| Saturday 1st February |
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| The Jubilee line extension and Transport for London are both celebrating their 25th anniversary. In honour of these milestones, TfL is holding a treasure hunt to help you learn more about their stations and network. |
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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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| There are approximately 25,000 'city-killer' asteroids in near-Earth orbit, but we haven’t found them all yet! Even though some are too small for us to find, they’re still capable of large-scale d |
| | | Royal Institution (inc Faraday Museum) |
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| Sunday 2nd February |
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| The annual Chinese New Year parade will take place on Sunday 2nd February, starting from East of Trafalgar Square to Chinatown. |
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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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| Since 1946, clowns have gathered for a church service in full clown costume, to remember the father of clowning Joseph Grimaldi. |
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| What does Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition have in common with the chicken that crossed the road? Or James Baldwin’s campaign for civil rights with the development of AI? Or even Crossrail |
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| Front-line activist Peter Tatchell will provide an inside account of his arrests and detention at Bow Street, including the mass turn-in to defy anti-LGBT+ laws. |
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| Monday 3rd February |
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| In her talk Cany Ash will explore how can we build homes in a way that creates more value on a broader front. |
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| Tuesday 4th February |
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| Ssecondary school students will be selling hand-made soups in Borough Market this lunchtime for charity. |
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| This talk explores his life and work on Charing Cross Road, his unknown ‘city garden’ and the series of life-changing events that led to his relocation to Prospect Cottage, Dungeness. |
| | | Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre |
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| Webb’s Universe: The Space Telescope Images That Reveal Our Cosmic History The Conversation is a series of weekly events talking about conflict and empathy, inequality and power, climate crisis a |
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| Wednesday 5th February |
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| A special series of behind the scenes tours and exclusive curated document displays. |
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| A talk by William Baker, a fashion designer, stylist, theatre director, and photographer, best known for his past work as Creative Director for Kylie Minogue. |
| | | BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Gallery Café |
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| Thursday 6th February |
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| Score an unforgettable evening with ‘The Beautiful Game: Exploring Art, Identity and Football’ at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery’s first Thursday Late of the Year. |
| | | Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery |
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| An evening at the Horniman Museum Late with extended opening times once a month often with music and crafts. |
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| A talk and tour about the various LGBT+ people who have lived at the Charterhouse medieval monastery. |
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| To accompany our exhibition, 'Hidden Histories of Keats House', we take a look at the fragility of life in the 19th century |
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| Take in tales of the scientifically unexpected at the next Imperial Lates, from weird wonders to surprising studies. |
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| Join Anna Smith Spark, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Mike Brooks and Richard Swan as they delve into why fantasy and sci-fi is a genre heavily preoccupied with kings, heroes and great men of power. |
| | | Waterstones Covent Garden |
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| A round table discussion on the ideas and the making of the Museum of the Home's new displays, Rooms Through Time: 1878-2049. |
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| Is black a colour, or simply the absence of light? Join Mohsen Mostafavi and Peter Märkli to explore the colour black in the context of art and architecture. |
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| A panel of garlanded writers of fiction lead us into and around the medieval world, through the medium of fiction that draws deeply on medieval sources. |
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| Friday 7th February |
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| Senior Curator Dr. Hannah Higham explores the history of the Royal Academy’s Michelangelo sculpture: ‘Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist’. |
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| By the mid-19th century, beauty was a booming business in Victorian London |
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| Dr Alex Mayhew discusses the ways that ordinary soldiers on the Western Front viewed the First World War and their place within the conflict. |
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| This talk will look beyond the alleged ‘queen craziness’ of Elizabeth’s female supporters and consider some of the personal, ethical, and political calculations that drove women to actively engage in her coronation, and to support the mid-century monarchy more generally. |
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| Saturday 8th February |
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