Wandsworth’s London Borough of Culture year is well and truly in swing and June promises rich pickings for culture vultures.

For the first time, the Wandsworth Arts Fringe and Wandsworth Heritage Festival are overlapping for one week, from 13th to 22nd June. During that period, on Saturday 14th June, History Speak and I will be offering four sessions of Home Is Where the Art Is, an immersive experience exploring the life and home of local polymath Khadambi Asalache, involving crafting; a self-guided walk to Khadambi’s home, now a National Trust property, at 575 Wandsworth Road; a tour of the house; and a reflective poetry workshop. You can learn more in this excellent article about Home Is Where the Art Is on the History Speak website, and you can book tickets here.

If you’re in Wandsworth, you can pick up brochures for both the Fringe and the Heritage Festival at local libraries and other community spaces. I’m hoping to get to Echoes of Us, an immersive audio trail through the Winstanley Estate. I’ve also bookmarked the installation The Clockwork Underpass at the Wandsworth Roundabout underpass, where some scenes from the film Clockwork Orange were filmed. There are also two Battersea Society plaque unveilings I’m planning to attend, both to inspiring women championed by Jeanne Rathbone.

Alongside all this amazing cultural activity in Wandsworth, the London Festival of Architecture takes place London-wide throughout June. This year’s theme is Voices, and I’m excited to be leading a new walk, Beyond the New Builds: Voices from Nine Elm’s Past, on Saturday 28th June starting at 11a.m. Drawing on voices from the archives, the walk will highlight less well-known aspects of the area’s rich history and celebrate the local community’s resilience.

The Festival is packed with a huge range of walks, exhibitions, talks, workshops and more, taking place across London. Do check out the programme to find an event near you, or explore a new corner of the capital.