| Saturday 5th June |
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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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| Learn about the truly Terrible Tudors at Hampton Court Palace |
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| Anthony Marr takes a look at marriage down the centuries. |
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| Find out how the most up-to-date fuel research and technology could help reduce UK emissions and tackle the climate crisis. |
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| Sunday 6th June |
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| Monthly open day at the museum to London's first international airport - in Croydon. |
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| You may see up to 50 hot air balloons flying over Central London at sunrise this morning. |
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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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| Better than half price entry to the Painted Hall on the first Sunday of the month. |
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| With over 60 hand-picked flea & vintage traders, to pick up vintage gems, and pre-loved artefacts. |
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| A beautiful historic parkland designed by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown with Edwardian gardens in Reigate, Surrey. |
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| Three contrasting gardens and a nature reserve all open within a short walk of each other. |
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| Two 90ft gardens backing onto Brockwell Park with original apple trees from the old orchard. |
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| This talk will explore the ways in which plants have informed artists, mystics and scientists throughout history and around the world. |
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| Monday 7th June |
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| Join director Clare Gough for an illustrated online talk about Pitzhanger’s restoration. |
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| Tuesday 8th June |
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| Plants are silent witnesses to crimes. Mark will take you to woodlands, derelict land and roadside verges. |
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| London and New York will share thought leadership forecasting how the nature of the office will change after the disruption of 2020. |
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| London and New York will share thought leadership forecasting how the nature of the office will change after the disruption of 2020. |
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| This talk will discuss how “nudging” can help citizens make better decisions. |
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| Let film historian Chris Horn take you through a key part of Francis Ford Coppola's career |
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| Illustrated and inspiring talk on Black actors on British TV from 1930s to 1990s and their fight for equality of portrayal |
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| Architect Nick Gilbert Scott talks about his famous ancestors, including his grandfather Sir Giles & his great-great grandfather, Sir George |
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| Join Peter Robin Hiesinger as he explores what neurobiology and artificial intelligence tell us about how the brain builds itself. |
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| Martin Cherry, introduces the artists and engravers of the frontispieces of these books from 1723 to 1819, their connections to freemasonry and some of their other notable works. |
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| Join art historian Dr David Boyd Haycock to explore the fascinating history of the Surrealist movement in Britain |
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| Wednesday 9th June |
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| How is the identity of the Royal Docks being transformed and ensuring regeneration brings long-term community benefits? |
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| This lecture traces how this radical edge of the English Reformation helped shape some of the most apparently secular aspects of the modern world. |
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| Take a walk on the wild side with the first nature guide to focus exclusively on exploring the night. |
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| Delve into the murky world of the Victorian poisoner and lean about the advent of forensic toxicology with medical journalist Sandra Hempel. |
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| Ben van Beneden unravels the secrets of this gallery picture and the role played by Rubens and Van Dyck in its conception. |
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| Drawing from Alan Turing’s background, his discoveries and his life-story, we uncover a fresh legacy from Alan Turing for the 21st century. |
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| Thursday 10th June |
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| Barely noticeable from London, but there will be a solar eclipse today -- and a small part of the sun will be covered as seen from southern England. |
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| A virtual tour of the buildings, interiors and grounds of the former Royal Hospital for Incurables |
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| Soane Museum Deputy Director and Inspectress Helen Dorey will lead a virtual tour through the building archive, telling the story of the Soane Museum’s care. |
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| Join this webinar to hear from speakers on how HS2 has a critical role in Britain's post pandemic recovery |
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| A talk about the history of ice-cream in 19th-century America. |
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| An influential figure in the UK’s musical and cultural life, Sir Nicholas Kenyon will be speaking on the role of arts and culture in the future of a thriving City. |
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| Architectural historian Neal Shasore discusses one of the most hotly contested debates of early twentieth-century London’s development: cross-river communication. |
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| Explore the Thames tunnel’s history, then meet the Brunel Museum’s Director, Katherine McAlpine, to hear more about the Brunel family’s extraordinary engineering achievements |
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| Battersea riverside as depicted by the painter Whistler was grimily industrial. Today it is exclusively residential. What made it change? |
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| Sabine Hossenfelder explores the evidence for the theory that 80% of the matter in the Universe is 'dark' |
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| Friday 11th June |
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| Join Lieutenant Colonel Philip Neame as he shares what it was like to serve as a company commander during the Falklands War. |
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| There will be a flotilla of boats heading between Tower Bridge and Westminster to mark the 400th Anniversary of the Return of the Mayflower. |
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| The bond between mothers and daughters is explored afresh by a panel of celebrated authors whose new works illuminate this relationship and its framing in society. |
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| Saturday 12th June |
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| You are exhorted to visit your local independent purveyor of music and make purchases of physical storage media. |
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| Explore Eltham Palace's beautiful historic gardens this June with our annual celebration of horticultural heritage. |
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| Caroline Gurney tells the story of the world's most famous clipper ship and the men who sailed on her between 1870 and 1895. |
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| Discover a selection of courtyard gardens, some very small, behind fine C17 French Huguenots merchants' and weavers' houses in Spitalfields. |
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| Guided tours of one of London's few remaining windmills. |
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| Join NLA and explore one of London’s planning success stories – featuring new developments in preparation for the arrival of Crossrail |
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| Explore London’s formal squares, historic allotments, award-winning community spaces and wonder at the breath-taking rooftop gardens. |
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| A live, virtual and interactive show giving access to some of London’s most inspirational, normally private, formal squares, historic allotments and award-winning community spaces. |
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