Welcome to the ianVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Top events in London Today
Photographer Niki Gorick will reveal the amazingly diverse modern-day life within these urban marinas.
2pm to 3pm
City of London
A special late-night opening at the chapel while it is showing the David Bowie exhibition.
5pm to 9pm
Tottenham Court Road
Christopher Hadley takes us on a journey into two thousand years of history only now giving up its secrets.
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
Learn more about how Jewish designers innovated, defied expectations and transformed the West End.
6:30pm to 9pm
Poplar
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
An exhibition of photographs by Kevin Davies, capturing David Bowie over the course of a single day in 1992.
11am to 6pm
Tottenham Court Road
Closes tomorrow
Brought together again after five decades, a series of landscapes by the Scots-Irish artist William Crozier (1930-2011) are on display, showcasing why he became one of the leading artists of the post-war generation.
10am to 6pm
Notting Hill
Closing soon Fri, 22nd March
From 1970s activism to the current party scene, the exhibition displays five decades of Hackney life through a camera lens.
9:30am to 5:30pm
Hackney
Closing soon Sat, 23rd March
This exhibition displays her vivid and detailed illustrations, as well as the wooden ‘Pomona’ toys she created with fellow artist and suffragette campaigner Louise Jacobs.
11am to 4pm
Pinner
Closing soon Sun, 24th March
Responsible for some of the most iconic editorial shoots and album artwork of the 1990s and 2000s, Rankin has photographed the biggest British bands
11am to 7pm
South Kensington
Closing soon Sun, 24th March
Free
Unforgotten Lives
This exhibition presents the stories of Londoners of African, Caribbean, Asian and Indigenous heritage who lived and worked in the city between 1560 and 1860 and are recorded in London’s archives.
10am to 4:30pm
Clerkenwell
Closing soon Wed, 27th March
This free exhibition showcases the work of the 12 emerging designers from across the UK who have been selected as the recipients of the Linbury Prize for Stage Design 2023.
10am to 11pm
Southwark
Closing soon Sat, 30th March
Free
Shakespeare and War
This exhibition explores some of the ways in which Shakespeare has shaped how we think about soldiers and the Army, and how we imagine war and its consequences today.
10am to 5:30pm
Chelsea
Closing soon Sun, 31st March
Showcasing prints and drawings from Genoa's golden age, this display spotlights an artistic powerhouse that rivalled Venice, Florence and Rome.
10am to 5pm
Russell Square
Closing soon Mon, 1st April
Known for her hyperrealistic style and bold colours, Titi’s works single out a series of objects against stark white backgrounds
11am to 8pm
Camden
Closing soon Mon, 1st April
Walking tours of London - today
Join a group of fellow muggles for a walking tour and see the real-life locations that inspired sets such as Diagon Alley, the Leaky Cauldron, and the Ministry of Magic.
Starts at 11am
City of London