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| Saturday, 7th March |
| UCL's annual festival of astronomy and particle physics. |
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| Monthly open day at one of London's more curious and delightful museums, devoted to the history of the sewing machine. |
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| Sunday, 8th March |
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| Monday, 9th March |
| Given the press is often accused of overstepping the mark, invading people’s privacy or publishing material that is harmful to the national interest, where might the limits of press freedom lie? |
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| Tuesday, 10th March |
| Hear from senior busines leaders from across the City about why creativity and innovation have never been more important for commercial success. |
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| A new look at Sir Christopher Wren's radical, unrealised plan for the rebuilding of post-Fire London as a Baroque city of wide avenues, piazzas and waterfront quays. |
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| A lecture where Bob Spence will reflect on how predictions by 12 respected engineers in 1995 turned out in 2020. |
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| Panel debate on violence across Africa, Asia and Latin America, the relationship between economic demand, conflict, gender and environmental rights |
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| Join Sir James Hough to discuss gravitational wave detection and how this has led to breakthroughs in astrophysics. |
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| Celebrate the work of avant-garde Krautrock kings Kraftwerk with author Uwe Schütte and music journalist David Stubbs |
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| Are computers truly creative—or are they merely tools to be used by musicians, artists, and writers? |
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| Wednesday, 11th March |
| This lecture will explore how this bloody crisis shaped myths of Japanese cruelty and cults of Catholic sanctity in Europe, while also precipitating the 250-year ‘closing’ of Japan and the intense piety of a small remnant of underground Japanese Christians. |
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| Maya Goodfellow will examine the UK’s hostility toward certain groups of immigrants and unpick anti-immigration narratives to argue for a positive understanding of immigration. |
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| Thursday, 12th March |
| A 1 hour talk for social historians and family historians on how civil records developed during the Industrial Revolution's population explosion. |
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| If you’ve ever experienced the joys of the London commute, sat in traffic on the M25 or worried about the carbon footprint of a summer get away, you may have wondered what the future of transport might deliver. |
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| Why did they agree to make the perilous crossing to a wild and dangerous land, where six out of seven European settlers died within their first few years? And what happened to them in the end? |
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| A talk exploring the life of one of the greatest Victorian magicians of all time who was able to disguise his own flesh. |
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| Monthly architecture tour of the National Theatre, with drinks included. |
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| Historian, broadcaster and author Greg Jenner discusses his new publication Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity. |
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| Friday, 13th March |
| Join historian Rick Stroud as he celebrates the heroines of the Special Operations Executive who fought to free Nazi-occupied Europe. |
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| This talk focuses on the lives of pioneering women of the early-20th century, looking at how their experiences raise questions about equal opportunity. |
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| An in panel discussion with Sophie Aldred, Vinay Patel, Simon Guerrier and Samira Ahmed about the famous TV series. |
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| Saturday, 14th March |
