Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Monday 25th Mar
Novelists Sarah Perry and Kate Mosse discuss the distinct appeal of the gothic genre, using history as a source of inspiration, and how writing the gothic has changed in the last two centuries.
7pm to 8:30pm
Camden
£15.00
Edvard Munch: love and angst
Curator Giulia Bartrum talks about this pioneering, subversive artist as the British Museum lifts the veil on his life and works in the largest show of his prints in the UK to date.
Starts at 12am Russell SquareJoin award winning Royal Society Fellow Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, for a thought-provoking look at the very nature of creativity and what it means to be human.
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
This exhibition attempts to recapture how the Victorians would have seen Highgate Cemetery.
10am to 6pm Farringdon
Ends on Fri, 29th Mar
An exhibition of dog photographs by Thomas Fall.
9:30am to 4:30pm Picadilly Ends on 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 Ends on 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 Ends on Sun, 31st Mar
Through a rich collection of photographs, discover the innovation and resourcefulness that shaped the rebuilding and regeneration of the world post-war, revealing resilience and creativity in times of great change.
10am to 6pm Southwark Ends on Sun, 31st Mar
Collectively these portraits and stories speak across continents and generations of an extraordinary post-war emigration of women who made a leap of faith for the love of an airman.
10am to 6pm Colindale Ends on Sun, 14th Apr
The exhibition showcases how humanity has used medicine to extend life and defy death throughout time.
9:30am to 9pm Euston Ends on Tue, 16th Apr
An exhibition that looks at how the world has tried (and often failed) to secure peace in the 20th century.
9am to 7pm Holborn Ends on Wed, 17th Apr
This is the V&A Museum of Childhood’s first major exhibition to focus on fictional pirates and their influence in popular culture.
10am to 5:45pm Bethnal Green Ends on Mon, 22nd Apr
The exhibition showcases significant objects from Sheffield’s Guild of St George Ruskin Collection whilst also drawing on the collections of museums and galleries.
10am to 4:30pm Strand Ends on Mon, 22nd Apr
Tower Bridge opening times
Tower Bridge is not due to open today. The next scheduled opening is on Thu 11th Apr at 10:15am
