Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.

Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.

Things to do in London in November 2016

The ianVisits guide to November's unusual events, tours, lectures and exhibitions happening around London.


Tuesday 1st November

Which department store had a golf course on the roof? Had the first electric lift? Why did Peter Robinson's have a tailoress and hansom cab on standby?
2016-11-01
2pm to 3pm
 
City of London
City of London
An evening in the Sir John Soane's Museum with the rooms lit by candles.
2016-11-01
6pm to 9pm
 
After every election, someone will inevitably proclaim that “the people have spoken”. But what exactly the people say when they speak is far from clear.
2016-11-01
6:30pm to 8pm
 
Holborn
Holborn

More London events on Tuesday 1st November

Wednesday 2nd November

A discussion on how to solve London’s air pollution crisis, and the launch of IPPR’s latest report
2016-11-02
9am to 11am
 
Vauxhall Bridge
Vauxhall Bridge
General the Lord Dannatt gives a talk, based on his book, about the role of the British army since WW2.
2016-11-02
1pm to 2pm
 
Pimlico
Pimlico
The Clinical Skills team at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry (QMUL) will walk you through such a scandal, explaining as they go, the science of murder.
2016-11-02
6:30pm to 8:30pm
 
Barbican
Barbican
£15.00
An evening of poetry and music reflecting on themes of war and peace,
2016-11-02
6:30pm to 8:45pm
 
A debate concerning the role that artists, gallerists, institutions, architects and developers play in the evolution of London.
2016-11-02
6:30pm to 9:30pm
 
Pimlico
Pimlico
An evening with author Simon Ings who will talk about his new book 'Stalin and the Scientists' - a thrilling history of Soviet science.
2016-11-02
7pm to 8:30pm
 

More London events on Wednesday 2nd November

Thursday 3rd November

Speakers will discuss how Victorian paupers interacted with the poor law authorities, what they understood of their rights, and how they viewed their position in society.
2016-11-03
2pm to 3pm
 
Richmond
Richmond
This lecture will explore why Booth's work was both pioneering social science in its time, and relevant to today's research agenda on understanding poverty and inequality.
2016-11-03
2:15pm to 3pm
 
Holborn
Holborn
Explore crime scene investigations of the future with research projects to improve the pursuit of justice and help uphold the rule of law
2016-11-03
5pm to 8pm
 
South Kensington
South Kensington
This lecture will trace some of the ways in which rising inequalities in income and wealth and the policies associated with them are driving the housing crisis for those at the margins.
2016-11-03
6pm to 7pm
 
Holborn
Holborn
A discussion on the flourishing legacy of British crime writing
2016-11-03
7pm to 8:30pm
 
Camden
Camden

More London events on Thursday 3rd November

Friday 4th November

A talk about how campaigners, activists and movements on opposite sides of the globe united in the struggle towards freedom.
2016-11-04
2pm to 3:30pm
 
Richmond
Richmond

More London events on Friday 4th November

Saturday 5th November

The Regent Street Motor Show is the largest free-to-view motor show in the UK, showcasing an impressive 125 years of motoring history.
2016-11-05
10:30am to 4pm
 
Regent Street
Regent Street
Visit a little known mineral water well in an underground chamber.
2016-11-05
2pm to 4pm
 
Arkley
Arkley
Monthly open day at one of London's more curious and delightful museums, devoted to the history of the sewing machine.
2016-11-05
2pm to 5pm
 
Tooting
Tooting

More London events on Saturday 5th November

Sunday 6th November

Step back in history and visit the terminus building of London's original international airport - in Croydon.
2016-11-06
11am to 4pm
 
Croydon
Croydon

More London events on Sunday 6th November

Monday 7th November

Comedians Zoe Lyons, Bob Mills, Steve Cross, Carrie Quinlan and Iszi Lawrence explore 19th -century jokes
2016-11-07
7pm to 9pm
 
Camden
Camden
Recently there has been a significant surge of museums focusing on video games. Are art installations the new video games?
2016-11-07
Starts at 7pm
 

