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 in London Today
The Science Museum will be celebrating 150 years of the periodic table with a special Lates inspired by the UN’s International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements.
6:45pm to 10pm
South KensingtonPiers Bizony, author of The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, discusses the production process for his latest book, The NASA Archives.
7pm to 8:30pm South LambethThis spring Southwark Cathedral would like to invite all amateur and professional photographers to spend an evening taking photos of the Cathedral lit by candlelight.
7pm to 9pm Southwark
£18.00
Tim Bouverie: On Appeasement
Tim Bouverie discusses his new book, a history of the years of indecision, failed diplomacy and parliamentary infighting that enabled Nazi domination of Europe.
6:30pm to 8:30pm St James
This talk will show that stock market trading may contribute to society even if does not lead to firms raising new capital.
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
A display of paintings which depict landscapes, river views and street scenes in Tower Hamlets.
9am to 5pm Whitechapel
Closes tomorrow
The exhibition is an exploration of how the proposed causes and cures are represented within the art collection of Bethlem Museum of the Mind.
10am to 5pm Beckenham Closing soon Fri, 26th Apr
An display of photographs by a Victorian eccentric -- very "steampunk".
11am to 6:30pm Mayfair Closing soon Fri, 26th Apr
From Rossetti, Millais and Burne-Jones to Perry, Latham and Pecchioli, join the dreamers where reality meets imagination.
10am to 5pm City of London Closing soon Sun, 28th Apr
This exhibition showcases extraordinary animal behaviour and the breathtaking diversity of life on Earth.
10am to 5:50pm South Kensington Closing soon Mon, 29th Apr
The exhibition features ceramic artworks dispensing scents inspired by the Horniman Gardens, and a soundscape based on the chemical processes occurring in plants and trees.
10am to 5:30pm Forest Hill Closing soon Tue, 30th Apr
Explore this surreal lost property office where you will uncover stories in the most unlikely places.
11am to 8pm Barbican Closing soon Fri, 3rd May
A photographic exhibition documenting the living conditions of London’s most disadvantaged children.
10am to 5pm Clerkenwell Closing soon Sun, 5th May
Admire the gardens as they are brightened by the impressive 20,000 tulips planted throughout the gardens.
11:30am to 3:30pm Eltham Closing soon Sun, 5th May
With more than 800 images on display, this global photography exhibition presents all winning and shortlisted entries, including the Photographer of the Year, from this year’s Awards
10am to 9pm Strand Closing soon Mon, 6th May
Tower Bridge opening times
Tower Bridge is not due to open today. The next scheduled opening is on Thu 25th Apr at 05:45pm
