| Saturday 21st October |
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| Tour an historic Grade II listed water tower with views of the Gasholder at Kings Cross area and St Pancras station. |
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| The London Welsh Centre hosts the annual London Welsh Autumn Emporium. |
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| Annual local railway group model show. |
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| Conway Hall welcomes three radical and innovative small press publishers to discuss what inspired them, how they found their audience, and how they keep going. |
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| Keith Temple will be signing Doctor Who: Planet of the Ood, from the Doctor Who Target Collection. |
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| Volunteers from Barnet Museum are continuing to arrange special openings of Barnet Physic Well. |
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| Sunday 22nd October |
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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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| This event features extensive bus displays, including rarely-seen early examples, as well as examples of other commercial transport such as taxis, military & emergency vehicles. |
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| Visit the 3 listed buildings and see the four Victorian beam engines, one of which will be working. |
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| This summer London's fire stations be opening their red doors to the public for a number of open day events across London. |
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| The 35 acre Beale Arboretum consists of over 800 varieties of trees and shrubs, a network of paths through good selection of conifers, oaks, maples and mountain ash, all specimens labelled. |
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| Monday 23rd October |
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| As part of Beckton Parks Masterplan, have a go on a tractor and help seed the new Wildflower Meadow. |
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| Find out about science superheroes, dress up as a bogey and meet a world-leading scientist. |
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| This talk will explore how the First World War impacted on voluntary and charitable work within English Association Football. |
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| Tuesday 24th October |
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| Our brains are computers. What if we could enhance their processing power? |
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| In this talk, Penelope Corfield explores the clever showmanship of the impresario Jonathan Tyers and the eager expectations of the crowds who thronged there in their thousands. |
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| Wednesday 25th October |
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| Seminar exploring the past, present and future of community at Kensal House, North Kensington. |
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| Bestselling author Damien Lewis revisits the daring SAS mission to break through enemy coastal defences and liberate Europe. |
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| The Victorian railway companies certainly built a dense and complex network, but did it amount to a system? |
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| Thursday 26th October |
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| Discover the compelling history of the Athenaeum Club and its members’ impact on Britain’s scientific, creative, and official life. |
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| Streisand’s work as a producer and director have shattered the glass ceiling and reshaped our idea of what a diva is today, but not without personal cost. |
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| Join Naomi Ryan for a close look at some of the strangest cases in legal history, in which the Fortean meets the forensic, the bizarre is examined by barristers and the strange is investigated by the state |
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| Friday 27th October |
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| John Grehan examines the treatment of British and Commonwealth prisoners of war who were forced to work on the Burma Railway during the Second World War. |
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| Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent introduce Tiffany Aching’s Guide To Being A Witch – a practical guide to being a witch in Discworld |
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| Susan Cooper, best known for The Dark is Rising series, talks to Natalie Haynes, aka the ‘rock-star mythologist’. |
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| Late opening at Tate Modern for adults only. |
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| Join historic storytellers on a journey through the past, with tales of ghosts, supernatural sightings and horrors from history. |
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| William Whyte presents a talk about Wren’s ecclesiastical architecture at St James’s, one of Wren’s most celebrated church buildings. |
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| Join no dig pioneer Charles Dowding for an introduction to this transformative gardening technique. |
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| Saturday 28th October |
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| A restoration project has bought the mill back to working order for the first time since 1935, and it's now open to the public. |
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| An occasional open day to go inside a house that's been turned into a living artwork. |
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| Once a month open day at a nature reserve that sits alongside the railway in Forest Hill. |
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| A partial lunar eclipse will take this evening, with the moon partially blocked from the sun by the earth. |
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| Join historic storytellers on a journey through the past, with tales of ghosts, supernatural sightings and horrors from history. |
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