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Saturday, 27th March |
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Ten of London's under-rated and over-looked architectural masterpieces |
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A virtual visit to the UK's largest Victorian cemetery |
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Sunday, 28th March |
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Jazz Age jazz hands – architectural indulgence in interwar Central London |
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A secluded S-facing cottage style garden, developed over 25 years for yr-round interest. |
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Oscar Wilde's London. His life and works and the people and the places he was associated with. |
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A special live adaptation of one of the most intriguing Dickens encounters on record. |
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Join Viktor Wynd for an illustrated zoom lecture on his new book, hear about fairies, mermaids, ghosts, shrunken heads and his dead friends. |
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Monday, 29th March |
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Learn about the man who pioneered children's welfare and created the UK's first chidlren's charity. |
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Tuesday, 30th March |
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In the three hundred years since, the bubble has been much misunderstood – this lecture separates fact from myth and aims to move beyond simplistic ideas of “gambling mania”. |
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A chance to hear from one of Britain's best-loved gardening experts, followed by an interactive Q & A |
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Discover the fascinating story of the King’s Observatory, a hub for scientific research in Richmond for over 200 years. |
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Dr Alec Hamilton, author of Arts & Crafts Churches (Lund Humphries, 2020), considers twenty-two churches that deserve to be better known. |
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Historian DAN CRUICKSHANK outlines the story of the world famous Truman Brewery in Brick Lane |
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Wednesday, 31st March |
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City Guide Jill Finch’s talk looks at the turbulent years leading up to that meeting at Runnymede and how the City forged its own way into the history of Magna Carta. |
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Nick Biddle, Park Manager, will outline plans for Spring and Summer as well as some of the challenges he is facing. |
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Matthew Rosenberg and Sav Kyriacou from digital-works talk about recording the stories of London and Londoners. |
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Matthew Rosenberg and Sav Kyriacou from digital-works talk about recording the stories of London and Londoners. |
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In this conversation with Sir Sherard, Bettany will discuss her recent book, which charts ancient art, evocative myth, archaeological revelations and philosophical explorations |
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Join Dr Elizabeth Dearnley on this mysterious tour of London of popular imagination, enveloped in darkness and fog... |
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Join poet and writer Chris McCabe online as he shares his findings from his forthcoming book, Buried Garden, which documents the lost poets of Abney Park Cemetery. |
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A virtual walking tour uncovering the hidden historic gems of Waterloo & Lambeth |
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A talk about how a formerly grand railway station was reduced down to a modern shed. |
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Thursday, 1st April |
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Join Ginny Smith as she explores the remarkable world of neurotransmitters, chemicals inside each of us that touch every aspect of our life. |
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What can institutions such as Universities, The Inns, The City, and Gresham do to reach out to students who may not have professionals in their family to open their eyes to their potential and the legal profession? |
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Join Dr David Bramwell to uncover what drives some to con, deceive and pull pranks and explore the changing role of the trickster over time |
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Friday, 2nd April |
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Saturday, 3rd April |
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An online workshop where we’ll be looking at how to grow food in small urban spaces - from balconies to window ledges and windowsills. |
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