Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Top events 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 LondonPhilip 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 ClerkenwellThis lecture will use examples of how the public may be misled and consider the implications of such misunderstanding.
6pm to 7pm BarbicanProfessor 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.
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
An exhibition of new work by Belfast-based street artist and printmaker Leo Boyd.
11am to 6pm Stoke Newington
Closing soon Sat, 26th May
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.
All Day Barbican Closing soon Sun, 27th May
Explore still life through the lens of Tacita Dean, one of the genre's leading contemporary practitioners
10am to 6pm Trafalgar Square Closing soon Mon, 28th May
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.
8am to 9am City of London Closing soon Mon, 28th May
Learn about global efforts made after the Holocaust to find Zuzana Knobloch and millions of others like her.
10am to 5pm Russell Square Closing soon Wed, 30th May
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.
10am to 6pm South Kensington Closing soon Thu, 31st May
Photographs have been selected to illustrate the impact, diversity and quality of work by AOP members since 1968.
All Day Poplar Closing soon Fri, 1st Jun
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.
1pm to 5pm Euston Closing soon Sat, 2nd Jun
A typography based exhibition featuring new works from 6 artists who have a long connection with letters in various forms and colours.
8am to 5pm Whitechapel Closing soon Sat, 9th Jun
This group exhibition brings together artworks by seven international artists that address how our world might look and feel in the future.
11am to 7pm Southwark Closing soon Mon, 11th Jun
Walking tours of London on Wednesday 23rd May 2018
£10.00
London Olympic Legacy Tours
Hear about the history of the area and how it was transformed to host the world-famous London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
11am to 1pm Olympic ParkJoin Pete on his fascinating walking tour taking in the sights and sounds of Brick Lane and the lesser known streets of this vibrant community.
2pm to 4pm Tower HillTower Bridge opening times
Tower Bridge is not due to open today. The next scheduled opening is on Tue 25th Sep at 07:15pm
