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The Parlour at Dr Johnson's House with candelabra and glass of sparkling wine

Museum Lates at Dr Johnson's House

Thursday 19 Feb, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14 / 2 FOR £22. Warm up your February evening with a Museum Late at one of London’s best-kept secrets!

Dr Johnson's House - Walk & Visit

Wednesday 11 February, 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.

A flat-lay arrangement on pale textured paper showing a white quill pen dipped in black ink, an open ink bottle with ink splashes, and a small purple flower with green leaves beside folded writing paper.

Letter Writing Sunday at Dr Johnson's House

Sunday 8 February. 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.

War-time tea with the Curator in the Parlour at Dr Johnson's House

Coffee Morning at Dr Johnson's House

Thursday 29 January, 10 - 11am. £15/2 for £26. Enjoy Coffee with the Curator at Dr Johnson's House. Hear the story of the life and work of one of England's greatest literary figures over a coffee and pastry!

Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare on the riverside at Hampton

David Garrick: His Life, His Times and His Temple

Tuesday 27 January, 12.30 - 1.45pm. £3.96 (booking required). Join us for a talk on David Garrick, friend, pupil, and travelling companion of Dr Samuel Johnson.

Museum Lates at Dr Johnson's House

Thursday 22 Jan, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14 / 2 FOR £22. Shake off the January blues with an evening visit to one of London’s best-kept secrets!

A bronze statue of Samuel Johnson on a stone plinth in front of an old stone church, with trees and city buildings in the background.

Dr Johnson's House - Walk & Visit

Wednesday 14 January. 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 - Christmas Walk & Visit

Wednesday 10 December. 1pm - 3pm. £20. Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the festively decorated home of Dr Samuel Johnson.

A framed portrait of Dr Samuel Johnson hangs on a wood-panelled wall, lit warmly from above. Below it, a festive garland decorated with red ribbons, gold baubles, small glowing candles and plush cat toy, sit along a mantelpiece.

Festive FSQ: Dr Johnson's House Lecture Festive Special

Tuesday 9 December, 2.30 - 3.45pm. £3.96 (booking required). Join us for a whirlwind tour of Georgian Christmas traditions and celebrations at Dr Johnson's House!

Christmas wreath with red baubles on a dark door with knocker.

Christmas Lates at Dr Johnson's House

Thursday 4 Dec, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14. Step Back in Time this Christmas! Celebrate the magic of Christmas at Dr Johnson’s enchanting historic house!

A trompe-l’oeil painting showing letters, newspapers, a quill, a sealing wax stick, a comb, and other small objects tucked behind three horizontal leather straps on a wooden board, creating the illusion of real papers and tools pinned to a surface.

Polishing the Pebble: Dr Johnson & the Art of 18th-Century Letter Writing

Tuesday 25 November, 12.30 - 1.45pm. £3.96 (booking required). Learn about Johnson's views on letter writing and why he felt it to be an important branch of literature!

Christmas Lates at Dr Johnson's House

Thursday 20 Nov, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14. 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 12 November. 1pm - 3pm. £20. Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the festively decorated home of Dr Samuel Johnson.

An 18th-century satirical print showing a soldier arm-in-arm with two fashionably dressed women on a street at night. A boy tugs at the soldier’s coat, while another man lurks behind. A woman leans from a window above a doorway marked “WINES,” smiling knowingly. Titled An Evening’s Invitation; with a Wink from the Bagnio.

Gentlemen’s Relish: Prostitution in the Georgian Era

Tuesday 28 October, 12.30 - 1.30pm. £3.96 (booking required). Explore prostitution in Georgian Britain - a tale of winners and losers, humour and despair.

Museum Lates at Dr Johnson's House

Thursday 23 Oct, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14 / 2 FOR £20. Step back in time to 1700s London with an evening visit home of Dr Johnson, who famously said, '...when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life'.

Amorous or Loving?: The Highly Peculiar Tale of English and the English

Wednesday 15 October, 6 - 8pm. £22.50. Hear Sir Rupert Gavin chart English’s extraordinary path to becoming the most global language today spoken by 1.6 billion all over the world.

Dr Johnson's House - Walk & Visit

Wednesday 15 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.

Gin & Georgian London: A Spirited Evening

Thursday 9 October, 6pm - 8pm. £29.95. Enjoy gin, history, and tasting at Dr Johnson’s House!

A late 19th-century painting of Fleet Street by Ernest George (1886), showing narrow gabled buildings with overhanging upper floors. Signs for newspapers and periodicals, including News of the World and The Artist, are visible on the façades. A figure in red stands on a small balcony, with the tower of a church in the background.

Fleet Street: A Stroll Down the Street of Shame

Tuesday 30 September, 12.30 - 1.30pm. £3.96 (booking required). Join Sophie Campbell to learn about the history of Fleet Street, the boisterously beating heart of the British newspaper industry.

Close-up photograph of the spines of antique leather-bound books, prominently featuring two volumes of Johnson’s Dictionary with ornate gold tooling and black title labels. The aged leather shows wear and texture, evoking a sense of historical richness and scholarly tradition.

Johnson as a Lexicographer: Getting His Just Deserts—Bryan A. Garner

Monday 15 September, 6 - 8pm. £25. Was Johnson truly the father of the English dictionary? Bryan A. Garner explores the evidence in this thought-provoking talk.