| Saturday 4th February |
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| For one week, the interior and outside of St Martin-in-the-Fields will be filled with sound and light as a Son-et-Lumiere covers the walls with colour. |
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| Sunday 5th February |
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| This is an opportunity see the early spring flowers, and hopefully, a fine display of Snowdrops. |
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| Frock Me! returns to Chelsea Old Town Hall where they will be joined by over 60 of the very best dealers in vintage and antique fashion, textiles and accessories. |
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| Monthly open day at a small collection of fairground organs. |
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| Since 1946, clowns have gathered for this service, to remember the father of clowning Joseph Grimaldi. |
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| The talk will review these issues and report on Europe’s longest population study of these animals |
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| Monday 6th February |
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| Tuesday 7th February |
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| This talk by City Guide Jill Finch looks at how different women coped with life in the Square Mile over the years. |
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| Professor Brenda Yeoh FBA joins Professor Simon Goldhill FBA in conversation to discuss the relationship between nation and migration and the implications of the migrant-led diversification of populations and societies. |
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| Join Martin Burton, the founder of the famous Zippo Circus, as he talks us through a lifetime of performance, fire-eating, clowning and much more. |
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| Wednesday 8th February |
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| Explore the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) museum and brand new exhibition 'Unfamiliar' after hours. |
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| A panel discussion about the presence and diverse experiences of Black people in Georgian Britain. |
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| Thursday 9th February |
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| What’s the best way to be remembered in the City? It might be for your genius, for your courage, for your good deeds, or even for commissioning a fancy tomb. |
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| First in a series of three conversations with eminent speakers, historians, and architects on aspects of Christopher Wren’s life and legacy. |
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| Throw in a bar offering cocktails and mocktails, and a DJ set and this is a free evening of science discovery. |
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| Questions about the naturalness or unnaturalness of homosexuality go back a long way. But what does science have to say about homosexuality? |
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| Hear from three former soldiers as they discuss the personal journeys they have been on to rebuild their lives after suffering physical and mental injuries in the line of duty. |
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| Are we alone in the universe or is there extra-terrestrial life out there? A panel discussion to hear what the experts have to say. |
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| Join author Sharon Wright and actress Abigail Halley for some historical hilarity with the true story of the first English woman to fly |
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| Friday 10th February |
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| Daniel Berke recounts the story of his grandfather, a member of the Chindits who was captured by Japanese forces in Burma. |
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| Saturday 11th February |
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| Alan Gartrell will take you around Abney Park Cemetery and detail the missionary history of Abney Park from the good, the bad, and the bizarre. |
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| Exhibitions closing shortly |
| Monthly Saturday opening of an exhibition that uses the collections of Tower Hamlets Archives as a lens through which to explore the borough’s history of producing food. (Ends on Sat, 4th Feb) | | Visit the Woven Cities display to see the brand-new London Woven Crest alongside the crests from Amsterdam and Rome. (Ends on Sun, 5th Feb) | | Luke Jerram returns to the Old Royal Naval College with his incredible artwork Museum of the Moon. (Ends on Sun, 5th Feb) | | The Ward – Revisited marks 30 years since Gideon Mendel photographed John, Andre, Steven and Ian in the AIDS wards at the Middlesex Hospital. (Ends on Sun, 5th Feb) | | Xintong's art has become the result of living between Eastern and Western civilisations, absorbing aspects from both cultures. (Ends on Wed, 8th Feb) | | An exhibition of rare costumes and ephemera. (Ends on Sat, 11th Feb) | | An exhibition exploring the different ways we see and are seen by others. (Ends on Sun, 12th Feb) | | Within utopian and dystopian landscapes, encounter the robots as they experience the best of human emotions: wonder, kindness, empathy, friendship, and love. (Ends on Sun, 12th Feb) | | The first major UK exhibition devoted to pioneering women working in Germany in the early 1900s. (Ends on Sun, 12th Feb) | | He built an empire that stretched across the world. Rode across the sky on a flying chariot. And descended to the bottom of the sea in a glass bell. Or did he? (Ends on Sun, 19th Feb) | | Through some of our country’s most provocative artists, this exhibition presents an alternative perspective on modern Britain. (Ends on Sun, 19th Feb) | | A major exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. (Ends on Sun, 19th Feb) | | For the first time in a century, two ground-breaking paintings by Turner are coming home for a special exhibition. (Ends on Sun, 19th Feb) | | Delve into the dreamlike relationship between Surrealism and design in this century-spanning celebration of surrealist objects of desire. (Ends on Sun, 19th Feb) | | Explore newly uncovered stories of African and Asian children in the care of the eighteenth-century Foundling Hospital. (Ends on Sun, 19th Feb) | | See portraits of the full England football squad and manager by artist Matt Small. (Ends on Sun, 19th Feb) |
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