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George the Poet is one of the big names at London Literature Festival.
Photo: Feruza Afewerki

POSTAL HISTORY: The Postal Museum in Clerkenwell always puts on a good
show. Their new exhibition Dressed to Deliver opens today, exploring the clothes

and accessories worn by British postal workers over the centuries. Exhibition is
included in entry ticket. From 18 October

LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL: George the Poet, Yu Miri, Teju Cole, Sir

Patrick Stewart, Jada Pinkett Smith, Kerry Washington and Jacqueline Wilson are
among the faces on the programme at this year's London Literature Festival at

Southbank Centre, which celebrates the written and spoken word in all its forms, and
begins today. 18-29 October

THE CLAPHAM SECT: London Metropolitan Archives offers a guided walk around
Clapham, focusing on what it as like as a village in the 18th century when it was

home to a variety of wealthy individuals including those promoting British interests
abroad and those trying to abolish the slave trade. 11am-1pm

HOUSEMAID'S TOUR: Spend the evening at the Charles Dickens Museum in
Bloomsbury, on a guided tour of the author's former home led by someone in

character as his own housemaid. Find out about life in Dickens' time, see the rooms