| Saturday 26th November |
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| Occasional open day at a 14th century building in Ilford. |
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| Along with food, drinks and plenty of cheer, there’s something for everyone at this Christmas shopping event. |
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| A book fair, discussions and workshops exploring the legacies and futures of radical bookselling. |
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| Traditional style Christmas fairs by the Finnish and Norwegian churches in Rotherhithe. |
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| Sunday 27th November |
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| Along with food, drinks and plenty of cheer, there’s something for everyone at this Christmas shopping event. |
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| A WW2-era history attraction that's open to the public once a month. |
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| Over 110 stalls of original gift ideas for all the family as well as ‘Street Food Market’ for festive treats, carol singing, mulled wine and food. |
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| Traditional style Christmas fairs by the Finnish and Norwegian churches in Rotherhithe. |
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| Once a month, the oldest building in Hackney, St Augustine's Tower is open, so you can climb up to the top. |
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| Monday 28th November |
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| You are invited to spend an evening at 6 Fitzroy Square as the muralist Alan Dodd discusses his career and work. |
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| A look at the role the channel has played across the landscape of British television over the course of the last four decades. |
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| Tuesday 29th November |
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| An illustrated conversation about London’s fake, fictional and wholly invented shops. |
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| Wednesday 30th November |
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| RJ Andrews will discuss his new book ‘Florence Nightingale, Mortality and Health Diagrams’. |
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| Dr Nicola Tallis uncovers the exciting history of the jewels and jewellery that the ten queen consorts of England from 1445-1548 wore and their significance as an explicit and unmistakable display of wealth, majesty and authority. |
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| The story of the work undertaken to the Great Clock during the Elizabeth Tower project. |
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| In this talk, author Miranda Miller will explore Dadd's life and work, including his masterpiece The Fairy Feller’s Masterstroke, now in Tate Britain. |
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| The Science Museum will open a free exhibition – Injecting Hope: The race for a COVID-19 vaccine – at a special edition of the museum’s after-hours, adults-only Lates event. |
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| Acclaimed cartoonist Tom Gauld reveals the secrets behind his hugely popular and darkly amusing literary comic strips. |
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| In a world accustomed to 24-hour news coverage, how did broadcast media square up to the challenge of covering the pandemic? |
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| This talk will focus on what Christmas was like in the late Georgian period. |
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| Thursday 1st December |
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| A monthly late opening of the restored Roman temple found near Bank in the City of London in the 1950s, and recently restored to its original subterranean location. |
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| This month, join Librarian, Martin Cherry as he explores one of freemasonry’s best known images. |
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| Mike Luddy, the Commercial Development Director for HS2, discusses his experiences of station regeneration. |
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| Some thirty authors of this year’s best books come together for a night of live music, readings, and four floors of signings. |
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| This lecture will examine how judges are appointed, whose interests they serve, and who they are accountable to. |
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| Don’t miss the lighting of the world’s most famous Christmas tree. |
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| On the first Thursday of the month, Holborn's Novelty Automation has a bar in the store for their late-night opening. |
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| Friday 2nd December |
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| Arriva London will be running a heritage bus along route 137 to mark the end of its ownership of heritage buses. |
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| Hampton Court Palace courtyards will be transformed into a food-lover's Christmas wonderland. |
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| Traditional style Christmas fairs by the Finnish and Norwegian churches in Rotherhithe. |
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| A one off weekend market dedicated to vegan produced. |
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| Join Professor Peter Kornicki as he explores the work undertaken by linguists - from code breaking to radio operating - against Japanese forces in India and Burma during the Second World War. |
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| The festival will return with some firm favourites: the lantern parade, live events, creative workshops, market stalls, followed by the lantern exhibition. |
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| Join Katherine Howells from The National Archives and Anthony Richards from the Imperial War Museums as they share fascinating objects, documents and images from the archives that tell stories of wartime Christmases |
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| A talk about an under reported aspect of English East India Company - white women and the babies born to them in India. |
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| Saturday 3rd December |
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| Experience some nostalgia riding on vintage buses from the 1930’s – 1990’s on an annual Heritage Bus Running Day. |
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| A note that a steam train will pass around north London this morning and evening. |
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| Monthly behind the scenes tours of the local theatre. |
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| This year’s event, features over 70 stalls of gifts and fine food. |
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| Hampton Court Palace courtyards will be transformed into a food-lover's Christmas wonderland. |
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| A display of loads of Meccano models. |
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| Pop along to browse the handmade goodies on offer, and stock up on gifts whilst supporting small traders. |
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| Occasional open weekend of the usually private Thames island where the resident artists open their studios. |
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| Traditional style Christmas fairs by the Finnish and Norwegian churches in Rotherhithe. |
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| A one off weekend market dedicated to vegan produced. |
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| Free horse and carriage rides around Chelsea each weekend in December. |
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| Monthly open day at one of London's more curious and delightful museums, devoted to the history of the sewing machine. |
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