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Saturday, 29th February |
An open morning at The Courtauld Institute of Art to find out more about The Courtauld's short courses offered throughout the year for anyone with an interest in studying art |
| 11am to 1pm |
| | Farringdon |
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This immersive session explores attitudes to and experiences of poverty in Britain from the 1834 Poor Law Reform Act to the mid-twentieth-century introduction of the Welfare State. |
| Starts at 11am |
| | City of London |
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Update on the project to build Gresley class P2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales – Britain’s most powerful steam locomotive |
| 11am to 1pm |
| | Covent Garden |
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Annual festival -- music, fun, procession and charity bar. |
| 2pm to 5:30pm |
| | Surbiton |
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Come and meet Jeff Jones who tells the extraordinary story of the birthplace of boxing in London's East End. |
| Starts at 2pm |
| | Whitechapel |
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Sunday, 1st March |
Monthly open day at the museum to London's first international airport - in Croydon. |
| All day |
| | Croydon |
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Monthly opening of the organ collection, with many playing music through the day. |
| 11am to 5pm |
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A monthly opening of the Victorian museum of industrial testing equipment. |
| 11am to 5pm |
| | Southwark |
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Monday, 2nd March |
Author and broadcaster Travis Elborough is joined by cartographer Mary Spence and writer Zoran Nikolic for an evening exploring maps of the most unusual and peculiar corners of the globe. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Camden |
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Tuesday, 3rd March |
In this lecture Environment Professor Jacqueline McGlade will explain why in relation to UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 is to 'achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls'. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Barbican |
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Join artist Niki Gibbs and firefighters for an in-depth discussion on art and life behind the scenes at the fire station. |
| 6pm to 7:30pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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This discussion will engage with the instrumentalisation of this memory during the Yeltsin and Putin era. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Bloomsbury |
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Anthropologist Dr Helen Cornish shows how responses to Murray’s work since the turn of the millennium help us consider what counts as history and as Witchcraft. |
| 7:45pm to 9:30pm |
| | Southwark |
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Wednesday, 4th March |
This talk will examine why laws are simple and how the combination of simple laws can lead to rich complexity. |
| 1pm to 2pm |
| | Barbican |
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For London social historians, Derek Morris tells us about life in Whitechapel from 1600 to 1800. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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A panel explores landmark events in the history of whistleblowing, from early trade unions to the Francis Report. |
| 5pm to 7pm |
| | Harley Street |
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This talk will provide rigorous evidence on the importance of mental and physical wellness for not only quality of life but also career success and productivity at work. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Barbican |
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A panel discussion with academics and journalists who will reflect on the US presidential primary results and give their predictions for the general election. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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This evening’s event will investigate the changing role of the political elite in the period of almost a century since Noel Coward produced his one act comedy Hands Across the Sea. |
| 6:30pm to 8:30pm |
| | Holborn |
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Connect with the art, the history and the meaning behind tattoos through the lens of the Armed Forces. |
| 6:30pm to 9:30pm |
| | Chelsea |
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A one-off evening indulging in food histories and memories. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | City of London |
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Thursday, 5th March |
Revisit all that you learned about 20th-century British history in school with Cathy Newman’s fresh twist on the stories that place women front and centre, instead of in the footnotes – or even omitted altogether. |
| 7:30pm to 9pm |
| | Richmond |
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Friday, 6th March |
Rodney Atwood outlines the contributions made by Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd and challenges his reputation as a reactionary military leader. |
| Starts at 11:30am |
| | Chelsea |
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Explore the orchid festival after dark in these evening events taking you into the world of Kew and Indonesia. |
| Starts at 6:30pm |
| | Richmond |
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Join the writer and producer of BBC’s Call the Midwife for a discussion on the media’s depiction of pregnancy. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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Saturday, 7th March |
Monthly open day at one of London's more curious and delightful museums, devoted to the history of the sewing machine. |
| 2pm to 5pm |
| | Tooting |
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