| Saturday 15th January |
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| Hear from esteemed Oxford University professors as they explore the fascinating role of symmetry in maths, music, philosophy and beyond. |
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| Sunday 16th 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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| An illustrated talk introducing some of the early women explorers and their films. |
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| Monday 17th January |
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| This lecture explains the law on body part ownership, tracing it from the early legal cases through the body-snatching years of the Victorian period, to the present day. |
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| Tuesday 18th January |
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| Find out about the excavations at Bullecourt, one of the key tank battles in WW1 from archaeologist Alex Sotheran |
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| A night of talks by individuals and groups committed to designing, delivering and providing radical and ambitious social housing. |
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| Wednesday 19th January |
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| This lecture will consider what happens when groups of galaxies interact with one another and what happens when these galaxies collide and merge. |
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| Explore the career of one of Britain's national treasures with cultural historian Adam Endacott. |
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| A talk with two people who worked on the new film, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. |
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| Join Historic Royal Palaces Chief Curator Lucy Worsley for this online event exploring LGBT+ histories of the palaces, unearthing tales of power, politics, gender and sexuality throughout British history. |
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| Phillipa Vincent-Connolly and Tracy Borman delves into the disability during the Tudor era. |
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| Thursday 20th January |
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| A talk about how science, practical conservation and values-based campaigning have not only improved the natural world but provide lessons for success in the future. |
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| Join this talk by Keith Scobie-Youngs, director and co-founder of The Cumbria Clock Company, to find out about the recent conservation of the Great Clock of Westminster. |
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| Join Dr Nicola Tallis as she unmasks the many myths that have attached themselves to Margaret Beaufort |
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| Delve into this magical evening with Nick and explore the secret history of fairy-tales, the people who told them, the landscapes that forged them and the cultures that formed them. |
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| Crossrail’s Head of Learning Legacy will give an overview of the project, talk through the testing and commissioning process, and share how the project’s learnings are being made available to other infrastructure programmes. |
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| This talk will examine the life, career and celebrity of an actress of remarkable, versatile talent. |
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| A talk about some of the many specialist libraries to be found in London. |
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| Friday 21st January |
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| Join Dr Kathleen Sherit as she examines the changing status of women in the armed forces, the challenges they have faced, and the steps that paved the way to the front line. |
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| A talk about Neave Brown, widely regarded as greatest housing architect of the twentieth century in Britain |
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| Come along to this virtual talk and hear acclaimed documentary film-maker Steven C Smith discuss Hitchcock's locations. |
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| Enjoy an evening of songs of the sea from the time of Trafalgar and learn about the popular ditties of patriotism. |
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| Saturday 22nd January |
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| Exhibitions closing shortly |
| The objects, photographs and oral histories on display tell stories of people moving to and living, working, studying and growing up in Hackney, from the 1960s to today. (Ends on Sat, 15th Jan) | | New photographs of The Beatles on the set of the bandʼs first film A HardDayʼs Night by Lord Christopher Thynne(1934– 2017). (Ends on Sat, 15th Jan) | | From designer handbags to despatch boxes, vanity cases to military rucksacks, this exhibition explores our longstanding fascination with the bag. (Ends on Sun, 16th Jan) | | The exhibition invites audiences to consider one of ancient Korea’s most significant, but enigmatic, archaeological sites. (Ends on Sat, 22nd Jan) | | This exhibition explores and celebrates the incredible story of Muriel Gardiner’s life, through family photo albums, unpublished documents and Muriel’s own autobiography. (Ends on Sun, 23rd Jan) | | Rediscover the power and presence of architectural wonders by Le Corbusier, Zaha Hadid RA and others through Hélène Binet’s photographic lens. (Ends on Sun, 23rd Jan) | | An exhibition celebrating Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), one of the most experimental and pioneering artists of the 20th century. (Ends on Sun, 23rd Jan) | | This exhibition celebrates the role of architectural models in shaping the spaces we live in. (Ends on Fri, 28th Jan) | | British artist Tobias Wilkinson documented the daily life of the last British tank soldiers to leave Germany, prior to their homecoming in 2019. (Ends on Fri, 28th Jan) | | In a world-first, a group of rare drawings by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai will go on display at the British Museum. (Ends on Sun, 30th Jan) | | The exhibition brings together over a dozen of the artist’s best male portraits from collections across the world. (Ends on Sun, 30th Jan) | | The first major exhibition to explore the decorative arts and architecture of Young Poland. (Ends on Sun, 30th Jan) | | A selection of the finest prints from Lloyd's collection that reveal his admiration for the Alpine landscape and his interest in Swiss customs and mythology. (Ends on Sun, 30th Jan) | | Lighting up the Museum this winter will be a major light installation by multi award winning lighting designer Jessica Hung Han Yun. (Ends on Mon, 31st Jan) |
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