| Saturday 13th January |
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| Join Lead Curator Dr Alexandra Green and Project Curator Dr Mizuho Ikeda as they give an introduction to Myanmar, present new research and explore approaches to decolonising museums and their collections. |
 | 10am to 3:30pm |
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| Kirkaldy's Testing Works preserves Kirkaldy's unique Universal Testing Machine - the huge hydraulic powered machine he designed and had built in Leeds - in full working order in the premises he built to house it. |
| 10:30am to 12pm |
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| The fair features some forty distinguished specialist exhibitors, drawn primarily from BADA and LAPADA The Association of Art & Antiques Dealers. |
| 11am to 6pm |
| | Mayfair |
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| Join Gavin Francis, author and GP, in conversation with Michael Rosen, one of the UK’s best-known children’s authors, to find out why they think Britain’s health service is worth saving. |
| 3pm to 4:30pm |
| | Camden |
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| Launching the 2024 Programme in true Ri explosive style, posing the question: What truly defines this thing called Science? |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Hanover Square |
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| Sunday 14th January |
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| The fair features some forty distinguished specialist exhibitors, drawn primarily from BADA and LAPADA The Association of Art & Antiques Dealers. |
| 11am to 5pm |
| | Mayfair |
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| The collection includes instruments by Gavioli, Marenghi, Hooghuys, Wilhelm Bruder Söhne and Gebr.Weber. |
| 11am to 5pm |
| | Amersham |
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| Processions from either side of London Bridge will meet in the middle for a ceremonial blessing of the river for the year ahead. |
| Starts at 12pm |
| | Southwark |
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| Join them for strolling, singing, tree libations, fine company and a perhaps a mulled beverage. |
| 12pm to 3pm |
| | Clapton |
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| Annual celebration for the apple trees in Greenwich's Pleasaunce park. |
| 1pm to 2:30pm |
| | Greenwich |
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| Come and wassail the oldest apple orchard in Waltham Forest. |
| 5pm to 10pm |
| | Tottenham |
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| Monday 15th January |
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| Roughly once a month, there is a guided tour of the unique and historic Stationers' Hall in the City of London. |
| 11am to 12:30pm |
| | City of London |
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| Iván Werning will discuss how old insights extended with new frameworks can be used to shed light on the recent surge in inflation. |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Holborn |
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| Tuesday 16th January |
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| No playwright has been subject to as much interpretation as Shakespeare, and it is said that every age recreates him in its own image. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
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| During the panel discussion, experts will delve into how the war has metamorphosed Ukraine and Russia since the February 2022 escalation, examining its impact on the immediate region and the broader global order. |
| 3pm to 4pm |
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| Monica Macias in conversation with Becky Branford about her remarkable memoir, the extraordinary true story of a West African girl’s upbringing in North Korea under the guardianship of President Kim Il Sung. |
| 7pm to 8pm |
| | Richmond |
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| Discover how satellites can combat climate change with the National Physical Laboratory |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Hanover Square |
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| Wednesday 17th January |
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| This lecture will take a break from global climate policy to talk about the links between climate and weather |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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| Hardeep Matharu, Editor at Byline Times, and Joe Twyman, director at Deltapool discuss cancel culture and the culture war. |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Lewisham |
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| In his new book The Inequality of Wealth: why it matters and how to fix it, former Treasury Minister, Liam Byrne, explains the fast-accelerating inequality of wealth. |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Holborn |
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| On Wednesday 17th January 2024 two Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) events will be conducted in Blackwall Reach. |
| 7pm to 11pm |
| | Greenwich |
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| Rebecca Lewin, Senior Curator at the Design Museum, will discuss the development of the exhibition, from discovering Björk’s infamous swan dress to researching club posters from the 90s. |
| 7pm to 8pm |
| | Dulwich |
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| Thursday 18th January |
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| Grand sale of artworks, magazines, posters, vintage & modern clothes, books, and much more from the collected archives of The Horse Hospital and The Contemporary Wardrobe Collection |
| 5pm to 10pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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| In this talk moderated by Simon Baker, Photographer Arai Takashi will discuss his interdisciplinary approach to nuclear issues utilising the uncertainty of the daguerreotype, one of the earliest photographic techniques |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Camden |
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| This lecture presents the rich history of musicians’ engagement with pitch. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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| Stanley Donwood and Dan Richards will discuss, in a rambling and discursive manner, some ways in which letterpress printing might be used in ways which may horrify printers. |
| 6:45pm to 8:30pm |
| | City of London |
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| Friday 19th January |
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| Professor Kate McLoughlin traces the stories of soldiers’ homecomings from antiquity to the present day. |
| 12pm to 1pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| Grand sale of artworks, magazines, posters, vintage & modern clothes, books, and much more from the collected archives of The Horse Hospital and The Contemporary Wardrobe Collection |
| 12pm to 6pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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| Join Jon Dear to learn about the history of Dracula and vampires on the small screen. Enter freely and of your own free will! |
| 7:30pm to 9pm |
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| Saturday 20th January |
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| Join us at Southwark Cathedral for this day of talks about the Six Wives of Henry VIII |
| 10am to 5pm |
| | Southwark |
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| Grand sale of artworks, magazines, posters, vintage & modern clothes, books, and much more from the collected archives of The Horse Hospital and The Contemporary Wardrobe Collection |
| 12pm to 6pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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| London Wildlife Trust welcome the local community to awaken the apple trees to ensure a good harvest of fruit in autumn in a traditional Wassailing event. |
| 12pm to 3pm |
| | Dulwich |
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| A special matinee screening of Jessica Edward’s pioneering documentary SKATE DREAMS followed by a conversation with Skate GB’s rising star Lilly Strachan and 1970s skate legend Thea Cutts. |
| 2pm to 4pm |
| | Kensington |
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| Anu Ojha OBE, Director for Championing Space at the UK Space Agency, will guide us through the future evolution of space exploration. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Hanover Square |
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