The ianVisits guide to February's unusual events, tours, lectures and exhibitions happening around London.
Sunday 1st February
£12.50
Whispers of advertising past are the focus of this walking tour through Stoke Newington,
1:20pm to 3:30pm
Stoke Newington
An annual gathering of circus clowns in East London, near the clown museum, for a church service.
Starts at 3pm
Hackney
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Monday 2nd February
1am to 1am
Holborn
9:30am to 5pm
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Tuesday 3rd February
Free
1:15pm to 1:55pm
A panel share insights on China’s forgotten contribution to WWI.
Starts at 6:30pm
Free
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
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Wednesday 4th February
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Free
Starts at 1pm
Barbican
6:30pm to 8pm
Muswell Hill
Free
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
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Thursday 5th February
£5.95
Join the Thames Discovery Programme for an evening lecture to introduce the London’s Lost Waterway project .
6pm to 7:30pm
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Friday 6th February
6:30pm to 8:30pm
South Kensington
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Saturday 7th February
£7.88
Tour the art of archaeological erotica, from cheeky Venus figurines to explicit furnishings of Victorian gentlemen’s clubs.
Starts at 11am
All are welcome at this river, and riverbank, clean-up along Brookmill Park.
Starts at 11am
Deptford
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Sunday 8th February
A collection of Fairground Organs on display and performing for the audience.
11am to 5pm
Amersham
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Monday 9th February
6pm to 7:30pm
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Tuesday 10th February
1:15pm to 1:55pm
Starts at 6pm
Barbican
A talk about the restoration of Pugin's private gothic home in Ramsgate.
Starts at 6:30pm
Clerkenwell
6:30pm to 7:30pm
A talk and Q&A with George Monbiot chaired by Zac Goldsmith MP.
7pm to 9pm
Richmond
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Wednesday 11th February
Starts at 6pm
Barbican
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
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Thursday 12th February
Alison O’Donnell explores the history of the Scottish Women’s Hospitals.
4pm to 6pm
Gary Powell examines this extraordinary case.
6pm to 8pm
6pm to 6:30pm
Clerkenwell
6:30pm to 8:30pm
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Friday 13th February
6:30pm to 8pm
Camden
6:30pm to 7:30pm
South Kensington
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Saturday 14th February
An open weekend at the Lee Valley farm near Waltham Abbey.
10am to 5pm
Waltham Abbey
Free
From terrible crimes to gruesome legends, London has long been to the backdrop to horrifying tales which quickly take root in popular imagination.
1pm to 2pm
Free
7:30pm to 9pm
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Sunday 15th February
An open weekend at the Lee Valley farm near Waltham Abbey.
10am to 5pm
Waltham Abbey
Free
No idea why, but around 1,000 balloons will be released next to the Oxo Tower.
12:15pm to 1:45pm
Southwark
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Monday 16th February
Starts at 6pm
Holborn
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
Join Silvia Paracchini for an exploration of the genetic factors that affect handedness.
6:30pm to 8pm
Starts at 7pm
South Kensington
7pm to 8pm
Holborn
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Tuesday 17th February
Free
Starts at 1pm
Barbican
6:30pm to 8pm
Camden
6:30pm to 7:30pm
6:30pm to 7:30pm
New Southgate
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Wednesday 18th February
9:30am to 6pm
This installation of anatomical hearts will be in the museum throughout February, with only a few opportunities to view.
Starts at 6:30pm
Barbican
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
A presentation on the history of The Royal Vauxhall Tavern (RVT) - London's oldest surviving gay venue.
7pm to 8pm
South Lambeth
A talk about the plans to restore the Caledonian Park Clock Tower.
7:30pm to 9pm
Islington
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Thursday 19th February
Enjoy an evening of hands-on activities by Imperial's researchers and student societies,
5pm to 8pm
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
Free
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Forest Gate
A talk about the attitudes to burial in the years leading up to the birth of the Garden Cemetery movement.
Starts at 7:30pm
Highgate
Churchill's cigars, a zeppelin airship and Siegfried Sassoon's letters are among the 100 objects used to examine some unfamiliar facts about WW1.
8pm to 9:30pm
St James
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Friday 20th February
A chance to buy colourful spring plants and learn about one of our favourite vegetables at the RHS London Plant and Potato Fair
10am to 5pm
Pimlico
6:30pm to 8pm
Camden
A selection of short films, including some from the London Short Film Festival, and have the opportunity to meet some of the filmmakers.
Starts at 6:30pm
Southwark
Starts at 6:30pm
South Kensington
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Saturday 21st February
An exhibition criticizing plans to redevelop the historic Spitalfields area.
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A chance to buy colourful spring plants and learn about one of our favourite vegetables at the RHS London Plant and Potato Fair
10am to 5pm
Pimlico
Starts at 10am
Ham
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Sunday 22nd February
An exhibition criticizing plans to redevelop the historic Spitalfields area.
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There’ll be floats, Chinese lion and dragon teams and more.
10am to 6pm
Starts at 10:30am
Kensington
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Monday 23rd February
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Tuesday 24th February
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Holborn
A series of short presentations on the passion and purpose of public interest design.
Starts at 6:30pm
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Wednesday 25th February
1am to 6:30pm
Holborn
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Thursday 26th February
Starts at 6pm
Barbican
Imperial College's Dr Mirko Kovac will speak about his research on the design, fabrication and testing of next-generation flying robots.
Starts at 6:30pm
A talk about the lack of improbability in our lives.
7:45pm to 10pm
City of London
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Friday 27th February
Starts at 12am
South Kensington
1am to 1:30pm
Holborn
A talk about the future of the brutalist skyscraper next to Hyde Park.
Starts at 8:30am
A museum in the studio home of sculptor Dora Gordine and her husband the Hon. Richard Hare.
11am to 5pm
Putney
Monthly open evening at the Bayfordbury Observatory telescopes.
11am to 12pm
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Saturday 28th February
Join a tour with our volunteer guides to discover fascinating and beautiful carnivorous plants, bromeliads, orchids and cacti.
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An exhibition criticizing plans to redevelop the historic Spitalfields area.
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Reel Islington Film Festival 2015 brings films on the theme of Urbanscapes: City Dreams to Holloway Road and the people of Islington,
All Day
Holloway
1am to 6:30pm
Holborn
A note that a steam train will pass through South London on a loop -- something look out for on the sidelines.
Starts at 12pm