More London events on Monday 7th November

Tuesday 8th November

The City of London Police’s Commander Chris Greany explores the many faces of fraud and explains the ways in which the City of London Police investigates such crimes.
2016-11-08
6pm to 8pm
 
City of London
City of London
Lisa Leff explores the shifting contours of Jewish nationalist ideas in the mid-twentieth century,
2016-11-08
6:30pm to 8pm
 
Brian May and Denis Pellerin present an evening of Victorian fantasies, seen through the stereograph
2016-11-08
7pm to 8:30pm
 
Camden
Camden
Sir Roy Strong will talk about the history and restoration of Shakespeare's Garden.
2016-11-08
Starts at 7pm
 
South Kensington
South Kensington

More London events on Tuesday 8th November

Wednesday 9th November

The examination of the story of what happened on the Arrogante constitutes another example that supports the case of historians who currently claim that the atrocities committed by the slavers were more common than what we have thought thus far.
2016-11-09
5:30pm to 7pm
 
Join the pathology museum, artist Lozzy Bones and Art Macabre at this special joint launch night for our specimen colouring book.
2016-11-09
6pm to 9pm
 
Barbican
Barbican
Join scientists and go (via video link) behind the scenes and into the anatomy room to witness a live dissection of a cheetah.
2016-11-09
6pm to 9pm
 

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Thursday 10th November

Len Taphouse tells of his time serving an apprenticeship as an engineer with Harland & Wolff in Nth Woolwich.
2016-11-10
2pm to 3pm
 
City of London
City of London
Naval historian Andrew Lambert charts the curious relationship between the British and Robinson Crusoe, an island on the other side of the world in the South Pacific.
2016-11-10
2pm to 3pm
 
Richmond
Richmond
Gareth Stedman Jones will discuss Marx, history and nature; challenge ideas of Marx's ‘materialist conception of history’; and explore his debt to Hegel and German idealism.
2016-11-10
6:30pm to 8pm
 
Holborn
Holborn
Brian Sibley explores some of the classic maps of fictional landscapes and David Brawn looks at the worlds created by Tolkien and C S Lewis.
2016-11-10
7pm to 8:30pm
 
Camden
Camden
A talk about the memorial/art work planned for Piccadilly Circus Station to remember Frank Pick.
2016-11-10
7pm to 8:15pm
 
Discover the stories behind some of the fancy footwear in the Cuming Museum collections
2016-11-10
7pm to 8pm
 
Annual commemoration and wreath laying in Victoria Station, where the coffin of the Unknown Warrior rested before being laid in Westminster Abbey.
2016-11-10
Starts at 7:30pm
 
Victoria
Victoria

More London events on Thursday 10th November

Friday 11th November

A unique insight into London’s making industries – how do these enterprises benefit their surrounding neighbourhoods?
2016-11-11
1:15pm to 1:45pm
 
Euston
Euston

More London events on Friday 11th November

Saturday 12th November

Large annual parade through the City of London, along with the Lord Mayor in the State Coach.
2016-11-12
All Day
 
Local artists will be selling their crafts at the Christmas Bazaar at the St. Barnabash Church Hall in Dulwich Village.
2016-11-12
10am to 5pm
 
Dulwich
Dulwich
This talk will discuss the air raids of the Second World War focussing on how the damage was recorded by means of an incredible set of hand coloured maps created by the London County Council.
2016-11-12
4pm to 5pm
 
Whitechapel
Whitechapel
Historian Sarah Wise has pieced together a much more complex picture of life in the slum. And in the process, the Nichol legend dies a death.
2016-11-12
5:30pm to 6:30pm
 
Whitechapel
Whitechapel
Architectural historian and television presenter Dan Cruickshank will tell the story of Spitalfields, where he has lived for the past four decades.
2016-11-12
7pm to 8:30pm
 
Whitechapel
Whitechapel

More London events on Saturday 12th November

Sunday 13th November

Falling poppies will be projected onto the Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) from dusk on Remembrance Sunday.
2016-11-13
4:30pm to 11pm
 
