Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Top events in London on Thu 24th Jan 2019
The government says it wants to make new developments more beautiful – but beautiful to whom?
6:30pm to :
Kings CrossThis illustrated lecture by Jo Story (Professor at the University of Leicester) explores the deep-rooted connectivity between England and the Continent in the centuries before the Norman Conquest
7pm to 8:30pm CamdenComic Robin Ince uses the life of the stand-up as a way of exploring some of the biggest questions we all face
7:30pm to 9pm Holborn
£8.14
Roman Legionaries
In this talk Simon Elliott launches his most recent book, Roman Legionaries, which tells the story of every aspect of the lives of these elite warriors of the ancient world.
6pm to 8pm City of London
Paul Dolan launches his new book, Happy Ever After, exploring the narratives society installs in us, using good evidence to debunk bad stories.
6:30pm to 8pm HolbornThis lecture will explore how the sixteenth century found ways of distancing itself from religion – like Christopher Marlowe, who raged against its moral constraints.
6pm to 7pm BarbicanTo acknowledge the contribution of black and minority ethnic seafarers during the First World War and some of their stories just after the war had ended.
1pm to 2pm Richmond
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
The exhibition includes works by members of Proust’s family and by some of the leading French physicians of the day.
9am to 9pm Harley Street
Closing soon Sat, 26th Jan
A night time display of lighting installations around the Canary Wharf estate.
5pm to 10pm Poplar Closing soon Sat, 26th Jan
The first UK exhibition to explore the complex relationship between fashion and nature from 1600 to the present day
10am to 5:45pm South Kensington Closing soon Sun, 27th Jan
Discover two artists who changed the course of Western European art
10am to 6pm Trafalgar Square Closing soon Sun, 27th Jan
The first UK show of work by the Spanish Baroque artist and printmaker, Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652).
10am to 5pm Dulwich Closing soon Sun, 27th Jan
The Enchanted Garden explores how Morris's contemporaries and subsequent generations of artists have responded to the allure of garden spaces, using them as stages for the magical, menacing and romantic.
10am to 5pm Walthamstow Closing soon Sun, 27th Jan
A series of light installations during January along London Wall in the City of London.
3pm to 9pm Barbican Closing soon Thu, 31st Jan
The exhibition explores the Gestetner machine as a device that revolutionised the office.
1pm to 5pm Tottenham Closing soon Thu, 31st Jan
Previously unseen and rediscovered archival photography of Kate Macintosh’s Dawson’s Heights housing in south London shown at the RIBA.
10am to 5pm Regent Street Closing soon Sat, 2nd Feb
Prepare for the unknown – on the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of ‘Spanish Flu’, this display explores how a future epidemic might hit London.
10am to 6pm Barbican Closing soon Sun, 3rd Feb
Tower Bridge opening times
Tower Bridge is not due to open today. The next scheduled opening is on Wed 30th Jan at 09:30am
