| Saturday 28th January |
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| The guided tours offer visitors an opportunity to learn about 87 Hackford Road’s most famous tenant, as well as the architecture, history, and future of the house. |
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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. |
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| Sunday 29th January |
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| The guided tours offer visitors an opportunity to learn about 87 Hackford Road’s most famous tenant, as well as the architecture, history, and future of the house. |
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| An annual march down The Mall to commemorate the execution of King Charles I will take place this morning. |
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| Once a month, the oldest building in Hackney, St Augustine's Tower is open, so you can climb up to the top. |
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| A silent film accompanied by Donald MacKenzie on the Mighty Wurlitzer. |
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| Monday 30th January |
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| The paper will examine the ‘Fight of the Century’ - between the American John Carmel Heenan and the British boxer ‘Brighton Titch’ Tom Sayers - which took place on 17th April 1860. |
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| This talk will explore the fairy lore of Suffolk, from the 12th-century tale of the Green Children of Woolpit to the familiars of 17th-century witch trials and the world-famous Tom Tit Tot, the subject of a fairytale recorded in the 19th century. |
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| Tuesday 31st January |
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| This lecture looks at dice, cards, lotteries, and other games of chance. Can mathematics help us win? |
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| This lecture explores how Christianity in particular has understood, monitored and sought to control nakedness |
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| A talk on the centenary of the Adana printing press. |
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| The news is full of the evils of plastic. But plastic can't be evil, it's inanimate. It's plastic abuse that is morally wrong. |
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| Frances Wilson tells the riches-to-rags story of a writer of dazzling complexity and originality whose rackety life was lived on the run. |
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| Wednesday 1st February |
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| Celebrating the book launch of ‘In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900-1930s’ in a roundtable conversation |
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| In this talk, discover how concepts like multidimensional crochet, infinity and relativity contribute to the course of existence. |
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| Thursday 2nd February |
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| Join Matt Dixon and Mark Stirling as they reveal the magic behind translating Matt’s illustrations into life-size robot figures. |
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| On the first Thursday of the month, Holborn's Novelty Automation has a bar in the store for their late-night opening. |
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| From the award-winning biographer of Chaucer, the story of his most popular and scandalous character, from the Middle Ages to #MeToo |
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| From army ants to crocodiles, explore the science behind living alongside predators. |
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| Friday 3rd February |
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| Join Dr Jessica Hammett as she discusses the role of civil defence services during the Second World War and asks how volunteers engaged with wartime ideas about national identity and citizenship. |
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| Saturday 4th February |
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| Exhibitions closing shortly |
| Futures Past takes the viewer on an immersive journey through the excavated ruins of the future filled with digital and sculptural works. (Ends on Sat, 28th Jan) | | Winter Lights festival is the largest of its kind in London, transforming Canary Wharf with over 20 stunning installations, leaving the dark winter evenings aglow. (Ends on Sat, 28th Jan) | | The first exhibition of Lucian Freud’s work in the home of his grandfather, Sigmund Freud, and aunt, Anna Freud (Ends on Sun, 29th Jan) | | This exhibition celebrates the essence of Japanese craftsmanship through the story of an enduring woodworking heritage cultivated in the densely forested Hida region of Gifu Prefecture. (Ends on Sun, 29th Jan) | | This exhibition follows the challenging journeys of rehabilitation and recovery taken by soldiers who have suffered a life-changing physical or mental injury. (Ends on Sun, 29th Jan) | | To mark the anniversary of Tutankhamun's discovery, the British Museum has commissioned a work by Egyptian graffiti artist Nofal O. (Ends on Sun, 29th Jan) | | A video projection each evening showing the moment in 1814 when an elephant walked across the frozen Thames. (Ends on Tue, 31st Jan) | | This outdoor photographic exhibition celebrates how Marble Hill has been enjoyed by the local community since becoming a public park. (Ends on Tue, 31st Jan) | | Visit the Woven Cities display to see the brand-new London Woven Crest alongside the crests from Amsterdam and Rome. (Ends on Sun, 5th Feb) | | Luke Jerram returns to the Old Royal Naval College with his incredible artwork Museum of the Moon. (Ends on Sun, 5th Feb) | | The Ward – Revisited marks 30 years since Gideon Mendel photographed John, Andre, Steven and Ian in the AIDS wards at the Middlesex Hospital. (Ends on Sun, 5th Feb) | | Xintong's art has become the result of living between Eastern and Western civilisations, absorbing aspects from both cultures. (Ends on Wed, 8th Feb) | | An exhibition of rare costumes and ephemera. (Ends on Sat, 11th Feb) | | An exhibition exploring the different ways we see and are seen by others. (Ends on Sun, 12th Feb) | | Within utopian and dystopian landscapes, encounter the robots as they experience the best of human emotions: wonder, kindness, empathy, friendship, and love. (Ends on Sun, 12th Feb) | | The first major UK exhibition devoted to pioneering women working in Germany in the early 1900s. (Ends on Sun, 12th Feb) |
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