What’s on
Find out about events; art and exhibitions; children’s activities and family fun; community and special events; walks and tours taking place in the City of London. Also its green spaces, libraries and at the London Metropolitan Archives.
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- Title:
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Parkrun
- Date:
- 04/08/2012
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28/04/2018
- Location:
- Hampstead Heath
- Time:
- 09:00 AM
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11:00 AM
- Cost:
- Free
- Event description:
- Free, timed runs across beautiful Hampstead Heath.
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- Title:
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West Ham Park Health Walk
- Date:
- 26/10/2016
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12/12/2035
- Location:
- West Ham Park
: meet at the Bandstand
- Time:
- 11:00 AM
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12:00 PM
- Cost:
- Free
- Event description:
- Walking for Health national scheme run with The Ramblers and Macmillan Cancer Support. Led by trained volunteer Walk Leaders.
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- Title:
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Let's talk!
- Date:
- 08/11/2016
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18/12/2018
- Location:
- Barbican Library
- Time:
- 10:30 AM
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12:30 PM
- Cost:
- Free, no booking required
- Event description:
- Do you want more confidence speaking English? Join us every Tuesday to improve your English.
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- Title:
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Dads’ Rhymetime
- Date:
- 04/03/2017
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03/06/2100
- Location:
- Barbican Children's Library
- Time:
- 10:45 AM
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11:15 AM
- Cost:
- Admission free, but booking essential
- Event description:
- Dads - bring your toddler along to our special ‘dads-only’ rhymetime.
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- Title:
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Bird-watching walks on the Heath
- Date:
- 11/04/2017
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24/04/2018
- Location:
- Hampstead Heath
: Outside Parliament Hill Staff Yard
- Time:
- 10:00 AM
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12:00 PM
- Cost:
- Free, donation suggested.
- Event description:
- Explore the Heath and observe its beautiful range of avian wildlife with the Marylebone Bird Watching Society.
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- Title:
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Criminal Lives, 1780-1925: Punishing Old Bailey Convicts
- Date:
- 11/12/2017
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17/05/2018
- Location:
- London Metropolitan Archives
- Time:
- 12:00 AM
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12:59 AM
- Cost:
- Free - exhibition, no need to book. Open during normal office hours
- Event description:
- Between 1700 and 1900, Britain stopped punishing the bodies of convicts and increasingly sought to reform their minds. Exile and forced labour in Australia and incarceration in penitentiaries became the dominant modes of punishment. This exhibition uses the collections of LMA to trace the impact of these punishments on convict lives.
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- Title:
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100 Years of the Royal Air Force
- Date:
- 24/04/2018
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24/04/2018
- Location:
- London Metropolitan Archives
- Time:
- 02:00 PM
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03:00 PM
- Cost:
- Free - booking essential
- Event description:
- The RAF was founded in 1918, merging the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. Discover more about related records at LMA and what they reveal, including the experiences of WWI pilots based at Hendon and the story of Cy Grant, one of the first black pilots to serve in the RAF.
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- Title:
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Use LMA: Getting Started
- Date:
- 25/04/2018
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25/04/2018
- Location:
- London Metropolitan Archives
- Time:
- 11:00 AM
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11:45 AM
- Cost:
- Free - booking essential
- Event description:
- Join us and tour the Information Area to find out how to get the best out of our research facilities. Meet at the Information Area desk.
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- Title:
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Artizan Library Rhyme Time
- Date:
- 26/04/2018
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11/06/2037
- Location:
- Artizan Street Library and Community Centre
- Time:
- 10:30 AM
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11:00 AM
- Cost:
- Admission free
- Event description:
- Come along to the Library every Thursday from 10:30am to 11:00am for fun songs and musical activities. Perfect for little ones aged all the way from 0 to 4 years. Afterwards there is a Stay 'n' Play session with soft toys and puzzles, from 11:00am to 11:30am.
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- Title:
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Deciphering Old Handwriting (intermediate)
- Date:
- 26/04/2018
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26/04/2018
- Location:
- London Metropolitan Archives
- Time:
- 02:00 PM
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03:30 PM
- Cost:
- £8 - booking essential
- Event description:
- This practical session gives expert help in reading different types of handwriting from the 16th and 17th centuries. You will practise with copy documents from LMA's collections and get tips for deciphering early historical writing. Some experience of reading historical documents is required.
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- Title:
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Heart of Hackney Archives Session
- Date:
- 27/04/2018
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27/04/2018
- Location:
- London Metropolitan Archives
- Time:
- 10:30 AM
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12:00 PM
- Cost:
- Free - booking essential
- Event description:
- This talk and document viewing explores the history of this vibrant corner of London from medieval times to the present day. We will chart its development from a rural manor to urban inner-city through documents, prints and photographs. See walk in the afternoon.
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- Title:
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Heart of Hackney Walking Tour
- Date:
- 27/04/2018
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27/04/2018
- Location:
- London Metropolitan Archives
: Meet: Steps of Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street.
- Time:
- 02:00 PM
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03:30 PM
- Cost:
- £10 - booking essential
- Event description:
- Walk around the heart of Hackney tracing its heritage from Saxon settlement to city borough. The walk includes a visit to Hackney Museum, a climb of 137 steps to the top of the 13th century St. Augustine’s Tower, concluding in the Linen Fold Parlour of 1535 Sutton House, built by Wolf Hall's very own Ralph Sadleir.