| Saturday 26th October |
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| MADE London the design & craft fair introduces 100+ exhibitors for its annual event at One Marylebone, a grand former church beside Regents Park. |
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| Expect to see the latest systems based on the RockChip and Raspberry Pi, plus historic machines from Acorn's past such as the BBC Micro |
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| On the theme of ‘spoken word’, the National Poetry Library’s annual poetry day features readings and a workshop, and shows off the collection’s hidden gems. |
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| This illustrated talk explores Dickens’s lifelong fascination with the neighbourhood of St-Giles-in-the-Fields. |
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| Dacres Wood Nature Reserve occupies 2.5 hectares to the east of the main railway line between Forest Hill and Sydenham stations. |
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| Research conducted by Rebecca Preston and Andrew Saint has shed new light on the history of this fascinating area and the lives of those who lived in the place that has become the heart of London. |
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| Tour of the Victorian testing machine museum and a demonstration of the Universal Testing Machine. |
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| Sunday 27th October |
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| A WW2-era history attraction that's open to the public once a month. |
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| Once a month, the oldest building in Hackney, St Augustine's Tower is open, so you can climb up to the top. |
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| Regular silent cinema screening with live musical accompaniment on the Wurlitzer. |
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| This talk explores a selection of such legends and the possible explanations for how those stories started – from medical and psychiatric |
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| Monday 28th October |
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| Let award winning storyteller Brice Stratford take you on a wild and witchy ride, through the twists and turns of Allhallowstide |
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| Tuesday 29th October |
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| This lecture traces the development of technologies for messaging and signals, from wireless to wired and back again. |
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| This lecture explores the history, design and production of 19th century innovation in wall-paper. |
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| Step into the shadows of the 19th century, an era of occultism and gothic intrigue, with an online lecture on Victorian Ghost Stories. |
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| Wednesday 30th October |
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| This lecture provides a deeper exploration of Paganism, beginning with its roots in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, and the question of how ancient paganism was regarded then |
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| Join two former Secretaries of State for Defence, Malcolm Rifkind and Des Browne, as they reflect on the complexities of the role over recent decades. |
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| Come see the Museum after hours, led by one of their guides, and hear stories of ghosts & other horrifying stories from Horse Guards, London and across the world from the Household Cavalry |
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| Join landscape gardener and author, Michael Brown, for 'Death in the Garden', a talk on the use of poisonous plants throughout history |
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| What queens would England have had if firstborn daughters, not firstborn sons, had inherited the throne? |
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| Thursday 31st October |
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| Be one of the few who get to experience over the rope access to the Lightning jet. |
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| This lecture explores the striking parallels between 1968 and the 2024 Election, drawing on previously unexplored archives and numerous interviews. |
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| This illustrated talk describes how over the centuries the mighty and the humble have suffered the most bizarre and amusing deaths at the hands of fate. |
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| A chance to see the Kilmorey Mausoleum in St. Margarets after dark. |
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| Speakers from academia, policymaking and urban planning will discuss what can be done to make cycling safer and more inclusive, how barriers to implementation can be overcome, and what we can learn from other cities around the world. |
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| This Halloween, prepare to embrace your worst fears as the museum investigates spooky science and terrifying tech. |
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| A diary of a life in pieces: the author of The Buddha of Suburbia launches his extraordinary memoir about the accident that left him paralysed. |
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| A chill-spining and fascinating historic journey into the mystical world of Scandinavian folklore and ancient witchcraft |
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| Friday 1st November |
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| The Docklands Impounding Station is a feat of early mid-century engineering, built in 1929, few people realise that its three working pumps are still in use today. |
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| Be one of the few who get to experience over the rope access to the Lightning jet. |
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| Dr Michael Somerville explores how the British Army used lessons from the American Civil War to prepare for war in Europe. |
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| Saturday 2nd November |
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| Monthly opening on a Saturday of this exhibition which is usually only open Mon-Fri. |
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| The Docklands Impounding Station is a feat of early mid-century engineering, built in 1929, few people realise that its three working pumps are still in use today. |
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| Get close up to Copenhagen Fields, the model railway society's 2mm scale (1:152) depiction of London as it was in the 1920s and 1930s. |
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| Pall Mall will be filled with vintage and sportscars, showcasing many of the Veteran Car Run stars, but also the present and future on wheels. |
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| See working models of cars, cranes, trains, funfair rides and more, all built from Meccano, the famous construction toy invented by Frank Hornby. |
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| The Friends of The Rose Playhouse will host two sessions on the excavation of the site in 1989 and what the future holds, and discuss the place of The Rose in London archaeology. |
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| A screening of the Doctor Who story, The War Machines, with Q&A session |
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| Monthly open day at one of London's more curious and delightful museums, devoted to the history of the sewing machine. |
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| Clare Malone explores the anatomy of particle detectors, taking the ATLAS experiment at CERN as a specific example. |
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