Whitehall
Whitehall

More London events on Sunday 13th November

Monday 14th November

To mark the birthday of the Prince of Wales, there will be Gun Salutes in Hyde Park and at the Tower of London.
2016-11-14
Starts at 12pm
 
The Houses of Parliament invites you to an evening briefing about the Palace of Westminster's Restoration and Renewal Programme, held in Portcullis House.
2016-11-14
5pm to 6:30pm
 
Whitehall
Whitehall
Free
One of the largest 'super moons' in nearly 70 years will appear in the skies.
2016-11-14
Starts at 5pm
 
A talk by David Cameron’s Director of Politics and Communications, Craig Oliver.
2016-11-14
6:30pm to 8pm
 
Holborn
Holborn
Peter Frankopan discusses the passage of world history and the relationship between the East and West.
2016-11-14
Starts at 7pm
 
Kensington
Kensington

More London events on Monday 14th November

Tuesday 15th November

Terrorism, murder, gun fights and Olympic gold come together in the history and reality of policing in the City of London.
2016-11-15
2pm to 3pm
 
City of London
City of London
Just how much did Hollywood change during the Great Depression?
2016-11-15
6:30pm to 9pm
 
Camden
Camden
This year's Orwell Lecture ‘The Right to Dissent (and the Left too)’ will be delivered by Ian Hislop.
2016-11-15
6:30pm to 8:30pm
 
An evening of presentations and discussion on the way maps have been used in war, and to tell their stories
2016-11-15
7pm to 8:30pm
 
Camden
Camden
Sarah Gristwood, author of Game of Queens, discusses queens regent and regnant.
2016-11-15
Starts at 7pm
 
Kensington
Kensington

More London events on Tuesday 15th November

Wednesday 16th November

This event explores the position of women in Parliament and their responsibilities towards their voting communities.
2016-11-16
3:30pm to 5:30pm
 
Whitehall
Whitehall
Close-up photographs of human cadavers will be placed in the alcoves of the museum, and Mia-Jane will be present at the event to give a brief explanation of the series.
2016-11-16
6:30pm to 8:30pm
 
Barbican
Barbican
A panel of leading scholars and commentators will debate the meaning of the campaign and its result.
2016-11-16
6:30pm to 8pm
 
Holborn
Holborn
Food writer and chef Celia Plender will discuss regional Japanese food, using insights gained from a ten week exploration of the country.
2016-11-16
6:45pm to 8:30pm
 

More London events on Wednesday 16th November

Thursday 17th November

Lady Zahava Kohn to talk about her experiences in the Nazi concentration camps.
2016-11-17
1:30pm to 3:30pm
 
Richmond
Richmond
Egyptologist and Classicist John J Johnston looks back on the production of this darkly comic serial.
2016-11-17
6pm to 8pm
 
Join the entrepreneur Sir David Tang as he discusses his life, travels, philosophy, fashion, arts, etiquette and all manner of things in between with interviewer Andrew Marr.
2016-11-17
7pm to 8:15pm
 
South Kensington
South Kensington
Geoffrey Beare will describe Heath Robinson’s engagement with war subjects, how this was translated into art.
2016-11-17
7pm to 9pm
 
Pinner
Pinner
Dan Snow talks about his favourite heroes and villains from history, including Richard I, General Wolfe, Napoleon and Wellington.
2016-11-17
Starts at 7pm
 
Kensington
Kensington

More London events on Thursday 17th November

Friday 18th November

2016-11-18
10:30am to 2:30pm
 
South Kensington
South Kensington
Annual Scandinavian Christmas market held in the Norwegian and Finnish churches.
2016-11-18
12pm to 8pm
 
Rotherhithe
Rotherhithe
An evening at the Transport Museum based around the design of London's transport networks.
2016-11-18
6:45pm to 10pm
 
Hear the story of the Cereal Killer Café and the business idea we all wish we’d had
2016-11-18
7pm to 9pm
 
Camden
Camden
Spend the evening in Charles Darwin's garden for an introduction to astronomy.
2016-11-18
7pm to 9:30pm
 
