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• Thu 16 Nov 17 · Michael Rosen in conversation with Daniel Hahn (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 7 Nov 17 · Break Free! How to Stop Feeling Trapped. With Kim Morgan (Conway Hall, London)

• Mon 2 Oct 17 · Strange Labyrinth: Outlaws, Poets, Mystics, Murderers of Epping Forest (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 9 Jul 17 · Art for Our Sake (Conway Hall, London)

• Sat 14 Jan 17 · Panto and Performance (Kensington Palace, London)

• Sat 3 Dec 16 · The rise of Christmas shopping (Kensington Palace, London)

• Sat 26 Nov 16 · The making of a monarch (Hampton Court Palace, Surrey)

• Mon 21 Nov 16 · Henry VIII’s six wives (Hampton Court Palace, Surrey)

• Thu 10 Nov 16 · At home with the Royal Tudors (Hampton Court Palace, Surrey)

• Mon 10 Oct 16 · Ladybird Books and Constructing the Future Past of Modern Britain (Conway Hall, London)

• Thu 14 Jul 16 · Breaking Down Brick Walls: How to Get the Best from Commercial Websites (Society of Genealogists, London)

• Sun 26 Jun 16 · Is Utopia within Reach? (Conway Hall, London)

• Sat 28 May 16 · Saturday Evening Lecture Series 2016 - Patrick Grant (Dalhousie Building, Dundee)

• Mon 16 Mar 15 · The History and Development of High Performance Sailplanes (Royal Aeronautical Society, London)

• Mon 12 Jan 15 · The skeptics guide to drugs in sport (The Monarch Bar, London)

• Fri 12 Dec 14 · Martin Rowson's "The Coalition Talk" (Conway Hall, London)

• Wed 5 Nov 14 · Why we love German Postwar Artists (Art Workers Guild, London)

• Mon 8 Sep 14 · Spaddles & Sorbets: A History of Ice Cream (Goodenough College, London)

• Sat 20 Oct 12 · The Battle of Ideas 2012 (Barbican Centre, London)

• Tue 7 Feb 12 · Dickens 200 - The Pump Room (Pump Room, Bath, Bath)

• Wed 3 Aug 11 · Views from the Walls (Grosvenor Museum, Chester)

• Thu 4 Nov 10 · The Capable Mr. Brown (Methodist Church Hall, Bishops Stortford)

• Wed 27 Oct 10 · Discovering West Bengal and Sikkim (Royal Geographical Society, London)

• Tue 28 Sep 10 · A Nice Cup of Tea (Jubilee Hall, Enfield)

• Fri 24 Sep 10 · After Hours - Science Uncovered (The Natural History Museum, London)

• Wed 8 Sep 10 · The Capable Mr. Brown (Meadowcroft Community Centre, Aylesbury)

• Fri 23 Jul 10 · THe Way we Were (Chester Heritage Centre, Chester)

• Mon 14 Jun 10 · The Inexhaustible Mr. Paxton (Winston Churchill Hall, Ruislip)

• Mon 19 Apr 10 · Ghost Dancers – The Last Generation of Miners: Lecture and Book Launch (Marx Memorial Library, London)

• Thu 1 Apr 10 · Dig for Victory (Sevenoaks Community Centre, Sevenoaks)

• Mon 29 Mar 10 · Pushkin, the Russian Autocracy and Rebellion (Marx Memorial Library, London)

• Thu 18 Mar 10 · The Inexhaustible Mr. Paxton (Clair Hall, Haywards Heath)

• Sat 13 Mar 10 · An Armchair Guide to the History of Gardening (Pulborough Village Hall, Pulborough)

• Tue 20 Oct 09 · The Inexhaustible Mr. Paxton (Emmanuel Church Hall, Sidcup)

• Sun 17 May 09 · The School of Life Sunday Sermons: (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 19 Apr 09 · The School of Life Sunday Sermons: Robert Winston on Curiosity (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 22 Mar 09 · The School of Life Sunday Sermons: Alain de Botton on Pessimism (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 15 Feb 09 · The School of Life Sunday Sermons: Sam Roddick on Seduction (Conway Hall, London)

• Sat 14 Feb 09 · Printmaking Day at Eton College (The Fleming Collection, London)

• Tue 13 Jan 09 · Pre-Private View Tour the London Islington Art Fair (The Fleming Collection, London)

• Sun 30 Nov 08 · The School of Life Sunday Sermons: Geoff Dyer on Punctuality (The Horse Hospital, London)

