Some of what we did and where we went in 2014 ~ For my sons

Jan 1. Slava’s Snow show – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre.

Jan 8. Chess lesson at Downham Leisure Centre (Weekly)

Jan 9. Ancient Egyptian Afterlife – British Museum

Jan 10. Introducing Research workshop – The British Library, Euston, London

Jan 10. 3D Film – BFI Imax London Waterloo

Jan 13. Swimming – Biggin Hill leisure centre (Weekly); Horse Riding – Willowtree Stables (Weekly)

Jan 16. Egyptian Mummies workshop – British Museum

Jan 16. How to find out about Greek Life workshop – British Museum

Jan 17. Visit – Royal Festival Hall – Southbank Centre

Jan 20. Swimming

Jan 22. Picture This: The Children’s illustrated classics workshop – British Library, Euston, London

Jan 22. Work in progress show – Royal College of Arts, London

Jan 27. Swimming

Jan 29. Horse riding; Chess

Jan 31. London Darkest Victorian Walk – Walk through London with Guide

Feb 1. Lyon’s Birthday! 8 today!!

Feb 3. Swimming

Feb 5. Horse riding; Chess

Feb 7. Map your world workshop – British Library

Feb 12. Horse riding; Chess.

Feb 15. Life Fantastic – Royal Institution, Green Park, London

Feb 16. Art workshop – Room 46, National Gallery, London

Feb 19. Horse riding

Feb 21. Family concert in the museum – Royal college of Music, London.

Feb 21. Recycling tour and waste workshop – Southwark London SE15

Feb 22. The Great Enormo – Royal Festival Hall, London

Feb 22. The Secret Garden – Promenade – Southbank Centre

Feb 22. Make a wand – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre

Feb 23. Tour – The Shard, London Bridge, London

Feb 25. Day trip – Brussels, Belgium via Eurostar

Feb 26. Horse riding

Feb 26. Mozart Undone – The Barbican main theatre, London

Feb 28. Edward Gardiner conducts Academy Concert – Royal Academy of Music, London

Mar 1. Pop up pageant – Somerset House, London

Mar 3. Swimming

Mar 5. Horse riding

Mar 7. The Georgians workshop – British Library, London

Mar 7 – Jazz concert – Royal Academy of Music, London

Mar 10. Life after Death – British Museum, London

Mar 11. Making music in the museum – Royal College of Music, London

Mar 11. Martin Creed – Hayward Gallery, London

Mar 12. Horse riding – Willow Tree Stables

Mar 14. Music in the museum – Royal College of Music, London (RCM)

Mar 17. Music recital – Royal Academy of Music at Southwark Cathedral

Mar 18. Making music in the museum – RCM

Mar 19. Horse riding

Mar 20. Workshop – Chelsea Physic Garden

Mar 21. Music in the museum – RCM

Mar 25. Making music in the museum – RCM; Visit – Science Museum

Mar 30. Visit – Saatchi’s Gallery, London

April 1. Workshop – The Wallace Collection

April 2. Magic, Maths and Mystery – Royal Institution.

April 3. Father Nandru and the Wolves – Wilsons Music Hall, London

April 4. Sleepover at the Museum – Science Museum

April 8. Sleepover on Scot Rail to Fort William, Scotland

April 9. Fort William to Edinburgh via Glasgow

April 11. Edinburgh to London

April 15. Exhibition – The Royal Society, London

April 17. Sonic Art – Tate Modern

April 23. FOCUS GROUP – Royal Institution; As if by magic session – Royal Institution.

April 24. Water workshop – Thames Barrier

April 24. Art workshop – Saatchi’s Gallery, London

May 1. Exhibition – Battle Abbey, Hastings.

May 2. Sailing – Danson Park, Bexley (Weekly)

May 7 – Horse riding

May 8. Vikings workshop – British Museum

May 8. Matisse – Tate, London

May 9. Sailing

May 10. Workshop – Somerset House

May 14. Horse riding

May 15. 3-minute wonders grand final – Institute of Physics and The Royal Institution

May 18. Havana Rakatan – Peacock Theatre, Holborn.

