The ianVisits guide to March's unusual events, tours, lectures and exhibitions happening around London.
Tuesday 1st March
Pancake races through Leadenhall Market, and free pancakes for the spectators.
12pm to 2pm
City of London
Join Uta and Chris as they discuss the neuroscientific research of how to manage your reputation and what good and bad social neuroscience really is.
7pm to 8:30pm
Hanover Square
Join the London Fortean Society for further talks on the strangeness of our home city. The history of Ley lines in London and the mystery of the ghosts of Senate House and more.
7:15pm to 10pm
Southwark
Online events / webinars
This lunch hour lecture will investigate the gender gaps in remaining in employment, being furloughed and pay by using the data from four British nationally representative cohort studies a year into the Covid-19 pandemic.
1pm to 2pm
A virtual tour, exploring the history of the RCN buildings, famous residents – and ghosts – and the creation of a home for nursing.
5:30pm to 6:30pm
This online illustrated local history talk will make comparisons of Dulwich then with Dulwich now.
8pm to 9pm
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Wednesday 2nd March
Online events / webinars
Explore the nexus between different global health challenges including the knock-on effects of COVID-19 on HIV.
10am to 11:15am
With constant scrutiny of its public service remit, multiple new entrants in the market and changes in the way audiences consume content, what’s the future of the BBC? Tim Davie will be in conversation with Minouche Shafik, Director of LSE.
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Meet the author: Dr Caroline Shenton explores how a band of heroic curators and eccentric custodians saved Britain’s national heritage.
7:30pm to 8:30pm
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Thursday 3rd March
£15.50
Hundreds of workshops, demonstrations, fashion exhibitions, textile installations, as well as exhibitors selling specialist craft supplies.
9:30am to 5:30pm
Islington
Silverstone Auctions will be bringing their classic cars to the RAF Museum London to open their Auctions Season.
10am to 5pm
Colindale
At the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Museum Lates you can explore the collections, visit the exhibition and hear from the curatorial team.
5:30pm to 8pm
Camden
£8.00
Visit the St Sepulchre Chapel at St Mary Magdalene’s, currently undergoing conservation, and hear experts and enthusiasts discuss Comper’s work on the chapel.
Starts at 6:30pm
Paddington
Hear about the evolution of military medicine and how far we have come.
7pm to 8pm
Southwark
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Friday 4th March
£15.50
Hundreds of workshops, demonstrations, fashion exhibitions, textile installations, as well as exhibitors selling specialist craft supplies.
9:30am to 5:30pm
Islington
Silverstone Auctions will be bringing their classic cars to the RAF Museum London to open their Auctions Season.
10am to 5pm
Colindale
Join Sukwinder Bassi as he explores the First World War through the eyes of Sikh soldiers and civilians.
Starts at 12pm
Chelsea
There will be a lantern parade through Rotherhithe and Bermondsey leaving from two locations and arriving at Southwark Park.
Starts at 5:30pm
£20.00
An exclusive evening tour filled with dark stories of death and spooky happenings!
Starts at 5:30pm
Poplar
Online events / webinars
In this online event, hear from the UCL research team behind the City of Women London interactive map, and find out how the East London Federation of Suffragettes helped shape London’s past and present, ahead of the map's launch on International
11am to 12pm
Join Helen Carr and Suzannah Lipscomb in conversation about their latest book, What is History, Now?
2pm to 3pm
A talk about the pioneering composer whose scores for Bogart, Bette Davis and others paved the way for modern film music.
6:30pm to 7:30pm
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Saturday 5th March
£15.50
Hundreds of workshops, demonstrations, fashion exhibitions, textile installations, as well as exhibitors selling specialist craft supplies.
9:30am to 5:30pm
Islington
Visit one of the oldest collections of rare camellias under glass in Europe.
10am to 12pm
Chiswick
Silverstone Auctions will be bringing their classic cars to the RAF Museum London to open their Auctions Season.
