The British Museum launches its new Samurai show, exploring the warrior culture of Japan (opens Feb 3)

The Art After Dark festival cheers up the winter nights with Friday lates at galleries, a new artwork at Piccadilly Circus and events across multiple venues (Feb 3-10)

Get your specs: it's time for the London Bookshop Crawl, a three-day weekend across the capital with quizzes, book swaps, tours and talks (Feb 13-15)

'Summit' opens at Ally Pally on Valentine's Day, with a spectacular rooftop walk and climb to reach the famous Angel of Plenty on the top (from Feb 14)

Last chance for Tate Britain's excellent retrospective of American war photographer and surrealist Lee Miller (closes Feb 15)

The 10k London Winter Run starts at Trafalgar Square, loops around the City and ends at Whitehall, all for charity. Not too late to watch/donate... (Feb 15, starts 9.30-10.50 am)

The Last Days of Pompeii 360-degree digital immersive experience runs at Immerse LDN, the huge new media venue on the ExCel Dock (until Mar 26)

The Design Museum and la Cinémathèque française show to 30-year archive of filmmaker Wes Anderson, adults from £22 (to July 2026)

Get to Guildhall Yard for 10 am to watch the 22nd Shrove Tuesday Inter-Livery Pancake Races, pitting liverymen in full fig against each other and gravity (Feb 17)

'Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus' at the Imperial War Museum explores often-forgotten post-WWII conflicts (to Mar 26)

Tate Britain's blockbuster 'Turner & Constable: Rivals & Originals' pits the two English greats against each other (to Apr 2026), adults £24

The New Contemporaries show in Camberwell shows the work of 26 early-career artists from across the UK (ends Apr 12)

Wildly popular: the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year show runs to June 26

Head to St Martin in the Fields for SPACE, an incredible sound and light experience by Luxmuralis illuminates everything from the Creation to the Big Bang.

Halleluiah! The London Handel Festival fills the capital with the sound of viols and harpsichords for over a month - various venues (Feb 18 to Mar 28)

Novotel London West at Hammersmith hosts the London Anime & Gaming Con, with cosplay, video and tabletop gaming, performances and merch (Feb 20-22)

For three flamboyant years, Covent Garden club Blitz drew the clubbers of the early 80s. The Design Museum picks over fashion, fun and funk (to Mar 2026)

Enfant-terrible-turned-national-treasure Dame Tracey Emin opens her eponymous show 'A Second Life' at Tate Britain, with 40 years of work (Feb 27 to Aug 31)