| Saturday 3rd February |
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| Enjoy storytelling, crafts and singing, with a Wassail Master to oversee proceedings. |
 | 10am to 1pm |
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| A talk by Transport for London’s heritage managers Gareth Leslie and Edmund Bird about this stretch of the line and Southgate station. |
| 2:30pm to 4:30pm |
| | Southgate |
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| Sunday 4th February |
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| Kirkaldy's Testing Works preserves Kirkaldy's unique Universal Testing Machine - the huge hydraulic powered machine he designed and had built in Leeds - in full working order in the premises he built to house it. |
| 10:30am to 12pm |
| | Southwark |
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| Join Queer ecologist and entomologist Connor Butler to discover plants that change sex, ferns which have evolved to live in social colonies, and woodlice that no longer have a use for males. |
| 2pm to 5pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| Fiona Fox takes us behind the scenes of some of the most contentious stories in science over the past two decades. |
| 3pm to 4:30pm |
| | Holborn |
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| Monday 5th February |
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| This lecture will explore digital humanitarianism and the visual politics of refugeehood. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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| Explore the future of our universe, and how scientists are using computers to unravel its mystery. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
| | Hanover Square |
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| In this talk, I clarify some misconceptions about Hopi cosmology and explain how collaborative research The Cosmology of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona Dr |
| 7:30pm to 8:30pm |
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| Tuesday 6th February |
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| Join Michael Wheeler to discover the history of the Athenaeum Club and its members’ impact on Britain’s scientific, creative, and official life |
| 1pm to 2pm |
| | Picadilly |
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| Increasing strategic competition is dividing world politics. Does the liberal order have a future in a dividing world? |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Holborn |
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| Wednesday 7th February |
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| Explore the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) 500-year history with an expert guide. |
| 1:30pm to 2pm |
| | Camden |
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| In this lecture, we’ll find out how disease outbreaks, the rise of civilisation and even the invention of agriculture have left their traces in our DNA. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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| How can these resorts, with their wealth of cultural heritage, forge a new future? |
| 6:30pm to 8pm |
| | Holborn |
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| Thursday 8th February |
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| At this special evening event, hear from leading experts as they discuss the many factors that influenced the outcome of the First World War. |
| 5pm to 9pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| Investigate the weird and wonderful world of romance and sex in nature with a tour, a quiz and some drinks. |
| 6pm to 8pm |
| | Picadilly |
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| This lecture describes what is known of the causes and consequences of reading difficulties and how they relate to other common conditions that affect learning. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
| | Holborn |
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| A talk about the trial of two young drag act men. |
| 6:30pm to 6pm |
| | Covent Garden |
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| The second lecture in the series Twentieth Century Shops: From Arndale to Zara, marking the publication of 100 20th Century Shops. |
| Starts at 6:30pm |
| | Clerkenwell |
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| Sacha Coward takes us on an illustrated Zoom talk through the hidden queer history of myths and monsters. |
| 7:30pm to 9pm |
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| Friday 9th February |
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| Dr Eamonn O'Keeffe highlights the role and importance of military music within British society during the Napoleonic Wars. |
| 12pm to 1pm |
| | Chelsea |
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| AFter hours access to the tropical paradise of the Princess of Wales Conservatory as they celebrate the orchids of Madagascar. |
| 6pm to 10pm |
| | Richmond |
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| The role of this tiny plant in horticultural histories, mythologies of capitalism and social and cultural repercussions of colonialism. |
| 6pm to 8:30pm |
| | Picadilly |
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| Saturday 10th February |
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| To mark Lunar New Year, there will be a spectacular lion dance through Borough Market. |
| Starts at 11am |
| | Southwark |
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| Weekend Vintage fair at a large Victorian school that has an amazing 1960s extension, in south-east London. 50 selected traders each day, in two huge, contrasting halls. |
| 11am to 4am |
| | Catford |
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| Join Planet Friendly Paint at Keats House for a nature-influenced painting session. |
| 12pm to 1:30pm |
| | Hampstead |
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| AFter hours access to the tropical paradise of the Princess of Wales Conservatory as they celebrate the orchids of Madagascar. |
| 6pm to 10pm |
| | Richmond |
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| A 3-hour candlelit evening of history talks supporting the charity Papyrus who are dedicated to the prevention of suicide in young people. |
| 6:30pm to 10pm |
| | Southwark |
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