Annual church service for Joseph Grimaldi, 'Father of Clowns', at All Saints Church, Haggerston, 3pm (Feb 3)

Don Mccullin retrospective at Tate Modern, worth it for his work on London as well as on war (from Feb 5)

Swinging London show opens at the Fashion & Textile Museum, Bermondsey (from Feb 8)

Annual contemporary dance festival in Clerkenwell, Sadler's Wells Sampled, from flamenco to club dance (Feb 8 & 9)

Princess of Wales Conservatory at Kew lights up with month-long 'Orchids: Celebrate the colour of Colombia' (Feb 9)

Gong xi fat choy: the world's biggest Year of the Pig celebration outside China takes over Trafalgar Square - and it's free! (Feb 10)

A month of Movie Nights at the Natural History Museum, ending of course with Jurassic Park (Valentine's Day to March 12)

London Classic Car Show 2019 rolls into town at Excel London, including Italian Job cars and, yes, the bullion van... (Feb 14-17)

Booze and music at CBR 19, the Craft Beer Rising festival at the Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane (Feb 21-23)

Free day at Barbican Open Fest: Art 50, exploring British identity through the arts, with Nitin Sawney and the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain among others (Feb 23)