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| Saturday, 23rd January |
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| Sunday, 24th January |
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| Monday, 25th January |
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| This talk will emphasize the way in which Derek Jarman's garden at Prospect Cottage was for him an act of integration. |
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| This lecture takes as its starting point the complex personal history of Mary Howard, a devout Catholic and Jacobite sympathiser, who shocked society by separating from her husband in 1730. |
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| Tuesday, 26th January |
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| Anna Rood explains how the natural balancing acts of rocks can help us estimate the amount of ground shaking caused by large earthquakes. |
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| The art of the three main ‘Bloomsbury’ artists (Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell and Roger Fry) cannot be separated from their astonishing lives. |
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| Secret passages, ship timbers and spiral staircases - find out the truth behind the legends |
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| Using nineteenth-century prints and photographs from archive collections, Ian Dungavell tries to see Highgate Cemetery as the Victorians did. |
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| Join Rohin Francis as he discusses where we are now with medical science, what might come next and the blurred boundary between life and death. |
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| Wednesday, 27th January |
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| This paper focusses on the deployment of Ancient Greek and Roman imagery on civic cultural artefacts during and after the Great War. |
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| Professor Björn Schuller charts the history of human-centred AI focusing on aspects of artificial, emotional and health intelligence. |
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| Professor Ian Chapman and his colleagues are working to make fusion power a reality, and with the advent of ITER, the largest science experiment humankind has ever undertaken, they hope to demonstrate fusion power on a commercial scale. |
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| A talk about the Mulberry Garden Project at the William Hogarth Trust. |
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| Lucy Worsley is joined by Ravenmaster Christopher Skaife and historic buildings curator Jane Spooner to explore the truth behind some of the Tower of London's most famous myths and legends. |
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| Thursday, 28th January |
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| This webinar will present lessons learned from the last 15 years of retail-led development in the capital and how the sector is planning to face future flux. |
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| Join our panel of expert speakers to discuss the collaborative global effort of the scientific community over the past year to develop the COVID-19 vaccine. |
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| A book related talk on the failure of many western countries to control the Coronavirus, and what it exposes about the weaknesses of their systems of government. |
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| A talk by Caroline Eden on her book Red Sands which navigates a course from the shores of the Caspian Sea to the sun-ripened orchards of the Fergana Valley. |
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| Science broadcaster Dr Hannah Fry is joined by a panel of experts to explore the big question: how will climate change affect our future? |
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| Included in this webinar is a miscellany of sites, from the disused tube stations to secret central government and military bunkers. |
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| See well known buildings as well as those you might not have come across and some of the best interiors of that decade. |
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| Two guides will discuss Smithfields use as a public execution ground. |
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| The unexpected delights and fascinating characters of the West End's hidden village. |
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| Archivist, Tudor Allen will use photographs, art works and archives, many from Camden’s own collections, to reveal the colourful history of Swiss Cottage. |
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| Friday, 29th January |
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| With the escalating need for action to reduce emissions, both carbon and air pollution, the majority of employees now working from home full-time poses a concern for many businesses. |
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| This discussion brings together four architects whose designs for dachshunds and beagles are featured in the exhibition and open-source network Architecture for Dogs. |
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| Frances Houghton explores how British veterans have remembered, understood and shared their experiences of the Second World War. |
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| Hugh Smith is the Senior Wildlife Officer at the Royal Parks talks about his work in the parks. |
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| Health Records Specialist Laura Robson-Mainwaring examines what the records in our collection reveal about the response to this pandemic. |
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| Dan Stone discusses what the British found at Belsen in April 1945 and how they understood the camp, in the immediate post-liberation period. |
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| Hear the story of the pioneering composer whose scores for Bogart, Bette Davis and others paved the way for modern film music |
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| A talk about how Alexander Pope establised the new national style which you will explore through his own garden at Twickenham and other gardens he influenced. |
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| Saturday, 30th January |
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| Adèle Emm, author of Tracing your Female Ancestors, tells us about the women and their struggle for female emancipation. |
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| Gary Lachman will give a book launch talk, part of a series of pocket introductions providing accessible essays on key Swedenborgian themes. |
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