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Thursday 7 May, 6:30 - 8pm. £25 / 2 for £35. Hear military historian Paul O'Keeffe recount key moments from his vivid and visceral portrayal of the most famous naval battle in history, its aftermath and the human cost of war.

Wednesday 29 April, 5.15pm - 6.15pm. £20. Join us for an intimate musical performance by Orchestra for the Earth in this salon-style concert in the historical home of Dr Johnson.

Tuesday 28 April, 12.30 - 1.45pm. £3.96 (booking required). Join us over lunch to hear Rosalind Freeborn discuss the fascinating life of a boy raised in the shadow of the Georgian royal crown

Thursday 23 April, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14 / 2 FOR £22. Celebrate the return of light evenings with a Museum Late at one of London’s best-kept secrets!

Sunday 16 August, 2pm-3pm. Summer Holiday Fun at Dr Johnson's House! Creative Writing Workshop for 5-12 year olds. Free with Admission.

Thursday 20 August, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14 / 2 FOR £22. Enjoy sparkling drinks and discover one of London's best-kept secrets!

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

Wednesday 15 April, 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.

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.

Sunday 30 August. 2pm. Free with admission. Hear a talk about first woman’s movement, the Bluestocking Society.

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.

Thursday 17 September, 6.30pm - 8pm. £27.50. A new graphic biography of the legendary 18th-century feminist philosopher who spoke for the other 'one-half of the human race': womankind.

Thursday 24 September, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14 / 2 For £22. Enjoy sparkling drinks and discover one of London's best-kept secrets!

Sunday 27 September. 12pm - 4pm. Free with admission. Try your hand at collage, using a beautiful selection of dried flowers and vintage papers.

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).

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.

Thursday 8 October, 6.30 - 8pm. £27.50 / 2 for £47. 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.

Thursday 22 October, 6.30pm-8pm. £27.50. A ghost. A witch. A princess. Madeleine Pelling's spellbinding history unpicks the stories of three incredible 18th-century hoaxes.

Tuesday 31 March, 12.30 - 1.45pm. £3.96 (booking required). Join us over lunch to hear Pauline Chakmakjian, MA discuss Dr Johnsons' biographer James Boswell and his fascination with Freemasonry.

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?