What's on in London today

Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.

Top events happening London today

Look out for black boats speeding along the Thames firing guns at each other for a couple of days.
 10:10am to 10:20am
 
2018-10-23
2018-10-23

Military exercise on the Thames

A Gun Salute of 41 rounds will be fired from the Tower of London for the State Visit of the King and Queen of the Netherlands.
 Starts at 12pm
 
 Tower Hill
2018-10-23
2018-10-23
Come and hear Dr Emma Spary discuss her research on the often-overlooked role of priests in the history of pharmacy.
 6pm to 7:30pm
 
 Camden
2018-10-23
2018-10-23

Priests and Drugs in 17th-Century Paris

Geoffrey Munn OBE MVO will give a talk on funerary jewellery, with exhibits.
 7pm to :
 
 North Kensington
2018-10-23
2018-10-23

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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon

With walls and fences being constructed everywhere, this striking photographic exhibition provides a broad historical and geographical perspective revealing the ephemeral nature of barriers to human movement.

KEEP OUT! Barriers and Boundaries Ancient and Modern

 10am to 5pm
 South Kensington
 Closing soon Thu, 25th Oct
2018-10-23
2018-10-23
The Redfern Gallery is hosting a retrospective of works by Paul Feiler (1918-2013), in honour of the artist’s centenary year.
 11am to 5:30pm
 Hanover Square
 Closing soon Sat, 27th Oct
2018-10-23
2018-10-23
The exhibition presents an illustration of how craftsmanship and small industry are embedded in tradition, embrace the new, and adapt in a changing society.
 10am to 8pm
 Kensington
 Closing soon Sun, 28th Oct
2018-10-23
2018-10-23
An award-winning exhibition exploring the endless ways in which colour shapes our world.
 10am to 5:30pm
 Forest Hill
 Closing soon Sun, 28th Oct
2018-10-23
2018-10-23
A major exhibition about the burial and funeral rites of Roman London.
 10am to 6pm
 Poplar
 Closing soon Sun, 28th Oct
2018-10-23
2018-10-23
Extreme training. Secret missions. Total dedication. Explore the hidden world of the Special Forces.
 10am to 5:30pm
 Chelsea
 Closing soon Sun, 28th Oct
2018-10-23
2018-10-23
Uncover the mathematics behind De Morgan’s exquisite work.
 9am to 5pm
 City of London
 Closing soon Sun, 28th Oct
2018-10-23
2018-10-23
Explore the remarkable story of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) from the opposition and immense challenges faced by early pioneers to the latest research today.
 10am to 6pm
 South Kensington
 Closing soon Wed, 31st Oct
2018-10-23
2018-10-23
Blood bricks embody the converging traumas of modern slavery and climate change in our urban age.

Blood Bricks

 9am to 6pm
 Euston
 Closing soon Wed, 31st Oct
2018-10-23
2018-10-23
London's lost buildings – from coaching inns and horse markets to riverside mansions and gin palaces – are the focus of a this exhibition.
 9:30am to 7:30pm
 Clerkenwell
 Closing soon Wed, 31st Oct
2018-10-23
2018-10-23

Exhibitions opening soon

Regular Events - today

A free guided tour exploring the history of the site before the current building existed.
 12:45pm to 1:45pm
 
 Strand
2018-10-23
2018-10-23
A tour exploring the history of the site before the current building existed.
 12:45pm to :
 
 Strand
2018-10-23
2018-10-23
 

Tower Bridge opening times

Tower Bridge is not due to open today. The next scheduled opening is on Sat 3rd Nov at 05:30pm