Welcome to the IanVisits guide to lectures, talks, heritage events, organised walks and other random miscellany happening around London today.
Click for just the Free Events taking place today.
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Event is free of charge (sometimes a donation is appreciated) |
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Pre-Booking required. |
One-Off Events Happening Today Only
| 10:00 AM | Go Batty for Bats (Kensington) |
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Learn about these nocturnal creatures and make a cosy bat box for one of the many different species that live in London. (Cost: £15) |
| 6:00 PM | Last Tuesdays (Regents Park) |
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Monthly open evening at the HQ of the UK's architecture group with talks and tours throughout the evening. (Cost: Free) |
| 6:00 PM | The Great Pox (Barbican) |
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A talk about the history of 'the pox' from its arrival in Europe in the 15th century. |
| 7:00 PM | The Roundel: 100 Artists Remake a London Icon (South Kensington) |
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At this event, Jonathan Glancey will chair a discussion concerning the themes surrounding the publication of this new book. (Cost: £9) |
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Regular Events on Today (typically repeat each week)
| 2:00 PM | Tour of Mansion House |
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Weekly tours of the splendour of the home of the Lord Mayor of London (Cost: £6 (concessions £4)) |
7:30 PM | Halloween Ghost Walk |
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A ghostly, ghoulish guided walk through High Barnet and Monken Hadley, the second most haunted village in England. (Cost: £7, under 12s £3) |
Temporary Exhibitions Open Today
| Dickens and Music (Camden) | |
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| An exhibition about Charles Dickens little known interest in music composition. (Ending Soon! Thu, 20th Dec) |
| Museum and Gardens of the Royal College of Physicians (Camden) | |
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| Visit our Museum, Medicinal Garden and free exhibition ‘Curious anatomys: an extraordinary story of dissection and discovery’. (Ending Soon! Mon, 31st Dec) |
| ILUZJON - The Polish Poster Movie Show | |
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| Iluzjon is an exhibition that showcases the very best of Polish film and theatre posters from the 1960s and 1970s (Ending Soon! Tue, 30th Oct) |
| 100 Years of Street Architecture (Picadilly) | |
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| This exhibition takes Piccadilly as its focus to explore how architects create memorable and compelling street architecture. (Ending Soon! Sun, 27th Jan) |
| Kathakali - An exhibition | |
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| This exhibition explores the world of Kathakali, the male classical dance drama from Kerala, South India. (Ending Soon! Sat, 22nd Dec) |
| Giving our Past a Future: The Work of The World Monuments Fund, Britain (Holborn) | |
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| An exhibition of a selection of completed and ongoing projects by the The World Monuments Fund (Ending Soon! Sat, 26th Jan) |
| The Brewer’s Art: a history of brewing in chiswick (Chiswick) | |
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| This exhibition will look at the history of brewing in chiswick, (Ending Soon! Sun, 11th Nov) |
| Akihisa Hirata: Tangling (Southwark) | |
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| Over a hundred study models and conceptual sketches will be presented on and within the structure, as well as an interview with the architect (Ending Soon! Sat, 17th Nov) |
| Addressing the Need: The Graphic Design of the Eames Office (Ealing) | |
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| An exhibition about America’s iconic 20th century design couple - Charles and Ray Eames. (Ending Soon! Sat, 3rd Nov) |
Location Map for Today's Events
Note: only lists venues with fixed locations - not guided walks unless a start point is known.