10am to 5pm
Colindale
Monthly open day at one of London's more curious and delightful museums, devoted to the history of the sewing machine.
2pm to 5pm
Tooting
A talk on how and why the tea plant has had such an impact on our senses and culture from East to West.
3pm to 4:30pm
Chiswick
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Sunday 6th March
£15.50
Hundreds of workshops, demonstrations, fashion exhibitions, textile installations, as well as exhibitors selling specialist craft supplies.
9:30am to 3pm
Islington
Visit one of the oldest collections of rare camellias under glass in Europe.
10am to 3pm
Chiswick
Silverstone Auctions will be bringing their classic cars to the RAF Museum London to open their Auctions Season.
10am to 5pm
Colindale
Better than half price entry to the Painted Hall on the first Sunday of the month.
10am to 5pm
Greenwich
Monthly open day at the museum to London's first international airport - in Croydon.
10am to 4pm
Croydon
Shire Horses will be harrowing the cross country course, and you can see them at work.
10:30am to 4pm
Hampstead
Visit 100 dealers in vintage and antique fashion, textiles, accessories and jewellery across two floors.
11am to 5:30pm
Kensington
Meet the curators behind the current exhibition, as you take a tour through life in the 1920s and discover some surprising stories.
11:30am to 12pm
Richmond
The tour focuses on Abney Park's uniqueness – from its diverse permanent residents to the striking funerary architecture, as well as its historic dual function as both burial ground and arboretum since it opened in 1840.
2pm to 3:30pm
Stoke Newington
Audaciously reshuffling epic Greek mythology, Ben Haggarty brings to the stage a fierce tale of a remarkable virgin hunter and devotee of Artemis who doesn’t want to have anything to do with men.
2:30pm to 3:45pm
Russell Square
Cara Hamilton peels back the skin of history to reveal the story and bring it to life with a mix of talk and performance.
7pm to 8:15pm
Southwark
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Monday 7th March
Online events / webinars
Explore the data on the pandemic, as well as leading misconceptions about the virus and the vaccine.
4pm to 5pm
In this wide-ranging history, Professor Penelope J Corfield will explore every aspect of Georgian life, including politics and empire, culture and society, love and violence, religion and science, industry and towns.
6:30pm to 7:30pm
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Tuesday 8th March
Chantal will discuss her life in chocolate and the journey she has been on so far and the changes she is making in the chocolate world.
6pm to 7:30pm
Southwark
Online events / webinars
From Queens to pickpockets, petticoat deulists to protesters, this historical walk will explore the hidden stories of woman in the park from it
Starts at 12pm
This lecture will explain how artists manipulate colour, form, composition and subject matter to engage our emotional, intellectual and psychological participation in their work.
2pm to 3pm
Bryan Boese will talk on what was for centuries one of the main national commercial centres and London thoroughfares.
6:30pm to 8pm
A talk about how the locations of London's civil war fortifications may be wrong.
6:30pm to 7:30pm
£7.00
Christopher Joll will explore some of the spoils of war seized by British troops during the Georgian period.
6:30pm to :
For International Women’s Day, join the team at Brompton Cemetery as they pay homage to the cemetery’s often overlooked permanent residents.
Starts at 6:30pm
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Wednesday 9th March
Online events / webinars
Professor Seyla Benhabib joins Simon Goldhill to discuss the work of these two major female political theorists and examine their interrelationship.
5pm to 6pm
To mark 100 years since the first use of insulin to treat diabetes, find out about the history of diabetes care, from 1922 to the present day.
5:30pm to 7pm
Discover the genius work of William Burges who designed churches, castles, bridges and much more.
7pm to 10pm
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Thursday 10th March
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Friday 11th March
Join Ewan Carmichael as he tells the story of the Battle of Minden, gauging its significance within the Seven Years War.
