Things to do in London today
Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage events, organised walks and other random miscellany happening around London.
Special Events in London Today
Free
Covent Garden's annual Rent Ceremony
(Thursday, 21st Jun - Starts at 4:30pm)
(Thursday, 21st Jun - Starts at 4:30pm)
The Chairman and Trustees march around the Piazza, accompanied by the Town Crier, to pay the “peppercorn rents” of five red apples and five posies of flowers for the buildings
(Trafalgar Square)
Free
Investigating the structure of molecules inside cells
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 6:30pm to 7:30pm)
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 6:30pm to 7:30pm)
International lecture by Professor Wolfgang Baumeister exploring a method of studying the 'molecular sociology' of cells.
(St James)
£12.00
From Monastery to Hospital: Building a New Identity at Old St. Thomas'
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 7pm to 8:30pm)
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 7pm to 8:30pm)
A history talk about the Old St Thomas' Hospital.
(Southwark)
£5.00
Architectural tour of Borough Market
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 6pm to 7pm)
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 6pm to 7pm)
Join DLA Design for a guided architectural tour of Borough Market, exploring how the architecture and infrastructure of the Market supports its identity and how this is brought to life by traders, the
(Southwark)
£8.00
The Dark Side of the Seaside
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 11am to 12:30pm)
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 11am to 12:30pm)
Arwa Haider takes you on a tour of the darker side of the Great British Seaside.
(Greenwich)
Free
London Reaches Out
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 2pm to 3pm)
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 2pm to 3pm)
This talk explores some of the different ways in which London connects with the world.
(Clerkenwell)
Free
The Thatcher and Major Governments in Retrospect: reflections on 18 years in power
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 6:30pm to 8pm)
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 6:30pm to 8pm)
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke in conversation with LSE's Tony Travers and Kevin Featherstone.
(Holborn)
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Exhibitions Open Today & Closing Soon
Free
Stewy: Psycho Geographic
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 11am to 6pm)
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 11am to 6pm)
A solo exhibition of work by legendary street artist and stencil wizard Stewy. (Closing soon Sat, 23rd Jun)
Free
Inside Abbey Road Studios
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 9:30am to 7:30pm)
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 9:30am to 7:30pm)
Work by photographer Jill Furmanovsky, looking at the past and present of the iconic studios. (Closing soon Wed, 27th Jun)
Free
The Power of Sympathy: The Photography of Dagmar Hochova
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 10am to 6pm)
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 10am to 6pm)
Life in Czechoslovakia during the communist regime in the humanist photography of Dagmar Hochova. (Closing soon Fri, 29th Jun)
Free
LFA - London 1840
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 10am to 5pm)
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 10am to 5pm)
A display of the Greenwich section of a 1:1500 scale wooden model of London as it was in 1840 (Closing soon Sat, 30th Jun)
Free
LFA - Requiem for Cross Bones
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 12pm to 7pm)
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 12pm to 7pm)
A sound installation by composer and sound artist, Emily Peasgood as a requiem to the thousands of forgotten women and children, known as the ‘outcast dead’ buried at Crossbones Graveyard. (Closing soon Sun, 1st Jul)
Free
150 years of rail, from the past into the future
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 12pm to 6pm)
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 12pm to 6pm)
An exhibition about the 150th anniversary of the railway at Elstree.
Free
Ceaseless motion: William Harvey’s experiments in circulation
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 9am to 5pm)
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 9am to 5pm)
This exhibition places William Harvey where he truly belongs: at the heart of the history of medicine, science and our modern understanding of the human body and life itself.
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£17
Rodin and the art of ancient Greece
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 10am to 5:50pm)
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 10am to 5:50pm)
Discover how ancient Greek sculpture inspired Rodin to set a radical new direction for modern art.
£25.50
Dinosaurs In The Wild
(Thursday, 21st Jun - All Day)
(Thursday, 21st Jun - All Day)
Animatronic dinosaurs come to North Greenwich
Free
Beat Positive
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 10am to 5:30pm)
(Thursday, 21st Jun - 10am to 5:30pm)
An exhibition brings to life the dawn of hip hop culture in a series of vibrant photographs.
Walking Tours of London
A guided walk to discover how Suffragettes used iconic locations in the City to further their cause.
(City of London)
Walking tour of the City, taking in stories of forgotten women workers, medieval business owners, famous queens, and 20th-century heroines.
A 90-minute walking tour as you explore the Barbican and discover the fascinating history behind the building of the Centre and the surrounding estate.
(Barbican)
Join Henri for a fun and fascinating walking tour around London’s trendiest neighbourhood.
(Moorgate)
Tower Bridge Opening Times
| 06:45pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Up river |
| 07:45pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Down river |
| 09:45pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Up river |
| 10:45pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Down river |
| 10:00am | Sailing Barge Will | Down river |