May 21. Horse riding

May 26. Horse riding trial at new stables – Kingsmead Equestrian Centre, Wallingham

June 4. Horse riding

June 9. Horse riding

June 10. Swimming

June 11. Magic and maths – Royal Institution

June 11. Richard Wilson’s exhibit – Saatchi’s Gallery

June 13. 1001 Nights – Unicorn Theatre, London Bridge

June 17. Swimming

June 18. Horse riding

June 21. Exhibition – Eltham Palace, Eltham.

June 24. Swimming

June 26. Vision for science – The Royal Society, London

July 2. Horse riding

July 3. The Magic of Oxygen – The Royal Institution

July 3. Digital Revolution -The Barbican

July 5. Tessellated Textiles – Somerset House

July 5. Exhibition – The Royal Society

July 6. Samba Workshop – The Festival of Percussion – RCM

July 10. The Rubbish Collection – The Science Museum

July 11. South London HE Sports Day, Crystal Palace, London

July 16. Horse riding

July 17. Exhibition and Talk – Somerset House

July 21. London Dungeon and Workshop (Cancelled)

July 22. Swimming

July 23. Horse riding

August 3. Human Factor – Hayward Gallery

August 4. Horse riding

Aug 5. Swimming

Aug 6. Make it Clay – Ceramics Public Studio, V and A Museum

Aug 9. Saloon Bar Selfies – Somerset House

Aug 12. Swimming

Aug 12. Limbo show – Udderbelly, Southbank Centre, London

Aug 19. Swimming

Aug 20. Exhibition – Hayward Gallery

Aug 26. Pony Day – all day – Willow Tree Stables

Aug 28. African printing Workshop – Saatchi’s Gallery

Aug 30. Ancient Lives exhibition – British Museum

Aug 30. Exhibition – Hayward Gallery

Sept 2. Swimming

Sept 3. Horse riding

Sept 4. Dungeness Nuclear Plant

Sept 9. Swimming

Sept 10. Horse riding

Sept 12. Visit – St Paul’s Cathedral, London

Sept 15. Horse riding

Sept 16. Lotions and Potions workshop – Chelsea Physic Gardens

Sept 17. Horse riding

Sept 19. Dance and Drama workshop – Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace

Sept 19. Workshop – Buckingham Palace

Sept 22. Ming Dynasty – British Museum

Sept 23. Swimming

Sept 24. Horse riding

Sept 25. Playgroup – Cudham

Sept 28. The First Humans – Natural History Museum

Sept 30. Swimming

Oct 1. Horse riding – Old Bexley Equestrian Centre

Oct 2. Play group – Westerham

Oct 7. Book benches Auction – Southbank Centre

Oct 8. Horse riding

Oct 9. Auction workshop – Orpington Sales Room

Oct 11. Family Fun Day – Royal Institution

Oct 13. Primary Proms – Royal Albert Hall

Oct 15. Horse riding – Mount Mascal Stables

Oct 22. Horse riding – Mascal

Oct 26. The Big Draw – The Royal Society

Oct 28. Drumming – Musicland, Bromley; Swimming – Downham

Oct 29. Adventures through N Africa – RCM

Oct 30. Tram trips – to Croydon and back

Nov 1. Ming Dynasty sleepover – British Museum

Nov 4. Drumming – Musicland, Bromley; Swimming – Downham

Nov 5. Horse riding – Mascal

Nov 7. Interstellar – BFI IMAX

Nov 11.Drumming; Swimming

Nov 18. Swimming

Nov 26. Tate Artist-led workshop – Tate Modern, London

Nov 26. Train Express, World Press exhibition – Southbank Centre

Nov 29. Cycling training – Bromley Council – Goddington Park

Dec 4. London – Edinburgh

Dec 8. Edinburgh – London

Dec 11. Rainforest Chocolate workshop – WWF Living Planet Centre, Woking

Dec 12. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens Museum, London

Dec 17. The Possible Impossible House and other Exhibitions – The Barbican

Dec 17. Lighting Up The Palace – Hampton Court Palace, London

Dec 19. Recycling locally – Windsor Drive Recycling, Chelsfield, Kent

Dec 21. Water workshop – London Museum of Water and Steam, Kew Bridge, Surrey.

Dec 23. The Hobbit: The battle of the five armies – BFI Imax, Waterloo, London

Dec 31. Timber! – Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London