Welcome to the ianVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Coronavirus: Events may be cancelled and venues closed at short notice, you are advised to check on their websites before making a trip.
Top events in London Today
New 3-day vintage poster market, with leading specialist dealers.
2pm to 8pm
Peckham
Online events / webinars
In this webinar we hear from the City of London and other stakeholders about the City of London 2025 Vision.
10am to 11am
Join Professor Peter Gaunt as he analyses the experiences of those forced to travel during the English Civil Wars.
12pm to :
Culinary legends meet contemporary chefs whose work they have inspired.
1:15pm to 2pm
In this talk Thomas Grant will trace how this courtroom, largely unchanged in 110 years, has witnessed the changing social and moral history of a nation.
2pm to 3pm
This lecture looks at Huguenots, their descendants, and their use of armorial bearings, (both with and without authority).
6pm to 8pm
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
Free
Forest on Fire
The exhibition features a series of bronze-cast animal pelts and abstract, carved stone animal heads, supported by stone basins.
10am to 6pm
Regent Street
Ends on Closes tomorrow
Free
Not Vital: Paintings
This exhibition features a selection of works never previously exhibited in the UK, many of which have never been seen by the public.
10am to 6pm
Hanover Square
Ends on Closing soon Wed, 26th May
The French artist, Sylvain Lefebvre, invites us to save ourselves on a journey through the dreamlike oceans and untamed forests of his imagination.
10am to 6pm
Tottenham Court Road
Ends on Sat 29th May
British artist Antony Cairns continues his exploration of the global metropolis in a new exhibition; his first UK solo exhibition for over four years.
10am to 6pm
Tottenham Court Road
Ends on Fri 4th June
In this exhibition, a suggestion of haunting, or ghostliness, is manifested in a different way.
10am to 5:45pm
Mayfair
Ends on Sat 5th June
Free
Rana Begum
This new collection of work reveals how Begum’s practice has diverged and evolved, setting her precise minimalism against a new exploration into the amorphous and uncontained.
11am to 5pm
Bethnal Green
Ends on Sat 5th June
The Royal Society of Sculptors is showcasing the work of Naomi Blake FRBS with an outdoor exhibition on the sculpture terrace.
All Day
South Kensington
Ends on Sun 6th June
Paul Catherall comes back to the gallery for this major exhibition celebrating the postwar architecture of Coventry and London.
11am to 6pm
Southwark
Ends on Sun 6th June
The winning images from the 2020 Travel Photographer of the Year awards are on display in an outdoor exhibition.
All Day
Kings Cross
Ends on Thu 10th June
The exhibition presents a select sampling of Koraïchi’s works in different media created during this past year of global crisis.
12:30pm to 5:30pm
Clerkenwell
Ends on Sat 12th June
Walking tours of London - today
Are you ready to learn about London’s grim and gruesome past? Then join us on a tour that tells the tale of crime and punishment, executions and excess.
11am to 12:30pm
City of LondonDiscover more about this much-loved London hospital, whose history dates back nearly 900 years!
2pm to 3:30pm Barbican
