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.
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An evening highlighting and celebrating the rich diversity of LGBTQIA+ spaces featured in the new book, Queer Spaces by RIBA Publishing.
7pm to 8:30pm
Regent Street
Be ready for some mind-bending magic and deceptions as magician and historian Ian Keable details some of the biggest hoaxes of the 18th century.
7pm to 8:30pm
Camden
Drawing on decades of observing our closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, world-renowned primatologist and New York Times bestselling author Frans de Waal explores what we know of biological sex differences and of the role of culture and socialisation.
7pm to 8:30pm
Hanover Square
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
Free
True is The Dream
The exhibition explores the photography of Derek D’Souza, who has captured glimpses of one of Britain’s most revered groups - and frontman Paul Weller - over 4 decades.
9:30am to 5:30pm
Barbican
Closing soon Mon, 16th May
Free
Drifting Terrain
An exhibition featuring recent and newly-commissioned works by UK-based artists, Euphrosyne Andrews, Nia Fekri and Seungwon Jung.
10am to 5:30pm
Trafalgar Square
Closing soon Fri, 20th May
Joanna Hiffernan’s relationship with Whistler ran deeper than artist and muse. In this exhibition explore her life and role as a friend, model, lover and collaborator.
10am to 6pm
Picadilly
Closing soon Sun, 22nd May
Sweet Harmony looks at a significant five-year period in UK dance music history and the previously undocumented contribution that young people living and working in the London Borough of Waltham Forest made to it.
10am to 5pm
Walthamstow
Closing soon Wed, 25th May
This exhibition celebrates The Prince’s Foundation’s history, principles, aims, projects and education programmes, with a particular focus on the work being done by the charity to champion and preserve heritage craft skills.
11am to 4pm
Sloane Square
Closing soon Fri, 27th May
An exhibition of the most beautiful private press books ever published, illustrating Walker’s revolutionary book printing techniques and legacy in his former home in Hammersmith.
11am to 4pm
Hammersmith
Closing soon Sat, 28th May
10am to 6pm
Hanover Square
Closing soon Sat, 28th May
An exhibition of paintings, watercolours and sculptures by the multi-talented Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves).
10am to 6pm
Hammersmith
Closing soon Sat, 28th May
Free
Light and Shadow
An exhibition by Yoon Hyup, known for his vibrant use of lines and dots to create minimalistic and abstract city scape paintings.
11am to 6pm
Whitechapel
Closing soon Sun, 29th May
Free
Radio Ballads
Radio Ballads presents new film commissions alongside paintings, drawings and contextual materials that share the stories learned in social care work.
10am to 6pm
Paddington
Closing soon Sun, 29th May
Walking tours of London - today
Boudica’s Rebellion, The Great Fire of London and the Blitz. London has burned several time in its 2,000 years, and on this walk you’ll learn about the cataclysmic events of 1666 and 1940/41.
11am to 12:30pm
City of London
