Welcome to the ianVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Top events in London Today
Embroiderers to the British royal family, Savile Row and luxury fashion houses, Hand & Lock opens its doors to the public to offer an insight into Britain’s oldest embroidery house.
10am to 11:30am
Fitzrovia
Building Crafts College hosts tours of its workshops alongside an exhibition of current and previous students’ work.
Starts at 10:30am
Stratford
Free
This three day event will be a celebration of all things pewter, with live demonstrations, workshops and exhibits
11am to 3:30pm
City of London
In this lecture I will show you some mathematical illusions: “proofs” that 1=0, that fractions don’t exist, and more.
1pm to 2pm
Holborn
This lecture considers how weather events cause harm to health, and our countermeasures.
6pm to 7pm
Holborn
£18.00
Steven Brindle considers the development of the Greek style in England, from its tentative and experimental mid-Georgian beginnings, to its sudden triumph in the Regency age
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Tottenham Court Road
Discover how batteries will power our planet into the future.
7pm to 8:30pm
Hanover Square
Celebrated cartoonist Martin Rowson talks about his extraordinary edition of Marx's Communist Manifesto.
Starts at 7:30pm
Highgate
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
This exhibition showcases the difference between refillable, returnable (prefill) and repurposed product packaging of the past, present, and future.
10am to 6pm
Notting Hill
Closes tomorrow
Set within the ornate Painters’ Hall, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the activities of the guild and the variety of work being produced by the freemen and liverymen of the fifth oldest of the 111 livery companies in the City of London.
10am to 5pm
City of London
Closes tomorrow
On display in the chapel will be a special new quilt dedicated to Terry Higgins, commissioned by the trust to mark their 40th Anniversary year.
11am to 6pm
Tottenham Court Road
Closes tomorrow
A small display of documents about Billingsgate Market in the Guildhall Art Gallery's Heritage room (lower basement).
10:30am to 4pm
City of London
Closing soon Thu, 16th May
Free
Craftworks
A three-day exhibition which will host the very best of arts, crafts, and design from all corners of the craft sector.
11am to 7pm
Clerkenwell
Closing soon Fri, 17th May
Hissing snakes look on as men holding flaming torches set about burning numerous different human heads, masks, and shields.
11am to 6pm
Islington
Closing soon Sat, 18th May
See Chihuly’s glass sculptures in the public spaces dotted around Chelsea Barracks.
All Day
Sloane Square
Closing soon Sun, 19th May
An exhibition showcasing traditional Chinese crafts alongside innovative modern designs.
10am to 5pm
Tower Hill
Closing soon Sun, 19th May
An exhibition in the Austrian Embassy of practices ranging from mouth-blown glass to traditional porcelain, hats, jewellery and more.
11am to 6pm
Belgravia
Closing soon Sun, 19th May
A major study of the Black figure – and its representation in contemporary art.
10:30am to 6pm
Soho
Closing soon Sun, 19th May
Regular Events - today
£14.00
Visit The Poppy Factory
Book now to visit The Poppy Factory and discover the home of Remembrance in Richmond upon Thames.
12:30pm to 2:30pm
Ham
£9.97
Women in St Alfege Tour
Discover the stories of influential female figures who have made a lasting impact on St Alfege and the community.
5:30pm to 7pm Greenwich
Walking tours of London - today
Take a free, award-winning guided tour of the first floor Hintze Hall balconies and the Minerals gallery and discover the fascinating work of women scientists past and present.
1:15pm to 2pm South KensingtonTake a free guided tour to hear about women scientists who work or have worked in the field of space and planetary science.
2:15pm to 2:55pm South Kensington
