the heart of Barnsbury. |
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| Mike Jay is the author of Mescaline – a Global History - A definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind-altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity. |
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| Monday, 19th April |
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| Film featuring two former Foundling Hospital pupils talking about life at the school during WW2. |
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| A talk about the investigative journalism group, Bellingcat. |
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| Historic graffiti tell stories of the hopes, fears and desires of a nation echoing through time - here is their tale. |
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| Tuesday, 20th April |
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| Head gardener, Lucy Hart explores the winding history of the Fulham Palace wisteria, one of the oldest in London. |
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| A presentation on the works that prepared the site for the HS2 tunnel boring machines at the Chiltern tunnel. |
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| Join SAVE Britain's Heritage and architect and TV presenter George Clarke for a special live online lecture. |
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| In this lecture we will look at a bit of internet history, show how it works now and look towards the future. |
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| Let cultural historian Adam Endacott take you through the career of one of Britain's most beloved comics, Kenneth Williams |
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| Join NASA geneticist Christopher E Mason as he argues we have a moral duty to explore other planets and solar systems |
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| Curator Lauren Stephenson will delve into the rich history of the globally important Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire. |
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| City guide Julian Romain presents a history of the Lord Mayor of London. |
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| Dear England is a letter to the country, from the Archbishop of York, on why the Christian narrative still makes sense today Join the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop |
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| Wednesday, 21st April |
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| Speakers from London and Chicago will discuss how tall buildings and the zero-carbon agenda affect both cities. |
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| This talk by Andrew Lane explores the discovery, conservation and form of this important public building and examines how in a little over thirty years new excavations have transformed our knowledge of the area. |
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| This lecture asks how it came to emerge over the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, tracing its roots in the Reformation and showing how political chance and the traumas of civil war led to its slow and improbable ascent to dominance. |
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| This lecture traces the extraordinary story of the Brooke Rajahs through the heraldry of the family and the state during the period and into modern times. |
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| This lecture explores the City of London's long and complex relationship with the Monarch and Royal Family |
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| Join Dr Stephen Asma, author of "On Monsters", as he examines the human condition by looking at what scares us most |
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| Thursday, 22nd April |
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| This illustrated lecture marks 150 years since Dickens’s death by reflecting on the nature of his creative genius and his legacy. |
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| A Zoom talk presented by award-winning storyteller Vanessa Woolf on the mystical life of Dr Dee including his links with Fulham Palace |
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| This lecture will explore the current and future scope of the law of incitement to religious hatred in light of our long and troubled history of dealing with religious speech. |
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| A discussion on the plan to restore Bennerley Viaduct and create an exciting new public space. |
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| Miles will discuss his life and work, from the changing landscape of advertising to his lifelong support of the arts. |
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| Newspaper reports and a few photographs in the museum archive reveal that the house was squatted, but who were the squatters and was the building experienced at that time? |
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| A Capital Feast – the history of London’s most famous food and drink emporiums from breakfast tea to after-dinner |
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| An online talk about historic graffiti located in Southwark Cathedral |
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| On the eleventh anniversary of the burial of Malcolm McLaren in Highgate's East Cemetery, a talk about his life and work. |
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| This talk will look at four shortlisted entries in Highgate Cemetery’s ‘landscape masterplan’ competition. |
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| Friday, 23rd April |
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| Join historian Andrew Salmon MBE as he marks the 70th anniversary of the bloodiest battle fought by UK troops since the Second World War. |
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| London’s West End galleries mark the re-opening of the art world with a special spring edition of The Mayfair Art Weekend Gallery HOP! on 23 April |
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| Julie Attenborough and Lisa Reynolds share the stories of nurses who have challenged the status quo throughout history. |
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| In this talk, Sue Stuart-Smith, a distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener offers an inspiring and consoling work about the healing effects of gardening and its ability to decrease stress and foster mental well-being in our everyday lives. |
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| Saturday, 24th April |
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| Rummage through a selection of salvaged treasures from 30 handpicked vintage traders. |
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