• Fri 31 Oct 08 · Edgar Allen Poe and how to Board up an Attic on Halloween (The School of Life, London)

• Thu 30 Oct 08 · Apply Sealant Round a Bath following the diary of Goethe (The School of Life, London)

• Wed 29 Oct 08 · Anais Nin's erotic instruction on Painting a Door (The School of Life, London)

• Tue 28 Oct 08 · Be Commanded by Julius Caesar on how to Put up a Shelf (The School of Life, London)

• Sun 26 Oct 08 · The School of Life Sunday Sermons: Tom Hodgkinson on Loving Your Neighbour (The Horse Hospital, London)

• Fri 24 Oct 08 · The School of Life Presents Happiness: A Laughing Matter (The School of Life, London)

• Sun 19 Oct 08 · In the Eye of the beholder (Grosvenor Museum, Chester)

• Thu 8 Nov 07 · Walking the Digital Dog – Work, Learn and Play in Digital Worlds - The IET 30th Mountbatten Memorial (The Institution of Engineering and Technology, London)

• Thu 30 Aug 07 · The Natural History of Beer (Nature Live, London)

• Tue 13 Jun 06 · Phulkari Practical Course (Victoria and Albert Museum (learning), London)

• Wed 7 Jun 06 · Wednesday Late View Lecture: Did Cinema Make Modernism Popular? (Victoria and Albert Museum (learning), London)

• Fri 19 May 06 · Scooter Style and the eternal call to be cool (Chelsea Programme, Chelses College of Art & Design, London)

• Wed 3 May 06 · Wednesday Late View Lecture: Chinese Blue and White Porcelain (Victoria and Albert Museum (learning), London)

• Mon 20 Mar 06 · Quarantine in the 19th century (Gresham College, London)

• Wed 15 Mar 06 · The mapping of emotion (Gresham College, London)

• Wed 15 Mar 06 · Art Deco, Costume Design and Hollywood (Victoria and Albert Museum (learning), London)

• Mon 13 Mar 06 · Hospitals for Seafarers (Gresham College, London)

• Mon 13 Mar 06 · Take my profits, please! Volatility reduction and eithics (Gresham College, London)

• Wed 8 Mar 06 · Paradise Transformed: Private Gardens for the 21st Century (Victoria and Albert Museum (learning), London)

• Wed 8 Mar 06 · The Dutch East Indies Company - the second 100 years (Gresham College, London)

• Thu 2 Mar 06 · Why do we gamble and take needless risks? (Gresham College, London)

• Tue 28 Feb 06 · Lawrence Sterne and Joseph Haydn (Gresham College, London)

• Thu 23 Feb 06 · Music in the Age of Copernicus (Gresham College, London)

• Wed 22 Feb 06 · Problems with schoolgirls (Gresham College, London)

• Thu 16 Feb 06 · Theories of everything (The Museum of London, London)

• Tue 7 Feb 06 · The Reformation (Gresham College, London)

• Thu 15 Dec 05 · The Triumph of Christendom (Gresham College, London)

• Thu 15 Dec 05 · Music, art and the brain (Gresham College, London)

• Wed 14 Dec 05 · Hunger and satiety in the 21st century (Gresham College, London)

• Wed 7 Dec 05 · The role of deception in every-day life (Gresham College, London)

• Tue 6 Dec 05 · The formation of Christian doctrine (Gresham College, London)

• Thu 1 Dec 05 · Mazurkas and Christmas lullabies (Gresham College, London)

• Thu 1 Dec 05 · Anatomists in Georgian London (Gresham College, London)

• Tue 29 Nov 05 · In the company of animals (The Royal Institution of Great Britain, London)

• Thu 24 Nov 05 · The face of Charles Dickens (Gresham College, London)

• Wed 23 Nov 05 · Depression: reality and myth (Gresham College, London)

• Thu 17 Nov 05 · Architectural Capricci (Gresham College, London)

• Wed 16 Nov 05 · Who invented the calculus? (Gresham College, London)

• Tue 8 Nov 05 · Irony in music from the Soviet Union (Gresham College, London)

• Thu 3 Nov 05 · St Stanislaus and Student Revelries (Gresham College, London)

• Wed 2 Nov 05 · Travels in Time: History and identity in today's world (The Museum of London, London)

• Tue 25 Oct 05 · A Physicist looks at Sport (The Museum of London, London)

• Tue 18 Oct 05 · Einstein and the universe (The Museum of London, London)

• Tue 18 Oct 05 · Our marble tribute (Gresham College, London)

• Mon 17 Oct 05 · Franklin and the North West Passage (Gresham College, London)