Starts at 12pm
Chelsea
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Saturday 12th March
£5.00
Join designers, makers and coveted interiors brands at a Yard Sale, supporting London's homeless women and families.
10am to 4pm
Bethnal Green
Come and explore this beautiful nature reserve which is usually closed to the public.
10:30am to 3:30pm
Brockley
Free
Join Grrrl Zine Fair for an all-dayer zine fair, with workshops, talks and live music.
12pm to 6pm
Stoke Newington
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6pm to 7:15pm
Hanover Square
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Sunday 13th March
£10.00
A sales display of modernist and contemporary furniture.
10am to 4pm
Dulwich
A parade from Green Park to Trafalgar Square, followed by events in the Square.
12pm to 6pm
Trafalgar Square
Free
The annual oration at Karl Marx's grave at Highgate Cemetery.
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Highgate
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Monday 14th March
Join oceanographer and renowned explorer Captain Don Walsh, undersea explorer Victor Vescovo and submarine engineer Patrick Lahey, as they recount their experiences of diving to the deepest points on Earth.
7pm to 8:30pm
Hanover Square
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Tuesday 15th March
This panel provides an opportunity to reflect on how a museum can collect, present and activate dance history.
6:30pm to 8pm
Southwark
Online events / webinars
Explore how and why do public attitudes toward the EU and Europe differ across the continent?
4:30pm to 6pm
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Wednesday 16th March
Join Andrew Steele as he discusses what happens as we age, practical ways we can help slow down the process and the research being carried out today.
7pm to 8:30pm
Hanover Square
Online events / webinars
Bartlett alumna Sherin Aminossehe walks us through her experience in the built environment and the changes that need to be made for gender equality.
1pm to 2pm
Join Dr Nicholas Cullinan as he talks about the redevelopment of the historical building, the redisplay of the Collection and the national programme of activity, and the future of the NPG.
5pm to 6pm
This panel brings together scientists from across the world to discuss the topic of de-extinction and how far the field of genetics has grown.
6pm to :
Free
This event will see Tomila Lankina discuss her new book on the long shadow of inequalities in Russia.
6:30pm to 8pm
Andrew Steele discusses the research into how ageing is not inevitable.
7pm to 8:30pm
McCorristine will explore why some criminal corpses are marked out as particularly heinous and deserving of post-mortem punishment.
7pm to :
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Thursday 17th March
Online events / webinars
Join senior Lowri Jones for a virtual talk about our exhibition RCP Unseen and explore the history of medicine like you've never seen it before.
12pm to 1pm
This paper considers how the railway was perceived by Indian travel writers as complexly implicated in the imperial mission.
5:30pm to 7pm
This talk marks the centenary of former Suffragette Viscountess Rhondda's case seeking admission to the House of Lords.
6pm to :
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Friday 18th March
Join Professor Stephen Conway as he explores what daily life was like for the average British soldier in the 18th century.
Starts at 12pm
Chelsea
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Saturday 19th March
There will be a vintage bus running along TfL bus route 42 between Muswell Hill and Islington Angel, fundraising for Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day.
9am to 4pm
Expect 40 working layouts hand-picked by the Model Railway Club, plus over 100 traders.
9:30am to 5pm
Wood Green
£16.00
Kempton Steam Museum and the London Museum of Water & Steam will both have steam engines running this weekend.
10:30am to 4pm
Feltham
A handmade products fair being held in an arch underneath Waterloo station.
11am to 5pm
Southwark
From penny dreadfuls to psychic investigations, Clive Bloom will interrogate the attraction of Gothic London.
Starts at 2pm
Southwark
Sue Sanders will talk here about her experience of campaigning for LGBT+ rights over the last 40 years.
Starts at 3pm
Barbican
Writer A J West will discuss his own research into a sceptics research into these phenomena.
Starts at 4pm
Southwark
In this show Jeremy and Carolyn Brooker will use their authentic Triunial Magic Lantern, combining three projectors in a single device, to create a fast-moving show featuring the most spectacular effects the lantern can produce.
