| Saturday 21st January |
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| Join Dr Matthew Green for an immersive whirlwind tour of London’s original – and best – coffeehouses, with free 17th-century coffee |
 | 11:30am to 1pm |
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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 free highlights tour and learn about St Mary Magdalene’s rich Victorian heritage. |
| 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| | Paddington |
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| Celebrate the ancient tradition of ‘Wassailing’ in Gunnersbury’s very own orchard. |
| 2:30pm to 4pm |
| | Acton |
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| Sunday 22nd January |
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| Monday 23rd January |
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| The 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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| Join Sara Goodacre, founder of SpiderLab, in an evening to explore the diversity of spiders - much of which cannot be easily seen. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Rickmansworth |
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| Tuesday 24th January |
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| Van Gogh’s turbulent life forms part of the mythology surrounding the Dutch Post-Impressionist but his iconic paintings represent much more. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
| | City of London |
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| The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Museum is hosting a special opening night celebrating the launch of exhibition ‘Unfamiliar’. |
| 6pm to 8:30pm |
| | Camden |
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| London-based multi-disciplinary artist and designer Yinka Ilori in conversation with the Design Museum's Head of Curatorial, Priya Khanchandani. |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Kensington |
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| Learn about the extensive restoration and conservation of a Victorian Arts and Crafts house in Cambridge via an innovative 3D online tour |
| 7pm to 8pm |
|  | Online |
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| Join the curatorial team behind the British Library’s exhibition Alexander the Great: The Making of a Myth, as they share the behind-the-scenes story of putting together a rich show of treasures from many different eras and cultures. |
| 7:30pm to 8:45pm |
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| Wednesday 25th January |
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| This talk by City Guide & Lecturer Jill Finch looks at how both God & Mammon have moulded the Square Mile over 2000 years. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
| | City of London |
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| Science Museum Lates are adults-only, after-hours theme nights that take place in the museum on the last Wednesday of every month. |
| 6:30pm to 10pm |
| | South Kensington |
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| Join a line-up of architects, artists, foragers, makers, historians, and activists to discuss the cultural and environmental role of the tree in the city. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Barbican |
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| Tracy Borman looks at how Elizabeth I overcame the odds to reign for 45 years. |
| 7:30pm to 8:30pm |
| | Online |
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| Thursday 26th January |
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| Join specialist Phil Parkes and discover the history of chain mail. |
| 1:30pm to 4:30pm |
| | Fulham |
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| This lecture takes us on an unusual journey around London in the autumn of 1724. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
| | City of London |
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| Dan Cruickshank chairs as speakers give three short talks on Egyptomania and the influence of ancient Egypt on art and architecturein the 20th and 21st centuries. |
| 5:30pm to 6:30pm |
| | Online |
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| Gypsies, tinkers, travellers. Join historians Anna Hoare and Geoff Simmons to hear the hidden history of one of the city’s most fascinating and forgotten communities. |
| Starts at 7pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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| A discussion about the global shifts in international politics caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Bloomsbury |
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| Explore the rise in the use of DNA in genealogy and forensics. |
| 7:20pm to 8:45pm |
| | Rickmansworth |
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| Friday 27th January |
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| Join Dr Sam Edwards as he recounts the history and cultural impact of the American military presence in Britain during the First World War. |
| 12pm to 1pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| The Freud Museum welcomes Andrew Nagorski, to speak about his new biography of Sigmund Freud and his extraordinary escape to London as a refugee in 1938. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
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| Saturday 28th January |
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| Join former head of design and heritage for Transport for London, Mike Ashworth for a special tour of the award-winning design and architecture of the Jubilee Line Extension stations. |
| 11am to 2:30pm |
| | Stratford |
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