One-Off Events Happening Today Only
tba'Blasphemy!' - blasphemy, religious hatred, and human rights: who speaks for the sacred? (Holborn)
B This event focuses on the criminalization of religious hatred, defamation, and insult under European human rights.
(Cost: £10)
tbaFree guided walks around London
A series of free guided walks all around London this weekend.
(Cost: Free)
10:00 AMRotherhithe Winter Walk (Rotherhithe)
B Join the Thames Discovery Programme to explore the south bank foreshore from Rotherhithe to Bermondsey.
(Cost: Donations welcome)
11:00 AMVauxhall Walk with Old Maps
B Walk with Old Maps round the neighbourhood once dominated by Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens.
(Cost: £8)
11:30 AMCeremony of the Constable's Dues (Tower Hill)
F Watch the rare ancient ceremony where a barrel of rum is delivered to the Tower of London.
12:00 PMWinter Wildlife Open day in Holland Park (Kensington)
F You can take a stroll around the woodland and discover more about the trees and experience wildlife firsthand through our self guided trail.
7:30 PMThe Sandi Toksvig Memorial Lecture (Southwark)
B Sandi Toksvig seeks out a mix of merriment and the macabre in morbidity plus, rather surprisingly, some music.
(Cost: £15-£20)

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Regular Events on Today (typically repeat each week)
11:00 AMThe Gems Of Whitechapel Walk (Aka Not Another Ripper Walk) (Whitechapel)
B Local social enterprise London City Steps put together this walk to show that there is so much more in Whitechapel than the Ripper Murders.
(Cost: £8)
8:00 PMStar and moon gazing at the Hampstead Observatory (Hampstead)
F Regular winter evening openings of the Hampstead Observatory with a couple of telescopes.

 

Temporary Exhibitions Open Today
  Boxed: Fabulous Coffins from UK and Ghana (Southwark)
F A vibrant collection of bespoke coffins from the famous Pa Joe workshop in Ghana and Crazy Coffins in Nottingham.  (Ending Soon! Sun, 29th Jan)
  A Hankering after Ghosts: Charles Dickens and the Supernatural (Camden)
F This exhibition explores the many ways in which Dickens used supernatural phenomena in his works. (Ends on Sun, 4th Mar)
  William Morris: Story, Memory, Myth (Temple/Aldwych)
F The inaugural exhibition at the recently restored Two Temple Place looks at how William Morris told stories through pattern and poetry. (Ending Soon! Sun, 29th Jan)
  Forgotten Spaces (Temple/Aldwych)
F Forgotten Spaces is about looking at the future development of our cities differently. (Ending Soon! Sun, 29th Jan)
  A is for Adolf Teaching German Children Nazi Values (Bloomsbury)
F A display of the toys used to teach Nazi principles to German children (Ends on Fri, 2nd Mar)
  Painting by Numbers (Covent Garden)
A new poster display showing artistic, historical versions of data visualisation. (Ends on Sun, 18th Mar)
(Cost: £13.50 (Admission to whole museum for a year))
  Analogue/Digital: 100 years of printmaking at Central Saint Martins
F For the last century Central Saint Martins has been a key player in shaping contemporary practice in printmaking.  (Ends on Sat, 25th Feb)

Location Map for Today's Events

Note: only lists venues with fixed locations - not guided walks unless a start point is known.