Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Friday 26th Oct
During World War I, there was vicious and devastating fighting between Japan and Germany in the sea off the coast of Wales.
6pm to 7pm
Camden
Roam around the Museum after hours and discover the role of females in nature and women science.
6pm to 10pm South Kensington
Join special guest Simon Singh for a drink and a lively discussion on alternative medicine, based around his appropriately-named book Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial.
6:45pm to : SohoDrawing on recently declassified records in British and American files, this talk illuminates a long-hidden feature of wartime medicine: the deliberate modification of bodies for the purposes of disguise.
6:30pm to 8:30pm Pimlico
Simon Callow has spent a great deal of his life in libraries and this is his hymn to them.
6pm to 7pm Soho
Tara Finn explores illegal prostitution and its social ramifications in First World War Britain.
11:30am to : Chelsea
Dr Romany Reagan will take us on an exploration of the beginnings of occultism and the gothic imagination in Victorian culture.
7pm to : Southwark
Grab some shoulder pads, blast out some Duran Duran and get ready for a wicked 1980s themed Friday Late at London Transport Museum in Covent Garden.
6:45pm to 10pm Covent GardenA chilling performance of The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari.
Starts at 7:30pm Clerkenwell
£5.82
Open Art Afternoon
A unique occasion for a chance to view the museum's specimens over the course of an afternoon, particularly if you'd like to draw them, and to see the museum's current art exhibition
1:30pm to 4:30pm Barbican
Free
Art and Suffrage
An afternoon of talks on the artists and art of the suffrage campaign through items in the Women’s Library collection.
2pm to 6pm HolbornThings to do in London today | What to do in London tomorrow | What's on this weekend
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
The Redfern Gallery is hosting a retrospective of works by Paul Feiler (1918-2013), in honour of the artist’s centenary year.
11am to 5:30pm Hanover Square
Closing soon Sat, 27th Oct
The exhibition presents an illustration of how craftsmanship and small industry are embedded in tradition, embrace the new, and adapt in a changing society.
10am to 8pm Kensington Closing soon Sun, 28th Oct
An award-winning exhibition exploring the endless ways in which colour shapes our world.
10am to 5:30pm Forest Hill Closing soon Sun, 28th Oct
A major exhibition about the burial and funeral rites of Roman London.
10am to 6pm Poplar Closing soon Sun, 28th Oct
Extreme training. Secret missions. Total dedication. Explore the hidden world of the Special Forces.
10am to 5:30pm Chelsea Closing soon Sun, 28th Oct
Uncover the mathematics behind De Morgan’s exquisite work.
9am to 5pm City of London Closing soon Sun, 28th Oct
Explore the remarkable story of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) from the opposition and immense challenges faced by early pioneers to the latest research today.
10am to 6pm South Kensington Closing soon Wed, 31st Oct
Blood bricks embody the converging traumas of modern slavery and climate change in our urban age.
9am to 6pm Euston Closing soon Wed, 31st Oct
A display of more than 200 original illustrations of the nature of the British Isles.
10am to 5:50pm South Kensington Closing soon Fri, 2nd Nov
Explore an exclusive range of journals, logs and records that date back to the 1700s.
9am to 5:30pm Harley Street Closing soon Sat, 3rd Nov
Tower Bridge opening times
| 01:15pm | Vessel | Down river |
