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| Saturday, 8th February |
| Home to Doorkins Magnificat, Southwark Cathedral are delighted to be hosting this day all about cats. |
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| Hear about Anita's feisty, challenging and sometimes fiendishly clever, but always wonderful mogs, as well as their eccentric owners. Battle lines are drawn daily, usually involving claws and teeth! |
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| Sunday, 9th February |
| Harmful practices due to belief in witchcraft have seen a huge increase in the past six years both globally and in the UK and Kirsty Brimelow QC and author and campaigner Syd Moore have joined forces to expose this phenomenon. |
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| Monday, 10th February |
| A lecture exploring what – in light of the 2019 General Election – both the new Government and the railway industry needs to do on the challenges facing UK rail. |
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| Discover the remarkable scientific artefacts and stories housed in its extensive, world-class archives |
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| Tuesday, 11th February |
| This lecture looks at the mythology that has gathered around the Golden Ratio, and also consider the fairness of cake-cutting, and changing choices in "the Monty Hall problem". |
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| In his talk, Andy Mitchell CBE, Chief Executive Officer at Thames Tideway Tunnel will outline the background to the Thames Tideway Tunnel project. |
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| Following a full screening of The Death of Stalin, director Armando Iannucci will take part in a Q&A based on politics in film and TV. |
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| A series of lectures exploring the imaginative conservation and reuse of historic buildings |
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| An "in conversation" with the leading human rights lawyer, Cherie Blair CBE QC |
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| Join best-selling author, historian and broadcaster Tracy Borman as she gives a lecture on ‘Henry VIII and the men who made him’. |
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| An illustrated talk taking you through the railways which defined and served the Crystal Palace. |
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| Wednesday, 12th February |
| Maria Charalambides, a Professor in Mechanics of Materials will discuss her varied research career and how it has recently moved into tackling the plastic pollution crisis affecting our land and sea. |
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| Make your own medical romance cover, play surgical Top Trumps, join a mystery treasure hunt, and hear short talks on the often surprising history of emotions in surgical care. |
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| A special edition of BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking explores how visions of a better future are realised through architecture and design. |
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| Join circadian neuroscientist, Russell Foster as he explains what we know about sleep, how it is measured, how it affects us, and what are the causes and consequences to our health of poor quality or lack of sleep. |
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| Thursday, 13th February |
| Daniel Kowalsky, one of the principal international experts on the subject, examines the controversial role of the Soviet Union in the Spanish Civil War in the light of the opening of Russian archives. |
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| Ever wondered what the future of transport might hold? Well, now is your chance to navigate the twists and turns of travel with Imperial experts... |
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| Explore the orchid festival after dark in these evening events taking you into the world of Kew and Indonesia. |
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| Take a peek behind the scenes this Valentine's with HistFest at the Museum of London's Archaeological Archive |
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| In October 1726, Mary Toft was found to have given birth to 17 rabbits in Godalming, Surrey, or did she? |
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| A talk about historic crimes such as The Great Train Robbery and the techniques used to bring the criminals to justice and how modern resources could have resulted in a faster result. |
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| The ‘Dark Side of Jewellery’ is, of course, funerary jewellery, which played such a big part in the Victorians’ social attitude to death, funerals and mourning. |
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| An evening of William Feaver discussing the first part of his biography of Lucian Freud. |
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| This talk will trace the myth around the oceans & look at different varieties of Mer-folk & their encounters with humans. |
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| Friday, 14th February |
| Using survivors' own accounts, Terry Brighton gives voice to the men who rode down the 'Valley of Death' at Balaklava with the Light Brigade. |
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| Explore the orchid festival after dark in these evening events taking you into the world of Kew and Indonesia. |
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| Expect live music, DJs, drinks, film projections and exclusive access to parts of the house usually closed to the public. |
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| Saturday, 15th February |
| Join a guide to explore the many architectural surprises at the Charterhouse. |
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| A documentary film which recounts the lives of passengers travelling on the longest rail route in the world - the Trans-Siberian Railway. |
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