| Saturday 15th February |
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| A big indoor vintage fair spread over two days at a landmark historic building in Catford. |
 | 10:30am to 4pm |
|  | St Dunstan's College |
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| A Late at Tate Britain on Valentine's Day weekend celebrating all things love and nostalgia in response to The 80s: Photographing Britain exhibition. |
| 6pm to 10pm |
| | Tate Britain |
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| Sunday 16th February |
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| A big indoor vintage fair spread over two days at a landmark historic building in Catford. |
| 10:30am to 4pm |
| | St Dunstan's College |
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| See / buy a diverse range of affordable ceramic artwork, and buy direct from the maker. |
| 11am to 5pm |
| | Copeland Park and Bussey |
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| For the next few weeks, there's a chance to see a replica 300 year old printing press in use in central London. |
| 12pm to 6pm |
| | St Bartholemew the Great church |
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| To close the Adventures in the Electroverse series, Martyn Ware, electronic music pioneer, will be in conversation with Cherub Sanson, a leading sound healer and sound artist, to explore how music and |
| 3pm to 4:30pm |
| | Conway Hall |
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| Monday 17th February |
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| This bespoke show will highlight the advancements in Victorian Technology and is perfect for the whole family. |
| 11:30am to 4pm |
| | Florence Nightingale Museum |
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| A talk on the radical housing programme of Red Vienna in the 1920s which was in part paid for by taxing the rich. |
| 5:30pm to 7pm |
| | The Institute of Historical Research (IHR) |
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| This talk goes behind the scenes in the mortuary to tell Carla’s stories of those years, as well as discussing the process of investigating the body, alongside our attitudes towards death. |
| 6pm to 8:30pm |
| | Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret |
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| Tuesday 18th February |
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| The Conversation is a series of weekly events talking about conflict and empathy, inequality and power, climate crisis and wonder through storytelling and action |
| Starts at 6:30pm |
| | St Martin-in-the-Fields |
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| This paper endeavours to challenge the marginalisation of the experiences of the ‘non-evacuated’, illustrating the distinct experiences of urban children in Britain’s war-torn cities. |
| 5:30pm to 7pm |
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| Wednesday 19th February |
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| Join us at The London Archives as Rebekah Higgitt and Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin talk us through their new publication, exploring distinctive practices in the artisanal, mercantile, and governmental sites |
| 5:30pm to 7pm |
| | The London Archives |
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| This paper focuses on the precarious lives of poor men in late 1930s London. |
| 5:30pm to 7pm |
| | The Institute of Historical Research (IHR) |
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| A talk by John Suchet on how Beethoven has travelled with him throughout the ups and downs of a life as a foreign correspondent and as an afficionado of the troubled composer’s remarkable life and music. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Kent House |
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| From 16th century gunpowder to 20th century wartime secrets, Mark Hardman tells the explosive history of "energetic materials" development in Britain in another does of Sipping • Supping • Science |
| 7pm to 9pm |
| | The Old King's Head (Upstairs room) |
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| A talk about the overlooked lives of the servants who had to accompany their employers on the Grand Tour of Europe. |
| 5:30pm to 7:30pm |
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| Thursday 20th February |
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| Following the completion of the major restoration project to the Victorian Subway, Crystal Palace Park Trust is able to open this incredible space to the public once again, just in time for its 160th |
| 11am to 2pm |
| | Crystal Palace Subway |
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| For the next few weeks, there's a chance to see a replica 300 year old printing press in use in central London. |
| 12pm to 6pm |
| | St Bartholemew the Great church |
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| As February’s Late falls on the first night of London Fashion Week, this month’s Late will focus on the ‘Paisley’ pattern, a design steeped in symbolism and history. |
| 5pm to 8pm |
| | Bank of England Museum |
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| Enjoy an evening in Dr Samuel Johnson's 17th-century house and explore his wonderful House of Words with a glass of bubbly. |
| 5:30pm to 7pm |
| | Dr Johnson's House |
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| How did late 18th C British abolitionists assess the slave trade & British colonial slavery as unnatural, a "dread perversion" of nature? |
| 6pm to 8pm |
| | The Linnean Society |
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| Join Michael Sappol, historian of the visual culture of medicine and science, for an evening talk on his new book 'Queer Anatomies', at the Royal College of Surgeons of England |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Hunterian Museum |
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| Three speakers discuss Nicholas Hawksmoor and his work: architectural photographer Hélène Binet, architectural historian Owen Hopkins, and writer Iain Sinclair. |
| 7pm to 9:30pm |
| | St Anne's Church |
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| In this illustrated lecture, Nicholas Nugent, drawing from his book The Spice Ports: Mapping the Origins of Global Sea Trade, explores the story of these vital trading hubs. |
| Starts at 7:15pm |
| | British Library |
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| Friday 21st February |
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| A special day of object stories, curator reveals, and artist conversations, where the V&A rethinks, and reconsiders the Caribbean treasures held within its collection. |
| 11am to 8pm |
| | Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum |
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| Drop in and explore our reading rooms, meet our staff, see our collections and take a glimpse behind the scenes. |
| 11am to 4pm |
| | Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum |
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| As part of LGBTQ+ History Month, come along to see a selection of documents that speak to the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ people. |
| 12:30pm to 2pm |
| | The London Archives |
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| Screening of a documentary that tells the story of a group of activists who set up the UK’s first community centre for Black LGBTQ+ people in the 1980s – and the many challenges they faced along the way. |
| 6pm to 9pm |
| | Park View School |
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| Join world-renowned art dealers Frederick Mulder and Anne-Françoise Gavanon, long-time scholars of Picasso, as they talk with Catherine Daunt, curator of Picasso: printmaker. |
| 6:30pm to 7:30pm |
| | British Museum |
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| Hear from John Concagh as he highlights how soldiers from Africa were recruited, trained and mobilised during the Second World War. |
| 12pm to 1pm |
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| This talk examines the relationship between women's employment and technological change in the City of London banks during a pivotal period of financial and technological transformation. |
| 5:30pm to 7:30pm |
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| Saturday 22nd February |
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| The Van Gogh house guided tours offer visitors an opportunity to learn about their most famous tenant, as well as the architecture, history, and future of the house. |
| Starts at 10am |
| | Van Gogh House Museum |
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| Join us for a day of activities and science fun relating to the 2024 CHRISTMAS LECTURES sponsored by CGI. |
| 11am to 4pm |
| | Royal Institution (inc Faraday Museum) |
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| For the next few weeks, there's a chance to see a replica 300 year old printing press in use in central London. |
| 12pm to 6pm |
| | St Bartholemew the Great church |
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| Discover stories from Highgate's past, learn about North London heritage and hear about other local curiosities such as the Roman Kilns at Highgate Woods |
| 12pm to 5pm |
| | Lauderdale House |
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| Unlock Tate Britain’s history and architectural secrets in their Architecture Tour |
| 2pm to 3:30pm |
| | Tate Britain |
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