Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Top events in London on Wed 13th Mar 2019
London Underground manager and historian, David Leboff, will be giving an illustrated guide through this fascinating subject.
6pm to 7pm
Mayfair
Professor David Stevenson will speak on the attempts to make sure that the First World War was the ‘war to end all wars’ through treaties, the League of Nations and pacifism.
6:30pm to 8pm HolbornA talk by Michael Webb, Founding Member, Archigram, is an English architect and a founding member of Archigram, the 1960’s avant-garde neo-futurist architecture group.
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
Using rarely seen books, artworks and objects, the displays examine the themes of illustrating, opening, mapping, knowing and treating the human body.
9am to 5pm Camden
Closing soon Fri, 15th Mar
Whether raising a smile, solving a crime, wreaking magical havoc or even performing in theatre, cats take centre stage in this free exhibition.
9:30am to 6pm Camden Closing soon Sun, 17th Mar
This multi-screen installation by artist John Akomfrah remembers the millions of African men and women who participated in the First World War
10am to 6pm Southwark Closing soon Thu, 21st Mar
This exhibition of over 100 of these extraordinary film posters celebrates the talent of the varied artists who used to produce these posters, that with advances in digital printing are no longer in demand.
10:30am to 5pm Euston Closing soon Sat, 23rd Mar
Explore today’s home through the prism of yesterday’s imagination. Are we living in the way that pioneering architects and designers throughout the 20th century predicted, or has our idea of home proved resistant to real change?
10am to 6pm Kensington Closing soon Sun, 24th Mar
Explore the extraordinary lives and deaths of Tsar Nicholas II and his family and go behind the scenes to uncover the science behind one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century.
10am to 6pm South Kensington Closing soon Sun, 24th Mar
The exhibition showcases how humanity has used medicine to extend life and defy death throughout time.
9:30am to 9pm Euston Closing soon Wed, 27th Mar
An exhibition of dog photographs by Thomas Fall.
9:30am to 4:30pm Picadilly Closing soon Fri, 29th Mar
In this immersive sound installation, 32 people who fought and lived through the First World War share their personal stories of the Armistice.
10am to 6pm Southwark Closing soon Sun, 31st Mar
Two artists – born centuries apart – explore the same universal themes with works of transcendent beauty and raw emotional power.
10am to 6pm Picadilly Closing soon Sun, 31st Mar
Tower Bridge opening times
| 06:45am | Vessel | Up river |
| 07:30am | Tug | Down river |
