| Saturday 11th May |
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| Normally you need to pay to visit the gardens, but on a few weekends a year, the gardens are free to visit. |
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| Upminster Windmill has been extensively restored and is now open one weekend per month from Spring to Autumn. |
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| The church nave is transformed to a series of stalls selling Danish design, crafts, embroidery, books, antiques and no end of Danish pastries and baked goods. |
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| You can try hundreds of different small batch and limited edition sauces from makers from all over the UK. |
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| Marilyn Harper, chapel organist, will demonstrate its workings and offer a guided session for people to play it. |
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| Join poets Julia Bird and Mike Sims for a social afternoon of readings and conversation exploring Keats's great gift for friendship. |
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| As part of the Cathedrals at Night series of events, St Paul’s will be open for the evening, with guided tours and trails and handling sessions with their craftspeople. |
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| The frontage of the National Gallery will be illuminated by a light show to mark its 200th anniversary. |
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| Sunday 12th May |
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| The main hall will have over 500 tables across the weekend with the mainstream Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sports and Formula 1 to the niche UFC, Disney, and Marvel cards. |
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| Normally you need to pay to visit the gardens, but on a few weekends a year, the gardens are free to visit. |
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| Upminster Windmill has been extensively restored and is now open one weekend per month from Spring to Autumn. |
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| Get down onto the river bed, explore the ecology and wade into the natural and social histories of the Deptford Creek |
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| A tour inside the newly restored Chapel. |
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| Punch & Judy Professors and Puppeteers gather to perform in the Garden of St Paul’s Church near the spot where Samuel Pepys first recorded sighting Mr Punch in May 1662. |
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| An annual march past by former and serving members of many cavalry regiments, followed by a short service to commemorate those who were killed on active service. |
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| The event features kite flying by experts flying kites of all shapes and sizes from a postage stamp through to a life size blue whale over 30 meters long. |
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| It is a free outdoor, family friendly, event that includes Vauxhall City Farm, Punch and Judy, the Magician, a Maypole, interactive performances and a dog show. |
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| Visitors to the mill are given a full guided tour covering the history, operation and principal features of Shirley Windmill. |
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| Monthly open day at a historic water mill. |
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| Monday 13th May |
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| Building Crafts College hosts tours of its workshops alongside an exhibition of current and previous students’ work. |
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| Monday 13 May 19:00 – 20:45, British Library Pigott Theatre Join some of food’s best-loved voices as they explore the food writing that whets their appetites. With Miquita Oliver, Aji Akokomi, Madhur Jaffrey, Jeremy Lee, Sally Abe, Rosie Sykes and Ravinder Bhogal |
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| Reshape our understanding of science's past and untangle intercontinental science networks with Cambridge University Junior Fellow, Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh. |
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| Join Catland co-owner Melissa Madara for a storytelling session & analysis of some of the most infamous plants in the witch's apothecary |
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| Tuesday 14th May |
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| Embroiderers to the British royal family, Savile Row and luxury fashion houses, Hand & Lock opens its doors to the public to offer an insight into Britain’s oldest embroidery house. |
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| Building Crafts College hosts tours of its workshops alongside an exhibition of current and previous students’ work. |
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| This three day event will be a celebration of all things pewter, with live demonstrations, workshops and exhibits |
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| In this lecture I will show you some mathematical illusions: “proofs” that 1=0, that fractions don’t exist, and more. |
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| This lecture considers how weather events cause harm to health, and our countermeasures. |
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| Steven Brindle considers the development of the Greek style in England, from its tentative and experimental mid-Georgian beginnings, to its sudden triumph in the Regency age |
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| Discover how batteries will power our planet into the future. |
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| Celebrated cartoonist Martin Rowson talks about his extraordinary edition of Marx's Communist Manifesto. |
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| Wednesday 15th May |
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| Embroiderers to the British royal family, Savile Row and luxury fashion houses, Hand & Lock opens its doors to the public to offer an insight into Britain’s oldest embroidery house. |
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| Merchant & Found, one of the UK’s leading online vintage furniture and lighting stores, hosts a 6,000-square-foot vintage supermarket at the Vinyl Factory Soho. |
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| Building Crafts College hosts tours of its workshops alongside an exhibition of current and previous students’ work. |
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| This three day event will be a celebration of all things pewter, with live demonstrations, workshops and exhibits |
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| St Bride Foundation will be opening the doors to the historic print workshop for people to experience the amazing craft and history of letterpress printing. |
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| Join online as we delve into the fascinating world of forensics & learn how investigations have changed since the 1924 murder of Emily Kaye. |
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| Join bestselling historian James Holland to explore the brutal story of the most pivotal campaign of the Second World War. |
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| Thursday 16th May |
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| Merchant & Found, one of the UK’s leading online vintage furniture and lighting stores, hosts a 6,000-square-foot vintage supermarket at the Vinyl Factory Soho. |
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| This three day event will be a celebration of all things pewter, with live demonstrations, workshops and exhibits |
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| Take a Virtual Tour of St Paul’s with City of London Guide & Lecturer and St Paul's Cathedral Guide Jill Finch. |
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| Join curators Sarah Vowles and Grant Lewis as they introduce and explore the context, themes and highlight objects of the new exhibition Michelangelo: the last decades. |
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| Visit grooming experts MÜHLE on Thursday 16 May for an evening of brush-making and shaving demonstrations, trivia and bubbles. |
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| After hours opening of the Old Operating Theatre museum. |
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| Join Wendy Moore as she reveals the remarkable story of the unconventional love and loyalty of Vera ‘Jack’ Holme and Evelina Haverfield, suffragettes, life partners and trailblazing feminists who carved radical new paths for women during the First World War. |
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| Every book-lover's dream: a celebration of 550 years of the printed book |
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| In his first public talk, BBC correspondent Daniel De Simone will offer previously unheard insights into his two-year investigation |
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| Two talks on the history of swords in the British Army and how they are made today. |
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| Join Alison Weir and Sarah Gristwood in conversation as they explore the dynamic relationship between the courts of Tudor England and Renaissance France. |
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| Friday 17th May |
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| City & Guilds of London Art School hosts a two-day event showcasing some of the historic and contemporary craft skills they champion. |
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| Merchant & Found, one of the UK’s leading online vintage furniture and lighting stores, hosts a 6,000-square-foot vintage supermarket at the Vinyl Factory Soho. |
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| The annual celebration of the Norwegian National Day, with music and food, takes place in Southwark Park. |
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| Saturday 18th May |
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| Ancient annual fair in Cheam, started by a procession by the Mayor to the fair. |
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| Free entry to the gallery this weekend as part of the Dulwich Festival. |
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| Tour a historic Grade II listed water tower with views of the Kings Cross area and St Pancras station. |
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| Merchant & Found, one of the UK’s leading online vintage furniture and lighting stores, hosts a 6,000-square-foot vintage supermarket at the Vinyl Factory Soho. |
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| The international event of the top doll house builders, miniature artisans & DIY suppliers attending. |
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| The Barnes Fragrance Fair will celebrate twenty independent fragrance brands and founders, an array of scent workshops plus a handful of talks. |
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| The programme will feature their usual mix of contemporary and historical vexillological presentations. |
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| A monthly display of classic cars in Waterloo - usually attracting around 20 vehicles. |
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| City & Guilds of London Art School hosts a two-day event showcasing some of the historic and contemporary craft skills they champion. |
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| Join Catherine Cawthorne as she fact-checks your favourite stories with science. |
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