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
£25.30
Hampton Court Palace courtyards will be transformed into a food-lover's Christmas wonderland.
10am to 6pm
East Molesey
A Christmas shopping fair in the usually private Portman Square Gardens
12pm to 8pm
Marylebone
Join Professor Richard Grayson as he investigates the experiences of Irish soldiers in the First World War.
12pm to 1pm
Chelsea
£22.00
Enjoy an evening of fancy clothes and sugary delights with your hosts Miss B and Miss Kitty Pridden of the Georgian Dining Academy.
6pm to :
Clerkenwell
Online events / webinars
Turkey, trimmings, pudding and brandy butter – but where do our festive food traditions come from?
2pm to 3pm
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
Free
Regarding Forests
Regarding Forests by artist Chrystel Lebas features large-scale photographs taken during her travels around the world.
11am to 4pm
Barbican
Closing soon Thu, 2nd December
Free
Shutters
This is the first indoor shutter exhibition of its kind, featuring the works from 25 of London’s most respected graffiti writers.
12pm to 7pm
Camden
Closing soon Thu, 2nd December
£12
Awavena
Emmy award-winning Lynette Wallworth’s 360° VR experience connects you with an Amazonian people who are ascending from the edge of extinction.
11am to 9:30pm
Barbican
Closes tomorrow
Comprising 58 works, this show will be the first posthumous and largest exhibition of Kossoff’s paintings in a commercial setting to date.
10am to 6pm
Hanover Square
Closes tomorrow
This two-day exhibition features photographic prints taken between May and September 2020 by five members of the Catching the Light Photography Group.
10am to 4pm
Winchmore Hill
Closing soon Sun, 5th December
Free
Festival of Print
The exhibition will highlight exciting new work from a wide sphere of contemporary printmaking practice, ranging from traditional techniques to experimental processes.
10:30am to 6:30pm
Bow
Closing soon Sun, 5th December
An exhibition of powerful visual art, music and writing by people in criminal justice settings, curated by artist Camille Walala and her sister Sarah Ihler-Meyer.
All Day
Southwark
Closing soon Sun, 5th December
Free
Liminal by ALO
Liminal features over 70 works created over the past three years by the London-based Italian artist ALO.
10am to 6pm
Chelsea
Closing soon Sun, 5th December
Over 500 contemporary miniature paintings and sculptures will be on display, from figurative to new and innovative artwork, in a pocket-sized format.
10am to 4pm
St James
Closing soon Sun, 5th December
The Southbank presents the most extensive exhibition of Gerhard Richter’s drawings ever shown in the UK.
11am to 7pm
Southwark
Closing soon Sun, 12th December
Regular Events - today
A free lunchtime talk in our new space at Coal Drops Yard and learn about London’s historical and physical development.
12:30pm to 1pm
Kings Cross
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
