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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Sunday 21st 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 |
| 12pm to 6pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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A screening of the 1966 Riverside-filmed final episode from the classic The Celestial Toymaker. |
| 1pm to 7pm |
| | Hammersmith |
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This first session introduces the alchemical nekyia—a narrative journey evoking the archetypal iconography of underworld First Series: Origins to the Renaissance I: Alchemy in Antiquity: The C |
| 8pm to 9:30pm |
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Monday 22nd January |
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Hear Nick’s tale from when he bought a set of 87 magic lantern slides with little idea of who was in them and where they were taken. |
| 2:30pm to 3:45pm |
| | South Kensington |
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Dive into the mysteries of the deep with Schmidt Ocean Institute. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Hanover Square |
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Tuesday 23rd January |
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An account of being a volunteer ambulance driver in the Second World War, and the wider volunteer force in London during the Blitz. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
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Using lung cancer as a case study, this lecture will explore the transformative impact of genomics on personalised cancer treatment. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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In this lecture Manuel Pastor, joined by T.O. Molefe, will discuss his newest book Solidarity Economics: why mutuality and movements matter. |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Holborn |
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Explore the rich history of London's South Bank in this guided tour through its most fascinating historic and modern buildings. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Soho |
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Wednesday 24th January |
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Late opening of Christie's auction house celebrating Mark Knopfler’s legendary guitar collection prior to its sale. |
| 5pm to 10pm |
| | St James |
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Unchartered waters: the end of the typing pool, the desktop computer revolution and women’s office work in 1980s and 1990s Britain |
| 5:30pm to 7pm |
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This lecture also considers the prospects of discovering more unusual objects in the Solar System, and what we might do about asteroids that threaten the Earth. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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Join Mark Freeman for this Professorial Lecture as he considers the nature and ‘uses’ of history through his work on historical pageants in modern Britain, local history, and the history of adult education. |
| 6pm to 8pm |
| | Euston |
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Former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman discusses his experiences of growing up in London during the Second World War. |
| Starts at 6:30pm |
| | Chelsea |
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Jon and Robert will explore the history of the 1991 War Crimes Act and how and why it failed to deliver convictions to many of the perpetrators of the Holocaust. |
| 6:30pm to 8:30pm |
| | Southwark |
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Southwark Cathedral would like to invite all amateur and professional photographers to spend an evening taking photos of the Cathedral. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Southwark |
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Join Roger Moorhouse in conversation about the forgotten story of the Holocaust's most audacious rescue operation. |
| 7:30pm to 8:30pm |
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Thursday 25th January |
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A talk about the professionalisation of pharmacy, the move from herbal to more chemical products and to the start of the pharmaceutical industry. |
| 6pm to 8:30pm |
| | Southwark |
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This lecture will look at when humans first created art and at the dawn of satire. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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Step through the gates of the Charterhouse in the early evening after work and discover a different world hidden behind the ancient walls. |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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John Clark investigates the significance of the two figures of giants, known as Gog and Magog, that stand in London's medieval Guildhall. |
| 7:30pm to 9pm |
| | Online |
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A talk about Frank Matcham, the most prolific theatre architect of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. |
| Starts at 7:30pm |
| | Highgate |
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Friday 26th January |
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Join Rosie Serdiville as she explores the fate of 5,000 Scottish prisoners following the Battle of Dunbar in 1650. |
| 12pm to 1pm |
| | Chelsea |
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Learn about the difficulties faced by the poor in England and Wales when dealing with a central poor law authority |
| 2pm to 3pm |
| | Online |
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World-renowned art collective Guerrilla Girls will take over the Late at Tate Modern for a special evening of music, workshops, film and artist talks. |
| 6pm to 10pm |
| | Southwark |
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An expert panel sets out the key issues that Britain's next government will need to address if it is to bring about needed change to public housing. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Barbican |
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Join philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark as he unveils a ground-breaking theory. |
| 7:20pm to 8:45pm |
| | Hanover Square |
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Saturday 27th January |
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An animatronic elephant will be parading around Bankside this weekend as part of the Bankside Frost Fair |
| 12pm to 4:30pm |
| | Southwark |
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