Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Top events in London on Fri 9th Nov 2018
Chaired by Lewis Bush, award-winning photographer, writer, curator and lecturer, this talk will explore the darker side of London at night.
6:30pm to :
Barbican
Writer, broadcaster and editor, Ian Hislop, joins celebrated comedy writer and producer, Armando Iannucci, to discuss the changing role of satire and subversion in a post-truth world.
Starts at 12am Russell Square
£7.00
History Showoff
History Showoff is a comedy cabaret event all about the past, where a cast of historians, archaeologists, museum folk and comedians try to make sense of the olden days.
7pm to 9:30pm Southwark
Zvezdana Popovic introduces the all women hospitals that operated in France, parts of Greece, Russia and Serbia during World War One.
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
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.
10am 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
A huge display of over 70,000 miniature shrouds will remember everyone who died in the Battle of the Somme and doesn't have a grave.
10am to 7pm Olympic Park Closing soon Sun, 18th Nov
The exhibition explores the multifaceted landscape of one of London’s most thriving boroughs and its residents.
10am to 6pm Islington Closing soon Sat, 24th Nov
The Jameel Prize is an international award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition.
10am to 10pm South Kensington Closing soon Sun, 25th Nov
Tower Bridge opening times
Tower Bridge is not due to open today. The next scheduled opening is on Sat 10th Nov at 05:00pm
