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Wednesday 29 October The science of zombie killing Discover what you really should arm yourself with if the zombie apocalypse happens this Halloween!

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Tuesday 22 July Vandalism and Art Investigating public space and the paradox of unintentional creation, the discussion considers how artists might appropriate acts of vandalism

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Wednesday 23 July Touch and Reminiscence – Objects and Wellbeing Learn how historical objects can improve health outcomes and hear from speakers who have worked on object handling in different health settings at the Royal College of Nursing Library and Heritage Centre.

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Wednesday 23 July Touch and Reminiscence – Objects and Wellbeing Learn how historical objects can improve health outcomes and hear from speakers who have worked on object handling in different health settings at the Royal College of Nursing Library and Heritage Centre.

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Wednesday 23 July Emerging Africa: how the global economy's 'last frontier' can prosper and matter LSE public lecture

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Wed 23 Jul · London
‘Machen’s London Adventure’ with Robert Kingham (Housmans Bookshop)
Wed 23 Jul · Chester
Rediscovering the Lost casualties of the Battle of Chester (Grosvenor Museum)
Thu 24 Jul · London
New Visual Languages Landscape, Politics & The Lens (The Mosaic Rooms)
Fri 25 Jul · London
Show’N’Tell: Okavango (Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL)
Fri 25 Jul · London
The Mood Gym: Boost Your feel Good Factor (Old Theatre, Old Building)
Cancelled: Sun 27 Jul · London
Sunday Lecture: Internet Dating with Darwin (Conway Hall)
Tue 29 Jul · London
Talking with the spirits: Mediumship and possession (The October Gallery)
Wed 30 Jul · London
‘London Irish Fictions’ with John Healy and Tony Murray (Housmans Bookshop)
Thu 31 Jul · London
With A Seamstress Tape & A Smile (The Mosaic Rooms)
Thu 31 Jul · London
The Folklore of Discworld (The Vaults at Dirty Dicks)
Sat 2 Aug · London
Scottish Poor Law & Taxation Records (Society of Genealogists)
Sat 2 Aug · Chester
A Soldiers Cemetery: Tracing your Great War Ancestor (Chester Heritage Centre)
Wed 13 Aug · London
‘Resisting the First World War in Camden and Islington’ with Ben Copsey (Housmans Bookshop)
Wed 13 Aug · Chester
Some Corner of a Foreign Field:: The Poetry of the Great War (Chester Heritage Centre)
Fri 15 Aug · London
BEING Your Self: Seeing and Knowing Who You Really Are (The London School of Economics & Political Science)

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