| Saturday 31st July |
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| Churches across the City of London will ring the bells in a festival of church bells. |
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| Jeremy Konsbruck, a military historian, joins us on Zoom to tell us about conscription and tribunals in WW1. |
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| Historical re-enactors will be setting up camp on the forecourt at the British Museum, offering you the opportunity to enjoy the sights and sounds of early Roman Britain. |
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| Exploring the hidden churchyards and burial grounds in the heart of the City of London |
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| A walking boat will be in the Thames around Battersea - and yes, it's art. |
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| Occasional open day at a railway cutting nature reserve in Forest Hill. |
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| A talk about the history of rum in the Royal Navy, with drink tasting on HMS Belfast. |
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| Sunday 1st August |
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| Better than half price entry to the Painted Hall on the first Sunday of the month. |
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| Historical re-enactors will be setting up camp on the forecourt at the British Museum, offering you the opportunity to enjoy the sights and sounds of early Roman Britain. |
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| A beautiful historic parkland designed by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown with Edwardian gardens in Reigate, Surrey. |
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| Angela Clutton and Mark Riddaway discuss how food shaped the landscape of Bankside, and how, in turn, Bankside came to influence the food culture of the entire country. |
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| Monday 2nd August |
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| Explore the world of film noir through its stars with acclaimed documentary film maker Steven C. Smith |
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| Tuesday 3rd August |
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| Get a closer look at some of the hidden treasures in the St Bride collection. |
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| Wednesday 4th August |
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| The Active Travel Summit 2021 reflects on what the pandemic meant for the way we move around the city and the transformation of London. |
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| This summit will here from public and private sector voices giving an update on London’s active travel priorities as the capital prepares to opening up following easing of government guidelines regarding lockdown restrictions. |
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| Follow in the footsteps of Matthew Shardlake, Jack Barak, and a host of historical characters. |
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| This illustrated talk explores the events surrounding the tragic death of Walpole’s tabby cat Selima. |
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| Join Robert Lyman and Richard Duckett as they discuss the SOE's secret missions in Burma during the Second World War. |
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| In this talk, author Ysenda Maxtone-Graham recalls the vivid summer memories of real mid-twentieth century people. |
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| Thursday 5th August |
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| Join Michael Pollan in conversation with Jules Evans to discuss psychoactive plants from coffee to opium. |
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| An evening of three talks about Stoke Newington's history from different perspectives organised by local history enthusiast Amir Dotan . |
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| A panel debate on the aims of the forthcoming climate change conference. |
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| Friday 6th August |
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| Professor David Lambert discusses the establishment of the West India Regiments and explores the debates that surrounded their formation. |
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| Join Librarian Ann Martin as we look at Caroline, her ill-fated marriage and her unlikely role as the standard bearer of the oppressed in Georgian Britain. |
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| In this talk, we delve into the reasons why people took the decision to naturalise so they could celebrate becoming British |
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| Over the next few weeks, a walking boat will be in the Royal Docks - and yes, it's art. |
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| Saturday 7th August |
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| Step back in time to the heyday of the track and relive the incredible thrill of a day at the Brooklands races. |
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| The occasional open days for the London Transport Museum's overflow depot in Acton where all their trains and trams are stored. |
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| Monthly opening of the museum dedicated to the life and work of the "lady with the lamp". |
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| Home to Hodge, Southwark Cathedral are delighted to be hosting this day all about cats |
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| Approx 1 acre garden with a blaze of colourful displays in perennial borders and the 8 cartwheel centre beds. |
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| Join NLA and explore and understand Bankside's regeneration, including such game-changing projects as the Tate Modern and The Shard. |
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| Over the next few weeks, a walking boat will be in the Royal Docks - and yes, it's art. |
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| Exhibitions closing shortly |
| The richly decorated Victorian Leadenhall Market has been filled with neon lighting from Gods Own Junkyard. (Ends on Sat, 31st Jul) | | This exhibition brings 1980s Hackney to life through photographs found in the basement of the Rio Cinema, Dalston. (Ends on Sat, 31st Jul) | | A collection of limited edition prints and original drawings including maps that salute London’s Theatres, Lost Rivers and bustling London Squares. (Ends on Sat, 31st Jul) | | An exhibition of new works by Tom Sachs, never previously seen in the UK, including four new sculptures conceived for the exhibition. (Ends on Sat, 31st Jul) | | This exhibition looks at how spirituality continued to be an important source of inspiration for artists in the post-war years. (Ends on Sat, 31st Jul) | | This show brings together two of the most important figures in twentieth-century British painting, exploring between them, figuration, abstraction, cubism, ‘concrete’ art, and collage. (Ends on Sat, 31st Jul) | | Lights, neon and a great deal of action will come in to play at the Victorian covered market. (Ends on Sat, 31st Jul) | | In this landmark exhibition, Tracey Emin selects masterpieces by Edvard Munch to show alongside her most recent paintings. (Ends on Sun, 1st Aug) | | The fifty-sixth Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will immerse you in the breathtaking diversity of the natural world. (Ends on Sun, 1st Aug) | | A subterranean exploration of sound and light, the show takes viewers on a sensory journey through 180 Studio’s labyrinth-like spaces. (Ends on Sun, 1st Aug) | | This exhibition explores how feminist activism in the UK has its roots in the complex history of women’s rights. (Ends on Sun, 1st Aug) | | For this exhibition, the artist and the gallery bring together 18 large and small scale works. (Ends on Wed, 4th Aug) | | An exhibition that promises to fulfil your curiosity with the ethereal and ghostly, as well as offering a little something out of the ordinary as we emerge from lockdown. (Ends on Fri, 6th Aug) | | An annual exhibition showcasing the world's greatest space photography. (Ends on Sun, 8th Aug) | | This display presents for the first time watercolour during the Renaissance as a unified art form, highlighting its versatility and pivotal role in understanding, interpreting and documenting the natural world. (Ends on Sun, 8th Aug) | | Jurassic Encounter is an interactive installation of 50 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs from the Jurassic, Triassic and Cretaceous periods. (Ends on Tue, 10th Aug) | | This exhibition charts the development of Blake’s approach to collage-making, beginning with his layering of subject matter in early painted compositions and experiments with collaged paper (Ends on Fri, 13th Aug) | | This exhibition seeks to explore key aspects of John Hassall’s work, and to celebrate the life of this extraordinary artist a century on from his heyday. (Ends on Sat, 14th Aug) | | Speaking to architects, public sector workers and young people, artist and filmmaker Ayo Akingbade creates moving image work that forges conversations on urbanism, gentrification, power and resilience. (Ends on Sun, 15th Aug) | | Calero’s display invites us to think about the act of collecting, about what we choose to surround ourselves with in our homes and the importance and presence of the natural world. (Ends on Sun, 15th Aug) | | This display weaves together a rich tapestry of artistic expression from artists born in, or connected to, countries from Iran to Morocco. (Ends on Sun, 15th Aug) | | For the first time in over two hundred years, Peter Paul Rubens’s two great masterpieces of landscape painting will be reunited as part of an exhibition at the Wallace Collection. (Ends on Sun, 15th Aug) | | Malarko, the renowned Street Artist and ceramicist synonymous with London’s Brick Lane shutters, will be coming to BSMT gallery in Dalston for a solo show. (Ends on Sun, 15th Aug) |
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