| Saturday 18th February |
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| A note that a steam train will leave Paddington in the morning, returning again in the evening. |
 | All day |
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| Sunday 19th February |
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| A tour covering the whole of the Gardens, including the sites of the earlier houses, the Walled Garden and a large part of the existing Mansion. |
| Starts at 10am |
|  | North Weald |
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| Monday 20th February |
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| I think eating a bacon based meal the evening before pancake day is a tradition that should be restored. |
| All day |
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| Tuesday 21st February |
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| This all-day event highlights the latest developments in the use of digital technology and virtual reality to bring heritage properties and landscapes back to vivid life. |
| 9:30am to 5pm |
| | Twickenham |
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| This lecture will consider the normal heartbeat, the causes of the heart going too fast or slowly and how it is treated when it does. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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| Learn how Victorian Britain dealt with pandemics and how sanitary reform influenced interior design |
| 7pm to 8pm |
|  | Online |
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| Wednesday 22nd February |
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| Get hands on with medical history at a lunchtime handling session. |
| 12pm to 2pm |
| | Camden |
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| Tour David Kirkaldy's world-famous Testing & Experimenting Works for a taster evening tour. |
| 5pm to 8pm |
| | Southwark |
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| This lecture will consider Wren’s contributions to astronomy and how Wren’s appreciation of and contributions to art and design, and science and engineering, were fully integrated in his life and made him a polymath on a par with Leonardo da Vinci. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Tower Hill |
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| In a world brimming with brands devoted to production and consumption and a design industry in service to the brands, how can design make a difference in a world beset with crises? |
| 6:30pm to 8:30pm |
| | City of London |
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| Thursday 23rd February |
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| With tour guide and a glass of prosecco in hand, travel through five centuries of scandal, royal dramas, deaths and terrifying hauntings. |
| Starts at 6pm |
| | Homerton |
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| This lecture describes an alternative narrative of ancient communities, and presents a more positive and inclusive story – a Stonehenge re-imagined for modern Britain. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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| Join a panel of experts as they reflect on the current war in Ukraine and its potential legacy. |
| Starts at 6:30pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Southwark |
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| This talk with Dr Helen Frisby, author of the Shire book Traditions of Death and Burial, explores English death and burial customs from the Norman Conquest right through to the present day and the impact of Covid-19. |
| Starts at 7:30pm |
| | Highgate |
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| Friday 24th February |
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| Join Clare Mulley as she examines the lives of two female pilots, offering a fascinating insight into Nazi Germany and its attitudes to women, class and race. |
| 12pm to 1pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| Kris Manjapra explores how the meaning of “treason” was reconfigured by Black liberation struggles during the Age of Abolition |
| 2pm to 3pm |
| | Online |
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| Prof. Yang-Hui uncovers why geometry has always been about far more than the measurement of shapes. It is at the heart of physics. |
| 7:20pm to 8:45pm |
| | Hanover Square |
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| Saturday 25th February |
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| Who is Britain’s greatest monarch? Join us at Southwark Cathedral as several historians make their case for who they believe should take the crown |
| 10am to 4pm |
| | Southwark |
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| Home to Hodge our rambunctious cat, we are delighted to be hosting our annual Stories of Cats day all about our feline friends |
| 10:30am to 5pm |
| | Southwark |
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| An opportunity to discover the history of Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park and the areas of Highgate and North London. |
| 12pm to 5pm |
| | Highgate |
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| An occasional chance to see inside a metal church in Kilburn - now used by the Sea Cadets and as a community centre. |
| 1pm to 4pm |
| | Kilburn |
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| Uncover the cutting-edge science used to look at black holes. |
| 2pm to 3:15pm |
| | Hanover Square |
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