Women can find some creative headspace for deep connection and presence at Gather and Ground: A Women’s Circle at Oru Space at 2pm today. Families with little people should gather their teddies and head to the Giant Teddy Bears’ Picnic in Dulwich Park at 12-5pm! Bring your teddies, picnic rugs, families and friends for a funfair, theatre show, local choirs, bands, dance acts, and a parade.
Active families can join the Dulwich Park Runners’ Family Fun Run at 11am – sign up online to win medals and prizes! Literature fans are in for a treat with a packed schedule at Dulwich Picture Gallery, starting with Jessie Burton discussing her new children’s book Hidden Treasure at 10am, followed by chef Noor Murad sharing Middle Eastern recipes from Lugma at noon, and acclaimed novelists Charlotte Mendelson and Elizabeth Macneal discussing literary fiction at 2pm.
Political enthusiasts won’t want to miss Times journalists Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund discussing their book Get In: The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer at 4pm. Nature lovers can choose between the Family Tree Walk at 10:30am or the adult Tree Walk at 2pm in Dulwich Park, whilst history lovers can embark on a time-travelling quest with Dulwich Society at 3pm. Music enthusiasts should head to the Dulwich Choir Festival at Dulwich College at 4:30-7pm, featuring Tongue & Groove, Farncombe Jazz Choir, and London Contemporary Voices’ Choir Jams Project. Cap off your evening with Simon Hogan’s thrilling Organ Recital.