Starts at 7:30pm
Southwark
Online events / webinars
An afternoon of experiencing and learning about the origins, stories and ceremonies surrounding tea.
3pm to :
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Sunday 20th March
Expect 40 working layouts hand-picked by the Model Railway Club, plus over 100 traders.
9:30am to 4:30pm
Wood Green
£16.00
Kempton Steam Museum and the London Museum of Water & Steam will both have steam engines running this weekend.
10:30am to 4pm
Feltham
£1.00
Come hunt for personal treasures, rummage for bargains, and refresh your living space with unique finds from a hall of salvaged olde things.
11am to 6pm
Stoke Newington
£2.00
The London Gaming Market is a place to buy retro video-games, board games and merchandise all in one place
11am to 4pm
Euston
In this illustrated talk, author Roger Luckhurst will trace the path across the decades of this distinctive strand of the Gothic ethos.
Starts at 4pm
Southwark
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Monday 21st March
This lecture will discuss the uneasy interplay between the concept of the rule of law and the enforcement of segregation legislation
6pm to 7pm
Holborn
Online events / webinars
History & Policy is organising a special online seminar on Russian foreign policy towards Ukraine in historical perspective.
12:30pm to 2pm
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Tuesday 22nd March
Modern humans evolved in Africa and successfully colonised the globe only in the last 100,000 years or so, a feat made possible by cultural and genetic adaptation.
6pm to 7pm
Holborn
How do historians assess a long and intricate period of history, like that known by the label of Georgian Britain?
Starts at 6:30pm
Tottenham Court Road
Join the debate about the future of ageing in the latest session in the Designing for Your Future Self talks series, curated by Design Age Institute.
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Kensington
Online events / webinars
A talk about reports that performances of Shakespeare's plays occurred on East India Company ships.
5:15pm to 6:45pm
Victoria Schofield explains why Field Marshal Earl Wavell was chosen as Viceroy of India, a position he held from 1943-47 during the critical years of the negotiations leading up to India and Pakistan's independence.
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Explore recent developments in British foreign policy.
6:30pm to 8pm
This event explores the extraordinary career and legacy of electronic music pioneer, Wendy Carlos on the 50th anniversary of A Clockwork Orange.
7:30pm to 8:45pm
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Wednesday 23rd March
Dr Gemma Bowsher will contextualise the role of the RAF within global health through the history of the RAF Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine.
6pm to 8pm
Picadilly
Journey into the brain with an evening of head-bending science, from psychedelic medicine to how our online lives affect our mental health.
6pm to 9pm
South Kensington
Dr Nicola Tallis will explore the life of Lady Margaret Beaufort, an independent and vibrant character who would risk everything to become queen in all but name.
Starts at 6pm
Picadilly
John Grindrod and Catherine Croft, Director of the Twentieth Century Society will be discussing John's new release ICONICON: A Journey Around the Landmark Buildings of Contemporary Britain.
Starts at 6:30pm
Picadilly
Online events / webinars
A lecture about controlling infections through touch and air.
6pm to 7pm
Join Leonard Mlodinow as he discusses extraordinary advances in psychology and neuroscience that have proven that emotions are as critical to our wellbeing as thinking.
7pm to 8:30pm
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Thursday 24th March
Join us for this in-conversation event in which Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief of The Economist, will be joining Andrés Velasco, Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy, to discuss the future of liberalism.
6pm to 7:30pm
Holborn
This talk looks at the history of medical interventions into the case of victims of sexual assault in Britain from the 1830s.
7pm to 8pm
Southwark
Two of Ireland’s finest writers, Anne Enright and Eimear McBride come together to share thoughts and feelings on the great modernist masterpiece of literature, James Joyce’s Ulysses
7pm to 8:30pm
Camden
Mudlarking, Criminal Queens and the deep City. An evening of short films and talks where we reweird London.
