The ianVisits guide to February's unusual events, tours, lectures and exhibitions happening around London.
Saturday 1st February
Monthly open day at one of London's more curious and delightful museums, devoted to the history of the sewing machine.
2pm to 5pm
TootingMore London events on Saturday 1st February
Sunday 2nd February
Monthly opening of the organ collection, with many playing music through the day.
11am to 5pm
A monthly opening of the Victorian museum of industrial testing equipment.
11am to 5pm SouthwarkMore London events on Sunday 2nd February
Monday 3rd February
This lecture will offer a surprising exploration of the wide-ranging consequences of Einstein’s ideas, and how they shape our everyday lives.
1pm to 2pm BarbicanMore London events on Monday 3rd February
Tuesday 4th February
The speaker is a space scientist who has worked on the Webb’s instruments; she will take the audience on a tour of both systems, showing how they can give us an understanding of the life cycle of our universe right back to the Big Bang.
1pm to 2pm BarbicanMore London events on Tuesday 4th February
Wednesday 5th February
This Winter Southwark Cathedral would like to invite all amateur and professional photographers to spend an evening taking photos of the Cathedral lit by candlelight.
7pm to 9pm Southwark
This lecture will ask how these events came to be so notorious, how and why they were remembered on each side, and how they shaped the history of civil conflict and ideas of coexistence and nationhood in the societies that endured them.
6pm to 7pm BarbicanMore London events on Wednesday 5th February
Saturday 8th February
Home to Doorkins Magnificat, Southwark Cathedral are delighted to be hosting this day all about cats.
10am to 5pm Southwark
More London events on Saturday 8th February
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".
1pm to 2pm BarbicanMore London events on Tuesday 11th February
Thursday 13th February
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.
7:30pm to 9pm Farringdon
More London events on Thursday 13th February
Wednesday 19th February
This lecture uses examples from cutting-edge science and medicine to explore the ethical questions which advances in robotics, personalised medicine, transplantation and artificial intelligence pose for doctors, patients and society.
6pm to 7pm BarbicanMore London events on Wednesday 19th February
Thursday 20th February
The lecture discusses the Cato Street plotter identities, motives and impact, and the forgotten fact that their failure ended British revolutionary fantasies for a century.
6pm to 7pm BarbicanMore London events on Thursday 20th February
Sunday 23rd February
Discover the history of the building and climb the 135 stairs for the best view of Hackney.
2pm to 4:30pm Hackney50th anniversary green bus running service centered on the Epping Ongar railway.
All Day North Weald
A monthly open day at a quirky transport museum housed in an old water pumping building.
10am to 4pm Enfield Town