• Mon 10 Oct 05 · The Mariners' Instruments (Gresham College, London)

• Thu 6 Oct 05 · Music in history (Gresham College, London)

• Thu 6 Oct 05 · How vital is motivation in our lives? (Gresham College, London)

• Wed 5 Oct 05 · Who invented Algebra? (Gresham College, London)

• Mon 3 Oct 05 · The Atlantic Navigators (Gresham College, London)

• Sat 1 Oct 05 · Design for Knitting (Victoria and Albert Museum (learning), London)

• Wed 21 Sep 05 · Playing with the language of music (Gresham College, London)

• Sun 4 Sep 05 · Twenty years in a doleful profession (Dissenters' Chapel, Kensal Green Cemetery, London)

• Fri 8 Jul 05 · Art in the Public Realm (Lecture Theatre 1, London)

• Sat 2 Jul 05 · Tour and Picnic at Barlaston Hall (Barlaston Hall, Stoke on Trent)

• Wed 18 May 05 · Wednesday Late View: Traditional & Contemporary - Building Bridges (Victoria and Albert Museum (learning), London)

• Tue 17 May 05 · Nick Hornby Talk & Signing (The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh)

• Mon 16 May 05 · Dolores Cannon (Positive Living, Ferndown)

• Mon 2 May 05 · Deepak Chopra Talk (Waterstone's Piccadilly, London)

• Tue 5 Apr 05 · 'Everything in the Garden' - a miscellany (Conference Centre, London)

• Mon 6 Dec 04 · A Clone of Your Own?: The Science and Ethics of Cloning (Kro at Cafe Muse, Manchester)

• Mon 8 Nov 04 · Silicon Chips & Silicon Fibres....An Integrated World? (Kro at Cafe Muse, Manchester)

• Mon 11 Oct 04 · Counter-Intuitive Science (Kro at Cafe Muse, Manchester)

• Mon 4 Oct 04 · Chocology: discover the delights of chocolate (The Royal Institution of Great Britain, London)

• Wed 29 Sep 04 · Gallery Talk: Julie Scott, Raoul Bianchi, Tom Selwyn (The Photographers' Gallery, London)

• Sun 19 Sep 04 · Hair: Dome Hair Extensions (Darwin Centre Live at the Natural History Museum, London)

• Mon 13 Sep 04 · Wound Healing (Kro at Cafe Muse, Manchester)

• Sat 31 Jul 04 · Beverley Naidoo on Journey to Jo'burg - Book Reading and Discussion (The Photographers' Gallery, London)

• Mon 5 Jul 04 · How small can you get? (Kro at Cafe Muse, Manchester)

• Mon 7 Jun 04 · Virtual Reality (Kro at Cafe Muse, Manchester)

• Thu 29 Apr 04 · The Line of Beauty (Waterstone's Hampstead, London)

• Mon 19 Apr 04 · London landscape (day 8 of 8) (London's Transport Museum, London)

• Sun 18 Apr 04 · London landscape (day 7 of 8) (London's Transport Museum, London)

• Sat 17 Apr 04 · London landscape (day 6 of 8) (London's Transport Museum, London)

• Fri 16 Apr 04 · London landscape (day 5 of 8) (London's Transport Museum, London)

• Thu 15 Apr 04 · London landscape (day 4 of 8) (London's Transport Museum, London)

• Wed 14 Apr 04 · London landscape (day 3 of 8) (London's Transport Museum, London)

• Tue 13 Apr 04 · London landscape (day 2 of 8) (London's Transport Museum, London)

• Mon 12 Apr 04 · London landscape (day 1 of 8) (London's Transport Museum, London)

• Sun 11 Apr 04 · Bunny boxes (day 9 of 9) (London's Transport Museum, London)

• Sat 10 Apr 04 · Bunny boxes (day 8 of 9) (London's Transport Museum, London)

• Fri 9 Apr 04 · Bunny boxes (day 7 of 9) (London's Transport Museum, London)

• Thu 8 Apr 04 · Susan Philipsz (Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London)

• Thu 8 Apr 04 · Bunny boxes (day 6 of 9) (London's Transport Museum, London)

• Wed 7 Apr 04 · Bunny boxes (day 5 of 9) (London's Transport Museum, London)

• Tue 6 Apr 04 · Bunny boxes (day 4 of 9) (London's Transport Museum, London)

• Mon 5 Apr 04 · Bunny boxes (day 3 of 9) (London's Transport Museum, London)

• Sat 3 Apr 04 · Bunny boxes (London's Transport Museum, London)

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