7pm to 10pm
New Cross
£8.00
Two speakers explore the musical and theatrical legacy of two of the most famous of the River Thames islands.
Starts at 7pm
Clerkenwell
Online events / webinars
This event brings together a high-profile panel of international central banks and supervisors to discuss the implications of biodiversity loss for their operations and next steps.
1pm to 2:30pm
An overview of the capital’s many fascinating customs and observances.
2pm to 3pm
Explore what the future of Europe’s defence and security landscape look at this LSE IDEAS event.
5pm to 6:30pm
What can ancient DNA tell us about how people lived in the time of Stonehenge?
5:30pm to 6:30pm
This paper examines the gender aspects of sweets-making in early modern Spain, in a period when sugar was becoming a more available and affordable commodity in Europe.
5:30pm to 7pm
Historian Dr Susan Williams will be discussing Lady Lucy Baldwin’s campaign to improve women’s care during childbirth.
6pm to :
A talk about the original London Charterhouse – before it was repurposed as a Tudor mansion, and then a school and almshouse.
7pm to 8pm
A panel discussion with Selma James, founder of the WFH Campaign which co-ordinates the Global Women’s Strike (GWS), and Margaret Prescod, co-founder of Black Women for WFH and co-ordinator of Women of Colour GWS.
7pm to 9pm
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Friday 25th March
£10.00
An all-day event exploring the prominent and controversial figure of the clown between tradition and innovations.
9:45am to 4pm
Euston
Join Professor Holly Furneaux as she explores the truces that took place during the Siege of Mafeking and considers their impact on British-Boer relations.
Starts at 12pm
Chelsea
A special evening of gaming, inspired by science and the natural world, Lates: Playful by Nature.
6pm to 9:30pm
South Kensington
Explore the romantic and glamorous world of roses in fashion at this Up Late evening at the Gardem Museum.
6pm to 9pm
Southwark
£10.00
Tate Modern opens its doors overnight for an exclusive event exploring the dreamlike world of Surrealism
Starts at 10pm
Southwark
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Saturday 26th March
A running day recreating bus route 101 in East London with RTs and Routemasters.
10am to 5pm
Free
Watch around 400 crews row up the Thames from Mortlake to Putney - one of the largest river races on the Thames.
10am to 1:30pm
An open day at the theatre for the public to access areas in the building, and to see special content from behind-the-scenes.
10am to 4pm
Sloane Square
A demonstration of Victorian medical surgery in an old operating theatre.
Starts at 10am
Southwark
Visitors will have a chance to learn about 87 Hackford Road and its most famous tenant through a guided tour which includes a short walk to set the context and a longer tour of the house itself
Starts at 10am
Stockwell
A chance to visit the Hermitage barge moorings close to Tower Bridge and tour some of the boats.
11am to 4pm
Wapping
Maker's Fair showcasing local artists, crafters and creatives from East London
11am to 3:30pm
Bethnal Green
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Sunday 27th March
Visitors will have a chance to learn about 87 Hackford Road and its most famous tenant through a guided tour which includes a short walk to set the context and a longer tour of the house itself
Starts at 10am
Stockwell
£19.95
From the oldest to the newest, this year’s event will see some of the earliest examples nestling among hundreds of Minis and their variations including vans and pickups.
10am to 5pm
Weybridge
A chance to visit the Hermitage barge moorings close to Tower Bridge and tour some of the boats.
11am to 4pm
Wapping
Once a month, the oldest building in Hackney, St Augustine's Tower is open, so you can climb up to the top.
2pm to 4:30pm
Hackney
See items from the first decade of the Wages for Housework Campaign.
2pm to 5pm
City of London
A secluded, south facing, cottage style garden, developed over 30 yrs for year-round interest and is at its best in spring.
