What's on in London on Wednesday 23rd 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 Wed 23rd May 2018
Free
Pewter Live 2018
30th annual competition to celebrate the best in pewter making - one day exhibition of the winning entries.
10am to 5pm
City of London
Philip looks at some of the most fantastical and futurist buildings of their time and considers the reasons they were not built.
12pm to 12:50pm Clerkenwell
£6.50
London's Public Realm
An event celebrating the progress in improving London's public realm.
6:15pm to 8:15pm Clerkenwell
£8.00
My Ancestor was a Quaker
In this talk, Michael Gandy looks at how to trace Quakers in your family and how to learn more about the lives they led.
2pm to 3pm Clerkenwell
Professor Wilson will examine the causes, conduct and consequences of the Thirty Years’ War, Europe’s most destructive conflict prior to the two 20th-century world wars.
1pm to 2pm BarbicanThis lecture will use examples of how the public may be misled and consider the implications of such misunderstanding.
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
Free
Welcome to the Simulation
(Wednesday, 23rd May - 11am to 6pm)
(Wednesday, 23rd May - 11am to 6pm)
An exhibition of new work by Belfast-based street artist and printmaker Leo Boyd. (Closing soon Sat, 26th May)
£13.50
Another Kind of Life Photography on the Margins
(Wednesday, 23rd May - All Day)
(Wednesday, 23rd 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. (Closing soon Sun, 27th May)
£15
Age of Terror: Art since 9/11
(Wednesday, 23rd May - 10am to 6pm)
(Wednesday, 23rd 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. (Closing soon Mon, 28th May)
Free
Tacita Dean: Still Life
(Wednesday, 23rd May - 10am to 6pm)
(Wednesday, 23rd May - 10am to 6pm)
Explore still life through the lens of Tacita Dean, one of the genre's leading contemporary practitioners (Closing soon Mon, 28th May)
Free
Fields of Battle, Lands of Peace: 1918 - 2018
(Wednesday, 23rd May - 8am to 9am)
(Wednesday, 23rd 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. (Closing soon Mon, 28th May)
Free
Fate Unknown: The Search for the Missing after the Holocaust
(Wednesday, 23rd May - 10am to 5pm)
(Wednesday, 23rd May - 10am to 5pm)
Learn about global efforts made after the Holocaust to find Zuzana Knobloch and millions of others like her. (Closing soon Wed, 30th May)
Free
Wounded: Conflict, Casualties and Care
(Wednesday, 23rd May - 10am to 6pm)
(Wednesday, 23rd 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. (Closing soon Thu, 31st May)
Free
AOP50: 50 Years of the Association of Photographers
(Wednesday, 23rd May - All Day)
(Wednesday, 23rd May - All Day)
Photographs have been selected to illustrate the impact, diversity and quality of work by AOP members since 1968. (Closing soon Fri, 1st Jun)
Free
Messages from Unknown
(Wednesday, 23rd May - 1pm to 5pm)
(Wednesday, 23rd May - 1pm to 5pm)
The works are inspired by their exploration of both the content of the papyrus stories and the conservation and collections care of papyrus materials in museums. (Closing soon Sat, 2nd Jun)
Free
Just Type
(Wednesday, 23rd May - 8am to 5pm)
(Wednesday, 23rd 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. (Closing soon Sat, 9th Jun)
Walking Tours of London on Wed 23rd May 2018
Hear about the history of the area and how it was transformed to host the world-famous London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
(Olympic Park)
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)
Tower Bridge opening times
| 03:00pm | Sailing Vessel Eye of the Wind | Up river |
| 03:30pm | Sailing Vessel Eye of the Wind | Down river |
| 11:15am | Sailing Barge Ardwina | Up river |
| 05:00pm | Sailing Barge Ardwina | Down river |
| 08:15pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Up river |
| 04:15pm | Sailing Barge Ardwina | Up river |
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