London Events Listings Guide

Welcome to the IanVisits guide to lectures, talks, heritage events, organised walks and other random miscellany happening around London today.

F Event is free of charge (sometimes a donation is appreciated)
B Pre-Booking required.

 


One-Off Events Happening Today Only
2:00 PMLondon's Pride (Cheapside, City of London)
F A talk about the wide variety of Lions that can be found in London.
4:00 PM Do countries need currencies, and do currencies need countries? (Holborn)
F Professor Harold James examines the historical contexts of debates about whether the creation of money depended on a state,

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Temporary Exhibitions Open Today
  Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind (Bloomsbury)
A unique opportunity to see the world's oldest known sculptures, drawings and portraits. (Ending Soon! Sun, 26th May)
(Cost: £10)
  Extinction: Not the End of the World? (South Kensington)
This highly topical exhibition takes us beyond dodos and dinosaurs to explore the crucial role extinction can play in the evolution of life. (Ends on Sun, 8th Sep)
(Cost: £9)
  Amazon Adventure (Forest Hill)
Meet a stingray and live tetras, learn about exotic pink dolphins, piranhas and anacondas, feel an electric eel's zap. (Ends on Sun, 24th Nov)
(Cost: £6)
  Souzou: Outsider Art from Japan (Camden)
F More than 300 works for the first major display of Japanese Outsider Art in the UK. (Ends on Sun, 30th Jun)
  Medievalist visions (Holborn)
F This exhibition explores how the art and literature of the Middle Ages have been represented in the culture of post-medieval Britain. (Ending Soon! Wed, 22nd May)
  Romantic Chemistry exhibition (Pall Mall)
F Exhibition of archives and artefacts from the collections of the Royal Society. (Ends on Fri, 14th Jun)
  Wit’s End: The Satirical Cartoons of Stephen Roth (Bloomsbury)
F A display of original drawings by political cartoonist Stephen Roth who worked during WW2. (Ending Soon! Wed, 22nd May)
  Becoming Picasso: Paris 1901 (Temple/Aldwych)
B Discover the remarkable story of Pablo Picasso’s breakthrough year as an artist –1901. (Ending Soon! Sun, 26th May)
(Cost: £6 (£3 on Mondays))
  Great Gardens
F Discover over 500 years of Redbridge's gardens, parks and open spaces in this special exhibition by Redbridge Museum.  (Ends on Fri, 21st Jun)
  Workhouse - Segregated Lives (Southwark)
An exhibition that explores the experience of the unfortunate inmates of the workhouse in 19th-century Britain. (Ends on Fri, 5th Jul)
(Cost: £5.80 (for whole museum))
  The ceramic artistry of the Martin brothers in the Arts and Crafts period (Walworth)
F Birds, Beasts and Beyond will showcase a rarely seen group of ceramics made by the renowned Martin brothers.  (Ends on Sat, 31st Aug)
  Planes, Trains and Drains (Bloomsbury)
F This NLA exhibition examines the far-reaching changes to London’s infrastructure that are taking place, (Ending Soon! Sat, 25th May)
  Redbridge's Great Gardens - An exhibition
F Discover over 500 years of Redbridge’s gardens, parks and open spaces in this special exhibition by Redbridge Museum. (Ends on Sat, 22nd Jun)
  From Hollywood to Highbury: Islington goes to the movies
F An exhibition that explores Islington's cinematic past and present. (Ends on Fri, 23rd Aug)
  Treasures from the Tenri Central Library (Euston)
F An exhibition of some of the finest and most interesting Japanese antiquarian books, manuscripts and documents held by the Tenri Central Library. (Ends on Sat, 22nd Jun)
  Pubs in the old Borough of Twickenham
F An exhibition on the history of just some of the public houses, beer shops, hotels and inns across the old Borough. (Ends on Sat, 28th Dec)
  Roll up! roll Up! Surprises in Store! (Acton)
F A random collection of items from Dr Who to kitchenware and bicycles. (Ends on Tue, 31st Dec)
  Fit Bodies: Statues, Athletes and Power Exhibition (Bloomsbury)
F This exhibition showcases eight competition entries by UCL students that critically reflect on the questions What is a fit body? (Ends on Fri, 20th Dec)
  The Secret Society: A Sculptural Banquet (Ealing)
F Kathy Dalwood brings her celebrated Plaster Bust collection to Pitzhanger Manor House to stage a highly unusual sculptural banquet. (Ends on Sat, 8th Jun)