2pm to 4:30pm
Woodford Green
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Monday 28th March
Science fiction’s most frequent alternative to human is 'alien', another rich imaginative resource with which to think about what makes us human.
6pm to 7pm
Holborn
The evening will also feature an exclusive guided walk through the wetlands to view the night sky.
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Tottenham
Rob Percival, an expert in the politics of meat, searches for the evolutionary origins of the meat paradox, asking when our relationship with meat first became emotionally and ethically complicated.
7:30pm to 9pm
Holborn
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Tuesday 29th March
This lecture will give a practical guide to building viral science stories to bring about environmental change.
6pm to 7pm
Holborn
Join Saltzman Prize winner Mac Collins in conversation with designer Sam Hecht of Industrial Facility.
6:30pm to 8pm
Kensington
Join guests including her close friend, the actor Simon Callow and theatrical agent Mel Kenyon as we celebrate the life and work of perhaps the greatest theatre agent ever to have lived.
7pm to 8:30pm
Camden
A talk with landscape architect Marian Boswall to celebrate the launch of her new book Sustainable Garden.
7pm to 8pm
Southwark
Online events / webinars
A talk about the National Horological Collection comprising some of the best clocks and timepieces ever made.
2pm to 3pm
Fashion stylist Kat Farmer discusses her new book and shares her experience of how fashion helped her to rediscover her confidence.
6pm to 7:30pm
Dr Frances Sands, curator of Hidden Masterpieces, will consider the different types of architectural drawings found at Sir John Soane’s Museum.
6:30pm to 7:30pm
A talk about two famous houses at opposite ends of Philip Webb’s career that are now owned by the National Trust.
7pm to 8:30pm
£5.75
Few nineteenth-century Edinburgh architects demonstrated such a plurality of style, from Scottish Baronial to French Château to Neo-classicism to Baroque, as did David Bryce.
7pm to 9pm
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Wednesday 30th March
Free
A talk about the hunt for exo-planets outside our Solar System.
6pm to 7pm
Barbican
Free
A special after-hours extravaganza inspired by free exhibition, Ancient Greeks: Science and Wisdom.
6:15pm to 10pm
South Kensington
Join Giles Whittell in conversation with Dr Glyn Prysor for the launch of his new book, which recounts the story of Operation Chariot.
6:30pm to 3pm
Chelsea
How is artificial intelligence and robotics transforming the future of love and desire?
7pm to 8:30pm
Hanover Square
Kate Clements, Curator of new Second World War Galleries at Imperial War Museum will give a talk on the hidden stories of women in WWII
7pm to 8pm
West Brompton
The screening is accompanied by a discussion between a panel of renowned classicists who will discuss the importance of mythology to Ancient Greek culture.
7:30pm to 10pm
South Kensington
Online events / webinars
A talk exploring the working class history of the docks and life working on the docks today.
12pm to :
Is 'plant intelligence' about whether plants can see, hear, choose and make decisions, or a rethink about the meaning of all these words?
12:30pm to 1:30pm
An online lecture highlighting the lesser-known aspects of chadō (or chanoyu), the Japanese Way of Tea.
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Chief Curator Lucy Worsley is joined by former Historic Royal Palaces curator Eleri Lynn to explore the dazzling world of Tudor fashion.
7pm to :
Did you know that Henry VIII once had a mansion in Hackney where he reconciled with his daughter Mary? Find out this and more in this talk.
7pm to 8pm
Dress historian Amber Butchart looks at radical fashion changes in the 1920s
7:30pm to 8:30pm
Dress historian Amber Butchart looks at radical fashion changes in the 1920s
7:30pm to 8:30pm
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Thursday 31st March
£24.00
Four days of events about coffee with lots of different things happening throughout the weekend.
10am to 5pm
Whitechapel
Sturgis will discuss the life and downfall of Oscar Wilde and gives a fresh look into the characters, social context and events that shaped Wilde’s life.
Starts at 7pm
Covent Garden