Orpington
Orpington
Book launch about the revolutionary Leveller movement which emerged during the English Civil War.
2016-11-18
Starts at 7pm
 
Picadilly
Picadilly
Do you have a ‘memory’ of something that actually didn’t happen? Something impossible, that you couldn’t have experienced, yet feels like a real memory?! Ever wondered why?!
2016-11-18
7pm to 9pm
 
New Cross
New Cross
An uncensored live debate, bringing together opposing ideas and arguments about punk,
2016-11-18
Starts at 7pm
 

More London events on Friday 18th November

Saturday 19th November

Annual Scandinavian Christmas market held in the Norwegian and Finnish churches.
2016-11-19
10am to 8pm
 
Rotherhithe
Rotherhithe

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Sunday 20th November

The day when it is traditional to make the Christmas Pudding -- assuming you don't just buy one from the supermarket.
2016-11-20
All Day
 
Annual Scandinavian Christmas market held in the Norwegian and Finnish churches.
2016-11-20
10am to 5pm
 
Rotherhithe
Rotherhithe

More London events on Sunday 20th November

Monday 21st November

Leading historians discuss the challenges and future of Holocaust education
2016-11-21
6pm to 8pm
 
Euston
Euston
How did men avoid the 1916 military draft? David Langrish will explore some of the reasons for seeking exemption.
2016-11-21
Starts at 6:30pm
 
£5.00
Hugh Sebag- Montefiore talks about one of history’s most iconic battles.
2016-11-21
Starts at 7pm
 
Kensington
Kensington

More London events on Monday 21st November

Tuesday 22nd November

Twenty-first century London contains some of the finest book collections in the world, but what about the libraries that haven’t survived?
2016-11-22
2pm to 3pm
 
City of London
City of London
A talk about the design motiv used by British Rail.
2016-11-22
7pm to 9:30pm
 
City of London
City of London
In this discussion we'll get under the skin of this contentious debate, how should our cityscapes should evolve?
2016-11-22
7pm to 8pm
 
Regent Street
Regent Street
Learn the stories bones reveal in this bone analysis workshop.
2016-11-22
Starts at 7pm
 
Michael Jones talks about the Hundred Years War, with special reference to the Black Prince and the Battle of Agincourt.
2016-11-22
Starts at 7pm
 
Kensington
Kensington

More London events on Tuesday 22nd November

Wednesday 23rd November

A rare opportunity to go behind-the-scenes with the museum's archive staff
2016-11-23
1pm to 2pm
 
Discover the crucial role that railways played during the First World War with this unique screening of archival film footage from the Imperial War Museums’ collection.
2016-11-23
2pm to 3:30pm
 
Richmond
Richmond
Come and explore over 900 years of history on this candlelit tour of Southwark Cathedral.
2016-11-23
6:30pm to 7:30pm
 
Southwark
Southwark
A film that focuses on 10 character actors and extras who featured in Star Wars
2016-11-23
Starts at 6:30pm
 
Willesden
Willesden
Jim Macnamara will report findings from his research showing many organisations do not listen.
2016-11-23
6:30pm to 8pm
 
Holborn
Holborn
n evening of discussion on how science fiction reflects and predicts societal anxieties.
2016-11-23
7pm to 9:30pm
 
Shoreditch
Shoreditch

More London events on Wednesday 23rd November

Thursday 24th November

Tracy Alexander, Director of Forensic Services at the City of London Police, will be looking at the key part that forensics can play in making or breaking today’s criminal investigations.
2016-11-24
6pm to 8pm
 
City of London
City of London
Hear Turner Prize winners Assemble explore their recent project for the London Underground.
2016-11-24
6:30pm to 8pm
 
Pimlico
Pimlico
This lecture explores the role of the school governor and its impact on student social mobility.
2016-11-24
6:30pm to 8pm
 
Holborn
Holborn
Sophie Ambler interviews acclaimed historian Juliet Barker about the Peasant's Revolt - its causes, climax and legacy.
2016-11-24
Starts at 7pm
 
