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Events
Museum Lates at Dr Johnson's House
Thursday 24 September, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14 / 2 For £22. Enjoy sparkling drinks and discover one of London's best-kept secrets!
Craft Afternoon at Dr Johnson's House
Sunday 27 September. 12pm - 4pm. Free with admission. Try your hand at collage, using a beautiful selection of dried flowers and vintage papers.
The Life and Exploits of ‘Faithful Servant Frank'
Tuesday 29 September, 12.30 - 1.45pm. £3.96 (booking required). 'Faithful Frank' lived just off Fleet Street. He is better known as Francis Barber, servant, friend and heir of Samuel Johnson, the creator of the Dictionary of the English Language (1755).
Letter-writing Sunday at Dr Johnson's House
Sunday 4 October. 12pm - 4pm. Free with admission. Try your hand at letter writing in the historic home of Dr Johnson in the heart of the Fleet Street Quarter.
A House for Miss Pauline: Diana McCaulay & Sara Collins in Conversation
Thursday 8 October, 6.30pm - 8pm. £23 / 2 for £40. We are thrilled to welcome 2026 RSL Ondaatje Prize winner Diana McCaulay for a conversation on her brilliant new novel, A House for Miss Pauline.
Dr Johnson's House - Walk & Visit
Wednesday 14 October, 1pm - 3pm. £20. Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the home of its most famous resident writer, Dr Samuel Johnson.
HOAX: Truth & Lies in the Age of Enlightenment
Thursday 22 October, 6.30pm-8pm. £23 / 2 for £40. A ghost. A witch. A princess. Madeleine Pelling's spellbinding history unpicks the stories of three incredible 18th-century hoaxes.
The Life and Exploits of ‘Faithful Servant Frank': Walking Tour
Tuesday 27 October, 12.30 - 2pm. £3.96 (booking required). 'Faithful Frank' lived just off Fleet Street. He is better known as Francis Barber, servant, friend and heir of Samuel Johnson, the creator of the Dictionary of the English Language (1755).
Museum Lates at Dr Johnson's House
Thursday 29 October, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14 / 2 For £22. Enjoy sparkling drinks and discover one of London's best-kept secrets!
Dr Johnson's House - Walk & Visit
Wednesday 11 November. 1pm - 3pm. £20. Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the festively decorated home of Dr Samuel Johnson.
Christmas Lates at Dr Johnson's House
Thursday 19 November, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14/£22 for 2. Step Back in Time this Christmas! Celebrate the magic of Christmas at Dr Johnson’s enchanting historic house!
Christmas Lates at Dr Johnson's House
Thursday 3 December, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14/£22 for 2. Step Back in Time this Christmas! Celebrate the magic of Christmas at Dr Johnson’s enchanting historic house!
Dr Johnson's House - Christmas Walk & Visit
Wednesday 9 December. 1pm - 3pm. £20. Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the festively decorated home of Dr Samuel Johnson.
Christmas Lates at Dr Johnson's House
Tuesday 15 Dec, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14/£22 for 2. Step Back in Time this Christmas! Celebrate the magic of Christmas at Dr Johnson’s enchanting historic house!
Amorous or Loving?: The Highly Peculiar Tale of English and the English
Wednesday 27 January 2027, 6.30pm - 8pm. £27.50. How did a marginal dialect spoken in the late 9th century by 200,000 people become the world’s lingua franca?
Past Events
Dr Johnson's House - Walk & Visit
Wednesday 16 September, 1pm - 3pm. £20. Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the home of its most famous resident writer, Dr Samuel Johnson.
Lo! An Amazon! The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Mary Wollstonecraft
Thursday 17 September, 6.30pm - 8pm. £23/2 For £40. A new graphic biography of the legendary 18th-century feminist philosopher who spoke for the other 'one-half of the human race': womankind.
The Bluestockings - Sunday Talk
Sunday 30 August. 2pm. Free with admission. Hear a talk about first woman’s movement, the Bluestocking Society.
Dr Johnson's House - Walk & Visit
Wednesday 26 August, 1pm - 3pm. £20. Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the home of its most famous resident writer, Dr Samuel Johnson.
An Introduction to 18th Century Costume
Tuesday 25 August, 12.30 - 1.45pm. £3.96 (booking required). A brief outline of the essential features of 18th-century costume, much as Dr Johnson would have known and seen worn around London
Museum Lates at Dr Johnson's House
Thursday 20 August, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14 / 2 FOR £22. Enjoy sparkling drinks and discover one of London's best-kept secrets!
Creative Writing Workshop for Children
Sunday 16 August, 2pm-3pm. Summer Holiday Fun at Dr Johnson's House! Creative Writing Workshop for 5-12 year olds. Free with Admission.
Dr Johnson's House - Walk & Visit
Wednesday 12 August, 1pm - 3pm. £20. Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the home of its most famous resident writer, Dr Samuel Johnson.
Dr Johnson's House - Walk & Visit
Wednesday 29 July, 1pm - 3pm. £20. Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the home of its most famous resident writer, Dr Samuel Johnson.
The Good, The Bad and The Deadly: Medicine in the 18th Century
Tuesday 28 July, 12.30 - 1.45pm. £3.96 (booking required). Medicine, but not as we know it, in the 18th century with Sheelagh James
Museum Lates at Dr Johnson's House
Thursday 23 July, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14 / 2 FOR £22. Enjoy sparkling drinks and discover one of London's best-kept secrets!
Dr Johnson's House - Walk & Visit
Wednesday 15 July, 1pm - 3pm. £20. Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the home of its most famous resident writer, Dr Samuel Johnson.
Lamentable Tales, Merry Gestes and Pleasant Histories
Sunday 12 July. 12pm - 4pm. Free with admission. Family fun! Storyteller and historian Dave Tonge explores the tales that filled Dr Johnson’s London.
A Harmless Drudge and his Dictionary
London Luminaries Spotlight Talks 2026. Online Talk. Thursday 2 July. 7pm - 8pm. £10. This online lecture will explore the life, work and legacy of Dr Samuel Johnson.
Britain & The American Dream
Wednesday 1 July, 6:30 - 8pm. £27.50 / 2 for £42.
As the USA celebrates its 250th birthday, historian Peter Moore explores how the British Enlightenment shaped the idea of The American Dream
Mapping the Gothic: Venice, Asylums, and the Victorian Imagination
Tuesday 30 June, 12.30 - 1.45pm. £3.96 (booking required). Step behind the scenes of Ravenscourt, Dr Samantha Ward-Smith's Victorian Gothic novel, and discover the rich research that shaped its world.
Museum Lates at Dr Johnson's House
Wednesday 17 June, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14 / 2 FOR £22. Enjoy sparkling drinks and discover one of London's best-kept secrets!
Dr Johnson's House - Walk & Visit
Wednesday 10 June, 1pm - 3pm. £20. Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the home of its most famous resident writer, Dr Samuel Johnson.
Death Rituals & Grief: In Conversation with Sofka Zinovieff & Julia Samuel
Wednesday 10 June, 6.30 - 8pm. £27.50. Join us for a fascinating exploration of the relationships that touch us and hurt us most: those with our family.
The New Dark Ages: James Marriott in conversation with Henry Oliver
Wednesday 8 July, 6:30 - 8pm. £27.50. Join Times columnist James Marriott in conversation with Substack writer Henry Oliver for a discussion about the future of literature, literacy, and the fate of the West.
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