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| Saturday, 6th February |
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| Sunday, 7th February |
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| A beautiful historic parkland designed by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown with Edwardian gardens in Reigate, Surrey. |
 | 1pm to 5pm |
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| Join Miriam Margolyes, Lucinda Dickens Hawksley and the Charles Dickens Museum to celebrate the birthday of Charles Dickens. |
| Starts at 7pm |
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| Dr.Graham guaranteed both ecstasy and fertility to the users of his infamous 18th Century Celestial Bed, Zoom lecture with Lydia Syson |
| 8pm to 10pm |
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| Monday, 8th February |
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| As Darwin “exalted” his favourite flowers, the orchids, he also narrowed the once-unimaginably wide gap between plants and animals, thus making it easier for his readers to imaginatively bridge the much smaller distance between humans and apes. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
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| This illustrated talk will consider some of the amazing sites already protected and others that might merit our consideration. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
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| Learn about how male sex symbol, masculinity and popular cinema converge! |
| 6:30pm to 7:30pm |
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| Tuesday, 9th February |
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| Sanjeev Gupta and Mark Sephton discuss the aims and approaches taken by the Mars Perseverance Rover and what they expect it to discover. |
| 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
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| This lecture explores how mathematical ideas have been interpreted in fiction, and discusses the unlikelihood, mathematically, of realms such as Brobdingnag and Lilliput, or the room-sized spiders of Hogwarts. |
| 1pm to 2pm |
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| London and Gin - delve into the fascinating history of the city and the drink |
| 2pm to 2:45pm |
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| A talk about how the increased visibility of an ageing Queen changed society's views of ageing itself. |
| 5:30pm to 7pm |
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| Prof.Hutton Will examine our Magnificent Pre-Christian Heritage and examine how much of this it is possible to recover |
| 8pm to 10pm |
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| Wednesday, 10th February |
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| Wood Work is the Building Centre's online lunch-time talks series, featuring international designers and their wood inspired projects. |
| 1pm to 1:30pm |
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| The link between art and literature is crucial to an understanding of much of the art of the past. |
| 2pm to 3pm |
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| A new project which aims to record the state and development of highways as the network developed from one serving primarily local agricultural markets to one fit for an emerging industrial economy. |
| 5:30pm to 7:30pm |
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| This lecture will consider several aspects of the science and public debate about vaccines. |
| 6pm to 7pm |
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| A talk about the grand, and sometimes despised funerals of French Kings. |
| Starts at 6:30pm |
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| Victorian Society Chair Hilary Grainger discusses Ernest George's major houses. |
| 7pm to 8:30pm |
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| This talk will focus on the planned Lottery-funded renovation of the Park and the challenges of preserving and adapting its historic landscape. |
| 7pm to 8pm |
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| Sathnam Sanghera’s new book, Empireland, looks at how profoundly our imperial past has shaped modern Britain. In conversation with Samira Ahmed, Sanghera discusses why it is so important to look honestly at our past, to understand who we are and what unites us. |
| 7pm to 8pm |
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| Thursday, 11th February |
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| This webinar will present lessons learned from the last 15 years of culture-led development in the capital. |
| 10am to 11am |
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| What can picture postcards tell us about the history of nursing, and images and stereotypes of nursing over the years? Join historian Julia Hallam to find out more. |
| 5:30pm to 6:30pm |
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| A look at the trust behind the legend of Mata Hari |
| 6pm to 7pm |
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| Friday, 12th February |
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| Discover the role played by King George V during and after the First World War in this online talk with Alexandra Churchill. |
| Starts at 12pm |
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| Directors of The Last Tuesday Society’s cocktail bar invite you to join them behind the bar for a virtual cocktail making workshop. |
| 6:15pm to 7pm |
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| This illustrated talk will consider how the garden has evolved to offer the contemporary visitor beauty and relevance while still retaining the original ideas and intentions of its creators. |
| 7pm to 8pm |
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| Saturday, 13th February |
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| Avril Nanton's is a historian who delves into the unknown history of black people in and around London. |
| 3pm to 4pm |
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