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| Saturday, 8th February |
| Home to Doorkins Magnificat, Southwark Cathedral are delighted to be hosting this day all about cats. |
 | 10am to 5pm |
|  | Southwark |
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| Hear about Anita's feisty, challenging and sometimes fiendishly clever, but always wonderful mogs, as well as their eccentric owners. Battle lines are drawn daily, usually involving claws and teeth! |
| 2pm to 4pm |
| | Notting Hill |
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| Sunday, 9th February |
| Harmful practices due to belief in witchcraft have seen a huge increase in the past six years both globally and in the UK and Kirsty Brimelow QC and author and campaigner Syd Moore have joined forces to expose this phenomenon. |
| 3pm to 4:30pm |
| | Holborn |
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| Monday, 10th February |
| A lecture exploring what – in light of the 2019 General Election – both the new Government and the railway industry needs to do on the challenges facing UK rail. |
| 6:15pm to 7:30pm |
| | Vauxhall Bridge |
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| Discover the remarkable scientific artefacts and stories housed in its extensive, world-class archives |
| 6:30pm to 10pm |
| | St James |
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| Tuesday, 11th February |
| This lecture looks at the mythology that has gathered around the Golden Ratio, and also consider the fairness of cake-cutting, and changing choices in "the Monty Hall problem". |
| 1pm to 2pm |
| | Barbican |
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| In his talk, Andy Mitchell CBE, Chief Executive Officer at Thames Tideway Tunnel will outline the background to the Thames Tideway Tunnel project. |
| 4:30pm to 7:30pm |
| | Pimlico |
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| Following a full screening of The Death of Stalin, director Armando Iannucci will take part in a Q&A based on politics in film and TV. |
| 6pm to 8:30pm |
| | Holborn |
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| A series of lectures exploring the imaginative conservation and reuse of historic buildings |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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| An "in conversation" with the leading human rights lawyer, Cherie Blair CBE QC |
| Starts at 6:30pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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| Join best-selling author, historian and broadcaster Tracy Borman as she gives a lecture on ‘Henry VIII and the men who made him’. |
| 7pm to 8pm |
| | Tower Hill |
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| An illustrated talk taking you through the railways which defined and served the Crystal Palace. |
| 7:30pm to 9pm |
| | Upper Norwood |
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| Wednesday, 12th February |
| Maria Charalambides, a Professor in Mechanics of Materials will discuss her varied research career and how it has recently moved into tackling the plastic pollution crisis affecting our land and sea. |
| 5:30pm to 6:30pm |
| | South Kensington |
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| Make your own medical romance cover, play surgical Top Trumps, join a mystery treasure hunt, and hear short talks on the often surprising history of emotions in surgical care. |
| 6pm to 9pm |
| | Harley Street |
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| A special edition of BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking explores how visions of a better future are realised through architecture and design. |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Holborn |
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| Join circadian neuroscientist, Russell Foster as he explains what we know about sleep, how it is measured, how it affects us, and what are the causes and consequences to our health of poor quality or lack of sleep. |
| 7pm to 9pm |
| | Holborn |
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| Thursday, 13th February |
| Daniel Kowalsky, one of the principal international experts on the subject, examines the controversial role of the Soviet Union in the Spanish Civil War in the light of the opening of Russian archives. |
| 6pm to 7:30pm |
| | Holborn |
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| Ever wondered what the future of transport might hold? Well, now is your chance to navigate the twists and turns of travel with Imperial experts... |
| 6pm to 9pm |
| | South Kensington |
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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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| Take a peek behind the scenes this Valentine's with HistFest at the Museum of London's Archaeological Archive |
| 6:30pm to 9pm |
| | Islington |
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| In October 1726, Mary Toft was found to have given birth to 17 rabbits in Godalming, Surrey, or did she? |
| 7:15pm to 8:30pm |
| | Camden |
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| A talk about historic crimes such as The Great Train Robbery and the techniques used to bring the criminals to justice and how modern resources could have resulted in a faster result. |
| 7:30pm to 9pm |
| | Farringdon |
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| The ‘Dark Side of Jewellery’ is, of course, funerary jewellery, which played such a big part in the Victorians’ social attitude to death, funerals and mourning. |
| Starts at 7:30pm |
| | Highgate |
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| An evening of William Feaver discussing the first part of his biography of Lucian Freud. |
| 7:30pm to 9pm |
| | Paddington |
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| This talk will trace the myth around the oceans & look at different varieties of Mer-folk & their encounters with humans. |
| 8pm to 10pm |
| | Southwark |
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| Friday, 14th February |
| Using survivors' own accounts, Terry Brighton gives voice to the men who rode down the 'Valley of Death' at Balaklava with the Light Brigade. |
| 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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| Expect live music, DJs, drinks, film projections and exclusive access to parts of the house usually closed to the public. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Mayfair |
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| Saturday, 15th February |
| Join a guide to explore the many architectural surprises at the Charterhouse. |
| 2:15pm to 3:45pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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| A documentary film which recounts the lives of passengers travelling on the longest rail route in the world - the Trans-Siberian Railway. |
| 3pm to 5pm |
| | Bloomsbury |
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