| Saturday 3rd August |
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| Monthly opening on a Saturday of this exhibition which is usually only open Mon-Fri. |
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| A panel of writers, curators and artists, chaired by Lisa Anderson, discuss bringing hidden histories to light. |
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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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| Sunday 4th August |
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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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| Monday 5th August |
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| Tuesday 6th August |
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| We will be collecting and preserving plant specimens collected from Creekside grounds and looking at how we use keys to idenitfy plants in the field. |
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| Wednesday 7th August |
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| The City's markets and how they have developed over the centuries. |
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| Drawing on his book, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages, historian Anthony Bale will disrupt your preconceived notions about travel in the middle ages and bring to life a travel culture not too dissimilar to our own. |
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| Thursday 8th August |
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| Friday 9th August |
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| Join Andrew Long and Ian Sanders as they discuss Brixmis, its mission, its operatives and the covert intelligence work they undertook during the Cold War. |
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| Explore this extraordinary year with historian Katherine Weikert, as she reveals what female authority looked like in this brutal struggle for power. |
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| Saturday 10th August |
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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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| If you want to watch it go by, the 1938 era heritage tube train will be running along the Piccadilly line today. |
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| Come behind the scenes and explore the stores at the Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre. |
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