It’s a leap year, so we effectively get an extra day this week. Make the most of it by squeezing an extra 24 hours of culture into your life.
Jewish Book Week (until February 28, King’s Cross, London; kingsplace.co.uk) draws to a close this week and has authors (Tracy Chevalier, Esther Freud), biochemists (Nick Lane), historians (Margaret MacMillan, Antony Beevor, Edith Hall, Tessa Rajak) and film critics (Jason Solomons) among others talking about their work, their favourite subjects and Jewish identity.
Away from the literary, there is plenty of art to see this week. Delacroix & the Rise of Modern Art (until May 22, Trafalgar Square, London; nationalgallery.org.uk) explains the importance of the French painter (a detail of his work Lion Hunt, 1881, is featured above). His impact on the…