Saturday 15th January |
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Hear from esteemed Oxford University professors as they explore the fascinating role of symmetry in maths, music, philosophy and beyond. |
| 10:30am to 3:15pm |
| | Russell Square |
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Sunday 16th January |
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Come hunt for personal treasures, rummage for bargains, and refresh your living space with unique finds at a vintage yard of salvaged olde things. |
| 11am to 6pm |
| | Peckham |
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An illustrated talk introducing some of the early women explorers and their films. |
| 3:30pm to 5pm |
| | Southwark |
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Monday 17th January |
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This lecture explains the law on body part ownership, tracing it from the early legal cases through the body-snatching years of the Victorian period, to the present day. |
| 1pm to 2pm |
| | Holborn |
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Tuesday 18th January |
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Find out about the excavations at Bullecourt, one of the key tank battles in WW1 from archaeologist Alex Sotheran |
| 6:30pm to 7:30pm |
| | Online |
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A night of talks by individuals and groups committed to designing, delivering and providing radical and ambitious social housing. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Online |
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Wednesday 19th January |
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This lecture will consider what happens when groups of galaxies interact with one another and what happens when these galaxies collide and merge. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Barbican |
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Explore the career of one of Britain's national treasures with cultural historian Adam Endacott. |
| 6:30pm to 7:30pm |
| | Online |
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A talk with two people who worked on the new film, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
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Join Historic Royal Palaces Chief Curator Lucy Worsley for this online event exploring LGBT+ histories of the palaces, unearthing tales of power, politics, gender and sexuality throughout British history. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Online |
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Phillipa Vincent-Connolly and Tracy Borman delves into the disability during the Tudor era. |
| 7:30pm to 8:30pm |
| | Online |
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Thursday 20th January |
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A talk about how science, practical conservation and values-based campaigning have not only improved the natural world but provide lessons for success in the future. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Online |
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Join this talk by Keith Scobie-Youngs, director and co-founder of The Cumbria Clock Company, to find out about the recent conservation of the Great Clock of Westminster. |
| Starts at 6pm |
| | Online |
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Join Dr Nicola Tallis as she unmasks the many myths that have attached themselves to Margaret Beaufort |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Southwark |
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Delve into this magical evening with Nick and explore the secret history of fairy-tales, the people who told them, the landscapes that forged them and the cultures that formed them. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Soho |
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Crossrail’s Head of Learning Legacy will give an overview of the project, talk through the testing and commissioning process, and share how the project’s learnings are being made available to other infrastructure programmes. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Online |
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This talk will examine the life, career and celebrity of an actress of remarkable, versatile talent. |
| 7pm to 8pm |
| | Online |
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A talk about some of the many specialist libraries to be found in London. |
| 7pm to 9pm |
| | Online |
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Friday 21st January |
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Join Dr Kathleen Sherit as she examines the changing status of women in the armed forces, the challenges they have faced, and the steps that paved the way to the front line. |
| Starts at 12pm |
| | Chelsea |
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A talk about Neave Brown, widely regarded as greatest housing architect of the twentieth century in Britain |
| 1pm to 2pm |
| | Online |
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Come along to this virtual talk and hear acclaimed documentary film-maker Steven C Smith discuss Hitchcock's locations. |
| 6:30pm to 7:30pm |
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Enjoy an evening of songs of the sea from the time of Trafalgar and learn about the popular ditties of patriotism. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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Saturday 22nd January |
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