Kevan Davis @kevan

Some architects and engineers discuss whether computation and prefabrication are a new type of craft.

The London Fortean Society is holding a day of discussions and talks about hoaxes and lies, including an interview with the writer and the director of Ghostwatch.

Talks about the board game renaissance from Ian Livingstone, Nia Wearn, Holly Nielsen, Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Quintin Smith and James Wallis, and a game jam from PlaytestUK in the afternoon, with t…

A third outing for London’s festival of experimental game design, featuring forty games falling variously into the venn diagram of video, board, physical and sports. Includes talks and a Code Liberati…

Chris Rogers reads from “How to Read London – A Crash Course in London Architecture”, on how the capital’s built landscape has evolved from the Great Fire to the 2012 Olympics.

Adam Buxton applies his regular BUG routine of music videos and funny-voice YouTube-comment-reading to the British Museum’s new “American Dream” exhibition, exploring a history from emerging music vid…

Legendary British Museum curator Irving Finkel on “what Mesopotamia is, what we should look for and why it matters”.

The 9th London GameCamp Unconference. A day of user-generated talks on boardgames and videogames.

The annual kite festival, presumably hoping for a windy day.

A seven-metre-diameter inflatable moon, illustrated with NASA imagery of the surface. Free to visit during the days, ticketed once it lights up in the evenings.

The yearly test closure of the Thames Barrier, to make sure it can still withstand a full tide.

The 25th year of Open House London, with more than 800 private and municipal buildings open for public access and behind-the-scenes tours all across the city. 150 venues are new this year, including N…

The sixth annual Croydon Fun Weekend will show you just some of what’s great about spending time in Croydon. Activities are likely to include a pervasive game, a history walk, drinks in some of Croydo…