| Saturday 21st May |
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| During the weekend visitors will be able to tour the house, enjoy music and theatre productions in the gardens and take part in family-friendly activities. |
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| The Rickmansworth Festival celebrates canals with at least 100 boats attending, the community and the environment. |
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| Admission to Kempton Steam Museum. See an array of petrol engines and model steam engines from across the ages. |
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| Annual open day at the cemetery with visits to the chapel and crypt – not usually open – guidance on family history. |
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| Watch teams of watermen who will steer huge barges up the Thames from Greenwich to Westminster. |
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| Acclaimed artist Brian Bolland will be signing Judge Dredd By Brian Bolland: Apex Edition at Forbidden Planet London |
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| Sunday 22nd May |
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| Weather permitting, there could be up to 50 hot air balloons drifting over Central London just after sunrise. |
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| During the weekend visitors will be able to tour the house, enjoy music and theatre productions in the gardens and take part in family-friendly activities. |
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| The Rickmansworth Festival celebrates canals with at least 100 boats attending, the community and the environment. |
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| Admission to Kempton Steam Museum. See an array of petrol engines and model steam engines from across the ages. |
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| Visitors are able to explore both the Gardens and parts of the Mansion, including the Stables and cellars, at their leisure. |
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| Local community fete in Dulwich |
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| This steeply, sloping garden comprises woodland walks, filled with flowering shrubs and ferns. |
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| Visit a series of seven floating barge gardens connected by walkways and bridges. |
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| What impact has two decades’ worth of policing and counterterrorism had on the state of mind of Muslims in Britain? |
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| Monday 23rd May |
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| An evening highlighting and celebrating the rich diversity of LGBTQIA+ spaces featured in the new book, Queer Spaces by RIBA Publishing. |
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| Drawing on decades of observing our closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, world-renowned primatologist and New York Times bestselling author Frans de Waal explores what we know of biological sex differences and of the role of culture and socialisation. |
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| Be ready for some mind-bending magic and deceptions as magician and historian Ian Keable details some of the biggest hoaxes of the 18th century. |
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| Tuesday 24th May |
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| This talk will use Lettsom’s landscape as a key example to explore how medical practitioners used their botanical training to capitalize on the growing fashion for botanical collecting and agricultural experimentation. |
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| Join Prokar Dasgupta as he discusses the Dasgupta technique, where Botox is injected into the bladder under local anaesthetic, calming the bladder nerves down. |
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| Design Museum Director Tim Marlow discusses the illustrious career of one of the biggest names in football, Gary Lineker. |
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| Wednesday 25th May |
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| A rare opportunity to see behind the gates of this hidden gem, gifted to local residents during the construction of the Tate Modern. |
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| This Fresh Concrete event focuses on innovative technology that has the potential to transform the performance and uses for concrete. |
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| Taking a look at gyroscopes, this lecture explores the common threads that link all spinning things. |
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| Science Museum Lates are adults-only, after-hours theme nights that take place in the museum on the last Wednesday of every month. |
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| Visit the St Sepulchre Chapel, currently undergoing conservation, and hear experts and enthusiasts discuss Comper’s work on the chapel. |
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| Global Expert in Facial Expressions, Emotions and Behaviour, Adrianne Carter, The Face Whisperer will be taking a look at the Royals and what they reveal about how they’re really feeling. |
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| Thursday 26th May |
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| While the Privy Council has deep colonial and imperial roots, it has sometimes been an important safeguard for fundamental rights: what are the pros and cons? |
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| The Beefeaters of the Tower will parade around the Tower of London to beat the bounds before a "battle" with the neighbouring church. |
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| In this talk, Dr Elinor Cleghorn races through the early history of male-dominated medicine from the antiquity to the late 19th century, |
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| Curator Jen Kavanagh will give an insight into the Museum’s development and how the content was brought together. |
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| Friday 27th May |
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| Join Professor David Welch as he explores the role of propaganda in shaping the myth of Dunkirk. |
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| Saturday 28th May |
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| Over 100 vehicles on display, alongside a village fete. |
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| On a day where the past comes alive, learn about the local connections of past Kings and Queens, and get an insight into the medieval period as part of events marking the Queen’s Jubilee. |
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| Visitors will have a chance to learn about 87 Hackford Road and its most famous tenant through a guided tour which includes a short walk to set the context and a longer tour of the house itself |
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| Many surprises, unusual trees and shrubs are hidden behind the railings of this large London square. |
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| Europe's biggest independent annual motorcycle show celebrates the creativity of the new-wave and cafe-racer custom motorcycle culture. |
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| Southbank will transform into a hub of scientific learning and discussion, as some of London’s leading scientists take to their soapboxes to showcase their science to the general public. |
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| Watch the 1958 Hammer Horror classic starring Christopher Lee in a graveyard chapel |
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