Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Top events in London on Fri 11th Jan 2019
Historian David Olusoga delves into the series of race related riots of 1919
7pm to 8:30pm
CamdenIn this special lecture, Irving Finkel, British Museum, gives an overview of how the library would have functioned, with reference to a few highlight texts from the Museum's collection.
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
With over 150 posters and original artworks on display, this exhibition recognises some of these forgotten design heroines and reveals the hidden stories behind their work.
10am to 6pm Covent Garden
Closing soon Sun, 13th Jan
An exhibition that reveals sunken, forgotten letters recently recovered from a shipwreck.
10am to 5pm Farringdon Closing soon Sun, 13th Jan
This exhibition explores how factory methods are transforming how we deliver homes in the capital.
9am to 6pm Euston Closing soon Fri, 18th Jan
These displays explore the controversy that has raged over female practitioners throughout the centuries.
9am to 5pm Camden Closing soon Fri, 18th Jan
An exhibition of books from Eton College.
9am to 5pm South Kensington Closing soon Fri, 18th Jan
The exhibition explores the day and evening styles of the decade, complemented by photographs of the stars who championed them.
11am to 6pm Southwark Closing soon Sun, 20th Jan
This exhibition traces the development of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings through a selection of over forty masterpieces.
10am to 9pm Trafalgar Square Closing soon Sun, 20th Jan
An exhibition which explores dreams, the unconscious and an imaginary world between sleep and wakefulness.
10am to 5:45pm Bethnal Green Closing soon Sun, 20th Jan
History, as somebody wise once said, is just one damned thing after another. But is it really? Who decides what is ‘history’?
10am to 5:50pm Russell Square Closing soon Sun, 20th Jan
Designed and curated in close collaboration with Piano himself, this is the first exhibition in London to put the spotlight on Piano in 30 years.
10am to 10pm Picadilly Closing soon Sun, 20th Jan
Tower Bridge opening times
| 06:30pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Up river |
| 07:30pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Down river |
| 10:00pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Up river |
| 10:45pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Down river |
