Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Top events in London on Sat 3rd Nov 2018
The street is closed and filled up with vintage and sports cars.
10:30am to 4pm
Regent Street
Monthly open day at one of London's more curious and delightful museums, devoted to the history of the sewing machine.
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
Explore an exclusive range of journals, logs and records that date back to the 1700s.
10am to 9pm Harley Street
Closing soon Sat, 3rd Nov
Award winning graphic artist Frith Kerr invites designers to respond to the female artists collected by Ernö and Ursula Goldfinger.
11am to 5pm Hampstead Closing soon Sun, 4th Nov
100 projects shaping the world of tomorrow
10am to 5:45pm South Kensington Closing soon Sun, 4th Nov
Explore the origins of the Dowding System and its legacy in later years.
10am to 4pm Stanmore Closing soon Sat, 10th Nov
This exhibition investigates and reveals Dickens’s deep and influential interest in medicine, chemistry, geology, the energy of the Earth and the ability of science to drive change.
10am to 5pm Clerkenwell Closing soon Sun, 11th Nov
Discover the city at night through the eyes of photographers from the late 19th century to the present day.
10am to 6pm Barbican Closing soon Sun, 11th Nov
An exhibition that explores the glamorous and grotesque, disturbed and diabolical, surreal and supernatural, merciless and macabre and uncanny and undead!
6pm to 11pm Whitechapel Closing soon Fri, 16th Nov
The feature display will include war and propaganda posters issued by all sides of the conflict, including the UK, USA, Germany and Russia.
11am to 6pm West Brompton Closing soon Sat, 17th Nov
This exhibition features two very talented Edwardian female illustrators whose work has been largely forgotten.
11am to 4pm Pinner Closing soon Sun, 18th Nov
This year’s winning and commended entries will be exhibited at the Soane Museum this autumn.
10am to 5pm Holborn Closing soon Sun, 18th Nov
Regular Events - Saturday 3rd November 2018
A guided tour around the historic Somerset House including the vaults under the main forecourt.
12:15pm to : Strand
£20.00
The Pantheon of Pancras
A guided walk around the old Parish of St Pancras, the edge of London where old and new collide, to meet the old and new gods that have sprung up, and the outsiders who have disrupted time, and space, and the way we see the world.
2pm to 6:30pm ClerkenwellWeekend openings of one of London's largest visible Roman ruins, currently in the basement of an otherwise unremarkable office block.
11am to 1pm City of LondonWalking tours of London on Saturday 3rd November 2018
£12.00
Public Toilets Walking Tour
This walking tour covers iconic London from a new perspective, introducing guests to the history and surprisingly dynamic modern politics of the Public Toilet.
3:30pm to 5:30pm SouthwarkUncover some of the locations from the James Bond films, including the latest 007 film adventure.
10:30am to 1pm Trafalgar SquareA 90-minute walking tour as you explore the Barbican and discover the fascinating history behind the building of the Centre and the surrounding estate.
tba BarbicanTower Bridge opening times
| 05:30pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Up river |
| 06:15pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Down river |
| 09:30pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Up river |
| 10:15pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Down river |
