What's on in London on Tuesday 22nd May 2018
Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and random miscellany happening around London.
Top things to do in London on Tue 22nd May 2018
Free
Mathematical Research from Toy Models
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 6pm to 7pm)
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 6pm to 7pm)
The lecture will consist of tabletop demos of such toys, together with simple, robust modelling of what is going on. The theme that emerges is singularity.
(Barbican)
Free
The Freedom of the City of London
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 2:30pm to 3:30pm)
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 2:30pm to 3:30pm)
What is it, who can receive it and what does it allow you to do? This talk given by Murray Craig, Clerk of the Chamberlains Court, will explore the history of this intriguing ceremony.
(Clerkenwell)
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£13.50
Another Kind of Life Photography on the Margins
(Tuesday, 22nd May - All Day)
(Tuesday, 22nd May - All Day)
Touching on themes of countercultures, subcultures and minorities of all kinds, the show features the work of 20 photographers from the 1950s to the present day.
£15
Age of Terror: Art since 9/11
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 10am to 6pm)
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 10am to 6pm)
The UK’s first major exhibition of artists’ responses to war and conflict since the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001.
Free
Tacita Dean: Still Life
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 10am to 6pm)
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 10am to 6pm)
Explore still life through the lens of Tacita Dean, one of the genre's leading contemporary practitioners
Free
Fields of Battle, Lands of Peace: 1918 - 2018
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 8am to 9am)
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 8am to 9am)
Large landscape images explore the theme of reconciliation by capturing how time and nature have eased the scars of war on the battlefields of the Western Front.
Free
Fate Unknown: The Search for the Missing after the Holocaust
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 10am to 5pm)
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 10am to 5pm)
Learn about global efforts made after the Holocaust to find Zuzana Knobloch and millions of others like her.
Free
Wounded: Conflict, Casualties and Care
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 10am to 6pm)
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 10am to 6pm)
This exhibition commemorates the centenary of this momentous battle and the huge medical and human impact of wounding during and beyond the First World War.
Free
AOP50: 50 Years of the Association of Photographers
(Tuesday, 22nd May - All Day)
(Tuesday, 22nd May - All Day)
Photographs have been selected to illustrate the impact, diversity and quality of work by AOP members since 1968.
Free
Just Type
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 8am to 5pm)
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 8am to 5pm)
A typography based exhibition featuring new works from 6 artists who have a long connection with letters in various forms and colours.
Free
Fatberg!
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 10am to 6pm)
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 10am to 6pm)
A display of the last remaining parts of the Whitechapel fatberg.
Free
Ceaseless motion: William Harvey’s experiments in circulation
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 9am to 5pm)
(Tuesday, 22nd May - 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.
Regular Events on Tue 22nd May 2018
(usually repeat most weeks)
A tour exploring the history of the site before the current building existed.
Free
The Old Palace Tour
A free guided tour exploring the history of the site before the current building existed.
Walking Tours of London on Tue 22nd May 2018
Join Pete on his fascinating walking tour taking in the sights and sounds of Brick Lane and the lesser known streets of this vibrant community.
(Tower Hill)
Let "Mike the Mod" share his first-hand knowledge of the history of contemporary music in Camden
(Hampstead)
Tower Bridge opening times
Tower Bridge is not due to open today. The next scheduled opening is on Wed 23rd May at 03:00pm
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