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.Welcome to your weekly What's on in Kingston.  

Every Thursday we round up all the eye-catching events occurring in your area over the weekend.

Women in Business Forum

Friday 19 September, Doubletree by Hilton, 9.45am - 1.45pm.

The forum is taking place in the Doubltree by Hilton hotel (Image supplied)

The Women in Business Forum 2025 offers a unique opportunity to step away from day-to-day operations and focus on your growth as a leader. Through a half-day of expert-led workshops, empowering guest talks, and curated networking, this event empowers women to work ON their business, not just IN it.

Building on the success of our inaugural event, the 2025 Forum will provide an inclusive and inspiring platform for business women, across different sectors, to invest in their professional development, build lasting connections, and unlock new opportunities.

If your business champions inclusion, leadership, and long-term impact, this is where you belong!

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Launch Event: Davinia-Ann Robinson Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness

Saturday 20 September, Stanley Picker Gallery, 11am - 1pm.

The launch is being held at the Stanley Picker Gallery (Image supplied)

Join us for the launch of Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness a new series of sculptural installations, soundscapes and film work by Stanley Picker Fellow Davinia-Ann Robinson, which explores encounters with stillness through the body's engagement with somatic practices and raw and reclaimed clay.

Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness explores how racial trauma is held within Black and Brown bodies through ancestral, intergenerational and present-day encounters with 'white-body supremacy' and how embodied engagements between the body and clay can be conduits for undoing and dismantling racial trauma.

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Kingston Family-friendly Bike Ride

Sunday 21 September, Fairfield Recreation Ground, 10.45am start.

The bike ride is starting at Fairfield Recreation Ground (Image supplied)

Starting by the park pavilion, opposite The Albion pub and by the park's new Nino Cafe), this easy-paced ride is designed with all ages and cycling abilities in mind. Taking in quiet roads and traffic-free routes, they'll have marshals on hand to keep everyone safe plus Full Cycle Community Bike Project providing basic bike TLC before and after the ride. Invite your friends and discover a few new routes on this smile-tastic ride through the borough!

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HoneyFest

Sunday 21 September, Ancient Market Place, 12pm - 2pm.

HoneyFest is taking place in Kingston's Market Place, Kingston upon Thames KT1 (Image supplied)

n ancient times, when communities were just beginning to settle in small villages, they would explore the land around them to understand the terrain, find natural resources, and spot any possible threats. If the area was suitable, they would build their huts, prepare the soil, plant crops, build fences for their animals, and set up their very important beehives.

Now, as everyone knows, honey has different tastes and flavours depending on the types of flowers that bees visit to collect nectar. The nectar from flowers contains various compounds that give honey its distinct flavour, aroma, and colour. Each settlement's bees produced honey that was unique, capturing the essence of their surroundings.

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