Upcoming events: 24-27 June

Monday, 24th June 2019

MONDAY 24

SPORT Free all-age multi-sports sessions, including football, rugby, dodgeball and rounders. Castlehaven Community Association, Castlehaven Road, NW1. 020 7485 3386. 4pm-6pm.

TALK Rebel Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London’s Radical History. Author David Rosenberg brings to life the history of social movements in the capital, telling the story of protest and struggle in London from the early 19th to the mid-20th century. From the suffragettes to the socialists, from the Chartists to the trade unionists, Rosenberg invites us to step into the footprints of a diverse cast of dedicated fighters for social justice. Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Rd, N1. 020 7837 4473. £3, redeemable against any purchase on the evening. Visit www.billetto.co.uk to book. 7pm-8.30pm.

TUESDAY 25

BIRDS Hampstead Heath walk with Marylebone Birdwatching Society. Bring binoculars. Meet at the Parliament Hill Staff Yard, NW5 at 10am. Walk ends at Kenwood at noon. Occasional visitors welcome. Free. Call 020 7267 8434 for further details.

WEDNESDAY 26

SCREENING Never Let Me Go. A poignant love story based on the novel by Nobel Prizewinner Kazuo Ishiguro starring Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield. Primrose Hill Community Centre, 29 Hopkinson’s Place, NW1. 020 7586 8327. Free. 2pm.

TALK Writing Women: Reviving Kana Shodo (“Woman-Hand”). To celebrate National Writing Day, Kaoru Akagawa, designated Master of Japanese calligraphy, tells the story of Kana Shodo, which was developed and used by noblewomen to express themselves freely within the constraints of 10th-century Japanese court life. Senate House, Malet Street, WC1. 020 7862 8683. Free. 6pm-7pm.

TALK Waiting for the Revolution: The British Far Left from 1956. Waiting for the Revolution is a volume of essays examining the diverse currents of British left-wing politics from 1956 to the present day. Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Rd, N1. 020 7837 4473. £3, redeemable against any purchase on the evening. Visit www.billetto.co.uk to book. 7pm-8.30pm.

THURSDAY 27

LUNCHTIME CONCERT Ian Coleman takes to the piano to perform Schubert’s D.946, no.1 and Beethoven’s Sonata in Eb op.31, no.3. St Pancras (New) Parish Church, corner of Euston Road/Upper Woburn Place, NW1. Free, but with a retiring collection. 1.15pm-2pm.

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