| Saturday 19th February |
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| Drop in and meet representatives from local museums, historic houses and local history societies find out more about Highgate's history. |
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| Sunday 20th February |
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| Makers’ Day is a free to attend opportunity to see, hear and play violin family instruments and bows. |
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| The event will feature vehicles operating additional routes through the glorious Essex countryside. |
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| In his talk, Femi Fadugba will describe how he infused scientific facts into his debut sci-fi novel, The Upper World, to enhance the emotional impact of the story. |
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| ½ acre garden for year-round interest. Wildlife pond and bog. |
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| Monday 21st February |
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| David Wengrow will discuss his new book The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity. |
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| Does power corrupt or are corrupt people drawn to power? Are tyrants the products of bad systems or are they just bad people? And why do we give power to awful people? |
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| Join Sacha and Sheldon, queer historians and cemetery tour guides, for an online talk exploring Brompton Cemetery and the stories of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and nonheteronormative people buried there. |
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| Tuesday 22nd February |
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| This lunch hour lecture brings together the diverse voices who helped to create the story behind the Tomorrow's Home exhibition. The speakers will reflect on the provocations raised, the lessons learnt and the questions still unanswered. |
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| An online talk demonstrating the close relationship between naval power and state strength in early-modern England and France. |
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| In this webinar, Dagmara Dimitriou will review some of the key research using multimodal designs when considering health status as well as cultural and economic diversity of the society. |
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| Join Amy's father, Mitch Winehouse, and music writer Lucy O’Brien as they discuss the eclectic musical influences behind the iconic sound of Amy Winehouse. |
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| This lecture will look at how and why novelists presented society in differing ways. |
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| As part of a 19th century architects series, this lecture will focus on E. W. Pugin. |
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| Join Matthew Cobb as he explores how every new development in genetic techniques has been rapidly counterbalanced by fears of disaster. |
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| A talk about Edward Welby Pugin, one of the best known and most influential architects working for Roman Catholic patrons. |
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| Wednesday 23rd February |
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| Discover the hidden world of networks of musicians in Georgian London, and how they could help a musician succeed. |
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| This paper explores the dynamics of this debate – in particular the interactions of medical historians and clinicians with on the one hand political and social historians and on the other. |
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| Explore how civil society organisations are responding to the new challenges and examine the forms of solidarity and agency that are emerging. |
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| An evening looking at the physical and social changes of London's Docklands |
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| Explore the word of 1970s folk horror with film historian Diane A Rodgers. |
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| An online presentation of medieval pet keeping which also examines their representation in art and literature. |
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| Thursday 24th February |
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| In this lecture, we will look at his work in some detail, as well as considering his cross-dressing alter ego, Claire, and his fondness for his childhood teddy bear, Alan Measles. |
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| Explore literary approaches to teaching African and African diaspora history with the British Museum Schools team and creative practitioners. |
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| Join curators Dr Neil Wilkin and Dr Jennifer Wexler for an introduction to our new exhibition The world of Stonehenge. |
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| In this talk, historian John Callow explores the remarkable tale of one of the Bideford Witches. |
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| Former director of GCHQ, Professor Sir David Omand will discuss his new book How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence. |
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| Join Jennifer Scott in this talk exploring the special Monet x Frankenthaler display, featuring Claude Monet’s Water Lilies and Agapanthus and Helen Frankenthaler’s Feather. |
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| Friday 25th February |
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| Learn why the British occupied Iceland in WWII. |
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| Join Dick Taylor as he explores how the British cavalry was transformed into a mechanised force between the world wars. |
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| The annual queer takeover of the Queen's House to celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month |
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| Saturday 26th February |
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| Visit one of the oldest collections of rare camellias under glass in Europe. |
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| An exhibition and party of gay history in Earl's Court. |
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