| Saturday 11th January |
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| Come hunt for personal treasures, rummage for bargains, and refresh your living space with unique finds at a vintage yard of salvaged olde things. |
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| Join them for one of their hands-on, interactive drop-in drawing sessions, led by our Artists in Residence from the Royal Drawing School |
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| Sunday 12th January |
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| Hackney Depot – a former bus garage is bringing together dealers of vintage furniture, art, lighting, fashion, homeware and more for a new monthly flea market. |
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| Gather with the clergy of Southwark Cathedral on London Bridge for the Annual Celebration of the Blessing of the River Thames and those who live on, work or use it. |
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| Monday 13th January |
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| Roughly once a month, there is a guided tour of the unique and historic Stationers' Hall in the City of London |
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| A private tour of Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s London with curator Martin Green. |
| | Fashion and Textile Museum |
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| Calum Harris, a cook who started on Instagram in 2019 with the aim to make vegan food simple for everyone to enjoy. |
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| Tuesday 14th January |
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| I Brought the War with Me: Stories and Poems from the Front Line The Conversation is a series of weekly events talking about conflict and empathy, inequality and power, climate crisis and wonder th |
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| The talk will examine both the options and imperatives of fuelling all of the people all of the time – 'one world is enough for all of us'. |
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| Wednesday 15th January |
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| Inside the Greek Ambassador's official London residence is a room preserved for nearly 60 years in memory of the man who once worked there and is now open to the public. |
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| In the spirit of ‘A history of the world in hundred objects’, this talk presents the history of Bloomsbury in a dozen or so ‘bombsites’: the points of detonation but also the memorials, memori |
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| Thursday 16th January |
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| Optimism is central to the human psyche: it seems to give us an advantage in both everyday life and in addressing great collective challenges Sumit Paul-Choudhury, former editor-in-chief of New Sci |
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| ‘Pinch, swipe, tap’ is a talk by Hanna Kops, Head of Experience at TfL Digital |
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| Two talks on railway history by students from the University of York's Masters Degree in Railway Studies. |
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| Friday 17th January |
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| Explore the events of the Battle of Saratoga, a key turning point of the American War of Independence, with Professor Kevin Weddle of the US Army War College |
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| Saturday 18th January |
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| The world-famous gardens of Hampton Court Palace include 60 acres of spectacular formal gardens and 750 acres (304 hectares) of parkland, all set within a loop of the River Thames |
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| Discover the hidden treasures of St Mary Magdalene's church, a Grade I listed masterpiece, in a free heritage highlights tour. |
| | Grand Junction at St Mary Magdalene's |
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| We live much of our lives away from the here and now – as we reminisce about the past, anticipate the future, daydream, enter the virtual worlds created by art and science |
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| Exhibitions closing shortly |
| Dedicated entirely to original works on paper, For Arts Sake x Pitzhanger will showcase over 150 pieces in Pitzhanger Gallery, by both established and emerging artists (Ends on Sun, 12th Jan) |
| 'Jason and the Adventure of 254' is a major solo exhibition by artist Jason Wilsher-Mills (Ends on Sun, 12th Jan) |
| Discover the homes and traditions of winters past, present and future (Ends on Sun, 12th Jan) |
| Offering art lovers a fresh perspective on London, its architecture, and geography, Guildhall Art Gallery celebrates the work of artist and specialist wood engraver, Anne Desmet RA (Ends on Sun, 12th Jan) |
| This is the first exhibition to celebrate the animals that found their way into the books and homes of Charles Dickens (Ends on Sun, 12th Jan) |
| A pilot exhibition exploring the rise of Britain’s Y2K lost subculture: Emo (Ends on Wed, 15th Jan) |
| An exhibition exploring the joy, friendship, resistance and art of Black LGBTQIA+ people in Britain (Ends on Sun, 19th Jan) |
| A collaborative exhibition between artist Lina Iris Viktor and the Museum, which will be on view for the second half of 2024 (Ends on Sun, 19th Jan) |
| Be blown away by Van Gogh’s most spectacular paintings in a once-in-a-century exhibition (Ends on Sun, 19th Jan) |
| Claude Monet (1840-1926) is world renowned as the leading figure of French Impressionism, the movement that changed the course of modern art (Ends on Sun, 19th Jan) |
| AS WE RISE: PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE BLACK ATLANTIC is an exhibition of photographs from African Diasporic culture (Ends on Mon, 20th Jan) |
| ADAPTATION, the first major survey of works by contemporary American photographer Anastasia Samoylova (Ends on Mon, 20th Jan) |
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