Kensington
Kensington

More London events on Thursday 24th November

Friday 25th November

Join the Design Museum as it reopens its doors in its new home in Kensington, west London.
2016-11-25
10am to 8pm
 
Kensington
Kensington
This free event is open to all, and showcases a number of current projects and initiatives from The National Archives.
2016-11-25
10am to 4pm
 
Richmond
Richmond
Take a virtual tour of The Savoy with archivist Susan Scott as she goes behind-the-scenes of hotel glitz and glamour during the 1920s.
2016-11-25
Starts at 11:30am
 
Investigate whether new live-in offices are sustainable.
2016-11-25
Starts at 1:15pm
 
Euston
Euston
An evening of dinosaur-themed activities at the last Lates with Dippy the Diplodocus in residence in the main hall.
2016-11-25
6pm to 10pm
 
South Kensington
South Kensington
A party night to celebrate our Victorian Entertainments exhibition
2016-11-25
7:30pm to 11pm
 
Camden
Camden
A book launch and Q&A about the Gerry Anderson TV series, UFO.
2016-11-25
7:30pm to 7pm
 
Kennington
Kennington
Nigel Cliff tells the remarkable story of an iconic Cold War moment and its aftermath
2016-11-25
9pm to 10pm
 
Camden
Camden

More London events on Friday 25th November

Saturday 26th November

£17.00
This event brings a taste of Japanese tradition, modernity and the latest trends to the heart of our city.
2016-11-26
All Day
 
Wapping
Wapping
Join the Design Museum as it reopens its doors in its new home in Kensington, west London.
2016-11-26
10am to 8pm
 
Kensington
Kensington
Hear behind-the-scenes stories and gain exclusive access to areas usually reserved for performers and Southbank Centre staff.
2016-11-26
Starts at 12pm
 
Southwark
Southwark
Screening of a film about homelessness by the housing charity, Shelter
2016-11-26
7pm to 10pm
 
South Norwood
South Norwood
Magenta from the Rocky Horror Show talks about her acting career.
2016-11-26
Starts at 8pm
 
Kennington
Kennington

More London events on Saturday 26th November

Sunday 27th November

£17.00
This event brings a taste of Japanese tradition, modernity and the latest trends to the heart of our city.
2016-11-27
All Day
 
Wapping
Wapping
Join the Design Museum as it reopens its doors in its new home in Kensington, west London.
2016-11-27
10am to 6pm
 
Kensington
Kensington
Annual fair held in the grounds on the ancient Dulwich College.
2016-11-27
10:30am to 4pm
 
Dulwich
Dulwich

More London events on Sunday 27th November

Monday 28th November

A talk about HIV prevention and treatment by two experts in the field.
2016-11-28
Starts at 5:30pm
 
A screening of the classic android western movie.
2016-11-28
Starts at 8pm
 
Hackney
Hackney

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Tuesday 29th November

Peter Tatchell shares insights from decades of campaigning for social equality and LGBT rights.
2016-11-29
6pm to 7pm
 
Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square
Railway historian Christian Wolmar charts how the iron road spread so rapidly and extensively.
2016-11-29
7pm to 8:30pm
 
Camden
Camden

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Wednesday 30th November

Hear stories of people who have arrived in south west London and made this corner of the city their new home.
2016-11-30
Starts at 6pm
 
Battersea
Battersea
Photography Studio for Juergen Teller and London Bridge Station will be featuring in Concrete Elegance.
2016-11-30
Starts at 6:30pm
 
Euston
Euston
Professor Ayliffe will give an illustrated talk about the history of anatomy and dissection, from ancient attitudes to dissection
2016-11-30
6:30pm to 8:30pm
 
Barbican
Barbican
A talk about the heightened political significance of the religiously dressed body in post-Brexit Britain and beyond.
2016-11-30
6:30pm to 9pm
 
The evening is dedicated to Typography and Beer.
2016-11-30
7pm to 10pm
 
Shoreditch
Shoreditch

More London events on Wednesday 30th November

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