All events are free unless otherwise stated.
A brief history of Myddelton street: a London street through
the ages
Thursday 1 July 2010
2.00 pm - 3.30 pm
Talk
London Metropolitan Archives
Myddelton Street in Clerkenwell was the home of The Family Records
Centre between 1997 and 2008. Speaker David Annal worked there for
ten years and became fascinated by the history of the
street and the surrounding area. This talk aims to bring the
history of Myddelton Street to life: from its earliest days as a
field path on the outskirts of London, right up to the present day.
Find out how
water, the theatre and the watch making industry all had a part to
play in this fascinating story.
Free - but you must book in advance
Becoming self employed
Thursday 1 July 2010
2.15 pm - 4.15 pm
Talk
City Business Library
Becoming self-employed? In partnership with City Business
Library, staff from Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs will talk
about the tax and National Insurance implications of becoming
self-employed.
Free - but you must book in advance
Beryl Touchard: light, surface and texture
2 - 28 July
Exhibitions
Barbican Library
Beryl Touchard is currently focusing on a theme which relates to
our natural environment and this series of work reflects the
landscape and coastal areas of the West Coast of Scotland. It
investigates the atmospheric phenomena that come from the forces of
nature, such as the rain, mist and wind, and the changes these make
to the land and sea. Beryl’s emotional response to these elements
is to investigate and explore them through painting, printmaking
and installation. The mark making and the materials which are used
in the process explore depth, space and tension on the surface. She
captures the mood and atmosphere in an imaginative and
spontaneous way.
Summer holiday
Sunday 4 July 2010
3.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Poetry reading
Keats House
To quote the great Cliff Richard ‘Let’s all go on a summer
holiday’! Come and listen to the ideal poem for relaxing by
the pool or wandering around the tourist hot spots. John Keats was
a great
traveller, mostly on foot, so will include readings from his
letters and poems and those of others.
Free with an admission ticket to the house (valid
for one year)
Competitor information
Tuesday 6 July 2010, Thursday 29 July 2010
10.30 am - 11.30 am
Workshop
City Business Library
Find out how to get more background on your competitors and
major players in your sector. In our purpose built training room,
City Business Library staff will help you use our subscription
databases with ample hands-on time for you to do your own
searches.
Free - but you must book in advance
We’re all going on a summer holiday!
Tuesday 6 July 2010
12.30 pm - 1.15 pm
Poetry reading
Shoe Lane Library
Poetry to laze by the pool or go sightseeing for. John Keats was
a great traveller, mostly on foot. Some readings from his letters
and poems and those of others.
The Hampstead of John Keats
Tuesday 6 July 2010
2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Guided Walk
Meet at Hampstead tube station at 2.00 pm.
Free - but you must book in advance on 020 7332
3868
Setting up a limited company
Thursday 8 July 2010
2.15 pm - 4.15 pm
Talk
City Business Library
In partnership with City Business Library, Her Majesty’s Revenue
& Customs staff will look at how to form a private limited
company and the tax implications of doing so.
Free - but you must book in advance
Remembering London lives: war time and post war experience
Saturday 10 July 2010
11.00 am - 3.30 pm
Event
London Metropolitan Archives
A special day for people wanting to share their memories of life
in London over the past 70 years. There will be an opportunity to
see film footage and to look at some documents from the
collections. Most importantly there will be a chance to share and
record memories for the future. Please feel free to bring any
photographs and documents you would like to share with others on
the day.
Free - drop in event
Create B2B mailing lists
Tuesday 13 July 2010, Wednesday 28 July 2010
10.30 - 11.30 am
Workshop
City Business Library
Find out how to create B2B mailing lists to help promote your
business or find suppliers. In our purpose built training room,
City Business Library staff will help you use our subscription
databases with ample hands-on time for you to do your own
searches.
Free - but you must book in advance
Writing London 2: remembering London lives
Thursday 15 July 2010
10.00 am - 4.00 pm
Workshop
London Metropolitan Archives
A creative writing workshop linked to the theme of Remembering
London Lives. This workshop will focus on biography and
autobiography and the telling of personal stories through different
writing
styles. Participants are invited to bring in personal archive
material as well as using LMA collections as starting points.
£7.50 / £5 (concessions) - but you must book in advance
Research your market
Wednesday 14 July 2010
10.30 am - 11.30 am
Workshop
City Business Library
Find out about your market sector or one you want to move into,
about major players, trends and forecasts. In our purpose built
training room, City Business Library staff will help you use
our
subscription databases with ample handson time for you to do your
own searches.
Free - but you must book in advance
Dickens’s tales of the City
Wednesday 14 July 2010
6.00 pm - 7.30 pm
Literary event
Guildhall Library
Michael Slater, author of an acclaimed new biography of Charles
Dickens, will speak about London and Londoners as a vital and
inexhaustible source of inspiration for the novelist.
Dickens’s knowledge of the metropolis was, like his own Sam
Weller’s, ‘both extensive and peculiar’ and, from his earliest
publication until his last, London and Londoners formed his primary
subject-matter. For him the city’s streets at night were like a
‘great magic lantern’. This lecture will explore this intense
relationship between writer and city and consider some of the
results.
Free - but you must book in advance
Reel London - free Friday flicks
Friday 16 July 2010
1.00 pm - 4.00 pm
London Metropolitan Archives
Groovy John Groom: John Groom was a preacher who in the 1860s
became concerned with the plight of the disabled girls and women
who sold flowers and set up a factory where girls could work at
making artificial flowers and thus make a living for themselves. In
1969 the charity became the John Groom’s Association for the
Disabled and expanded its work into housing and holidays for the
disabled. This collection contains films and videotapes from the
1960s and 1970s,
produced by the charity for fundraising purposes.
Keats in Hampstead
Saturday 17 July 2010 3.00 pm and 6.00 pm and Sunday 18
July 2010 3.00 pm
Saturday 24 July 3.00 pm and 6.00 pm and Sunday 25 July 3.00
pm
Saturday 31 July 2010 3.00 pm and 6.00 pm and Sunday 1 August 3.00
pm
Keats House
Back by popular demand! James Veitch’s dramatic exploration of
the love affair between Keats and Fanny Brawne.
£8 / £6 concessions (includes admission to the house)
The Shoe Lane Library booksale
19 July - 30 July 2010
9.00 am - 5.30 pm (except Tuesday 6.30 pm)
Book sale
Shoe Lane Library
Sale of withdrawn stock - come along and pick up a bargain.
Historical pubs and inns
Tuesday 20 July 2010
5.30 pm - 7.30 pm
Guiided walk
London Metropolitan Archives
A gentle excursion around some of the most interesting sites
associated with pubs, inns and brewing. At 5.30 pm there will be a
chance to see some documents from the collections. The walk proper
starts at 6 pm.
£5 - but you must book in advance
Self Assessment for the self employed
Thursday 22 July 2010
2.15 pm - 4.15 pm
Talk
City Business Library
Do you have a tax return to complete? In partnership with City
Business Library, staff from Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs
will help self-employed people through the tax jungle including
the
benefits of online filing.
Free - but you must book in advance
Toy Library stay and play
Wednesday 28 July 2010
9.30 am - 11.30 am
Activity
Portsoken Community Centre
Camomile Street Library presents The Toy Library - stay
and play for younger children.