| 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. |
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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. |
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| The fair features some forty distinguished specialist exhibitors, drawn primarily from BADA and LAPADA The Association of Art & Antiques Dealers. |
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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. |
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| Launching the 2024 Programme in true Ri explosive style, posing the question: What truly defines this thing called Science? |
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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. |
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| The collection includes instruments by Gavioli, Marenghi, Hooghuys, Wilhelm Bruder Söhne and Gebr.Weber. |
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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. |
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| Join them for strolling, singing, tree libations, fine company and a perhaps a mulled beverage. |
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| Annual celebration for the apple trees in Greenwich's Pleasaunce park. |
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| Come and wassail the oldest apple orchard in Waltham Forest. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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| Discover how satellites can combat climate change with the National Physical Laboratory |
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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 |
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| Hardeep Matharu, Editor at Byline Times, and Joe Twyman, director at Deltapool discuss cancel culture and the culture war. |
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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. |
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| On Wednesday 17th January 2024 two Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) events will be conducted in Blackwall Reach. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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| This lecture presents the rich history of musicians’ engagement with pitch. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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! |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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