The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Thursday 11th April.


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Top events in London on Thu 11th Apr 2019

Occasional open week where tours are offered of a former Archbishop's palace.
2019-04-11
1:45pm to 3:45pm
 
Croydon
Croydon
This lecture seeks to highlight and explore the common threads of a vibrant bilingual poetic culture that lasted for more than four centuries.
2019-04-11
6:30pm to 7:45pm
 
St James
St James
Learn more about the emotional importance of food for Dickens and his characters as well as the history behind the Victorian sweets and drinks.
2019-04-11
Starts at 6:30pm
 
Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell
Rachel Reeves MP speaks on her new book Women of Westminster: The MPs who Changed Politics.
2019-04-11
6:30pm to 8pm
 
Holborn
Holborn
An illustrated overview of opposition postcards under the Tsars, showing how this vibrant new form of communication served to spread revolutionary belief and disrupt the Imperial status quo.
2019-04-11
7pm to 8:30pm
 
Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury
When parliament changed the law on defamation in 2013, it thought it had solved the problem of libel tourism. It hadn’t.
2019-04-11
7pm to 9pm
 
Paddington
Paddington
How did today’s illicit drugs arrive in Britain, who were the first people to use them, and how did they spread into the culture at large?
2019-04-11
Starts at 7:30pm
 
Highgate
Highgate
Robert Kingham explores London’s historical, mythical and contemporary pagan connections.
2019-04-11
8pm to 11pm
 
Southwark
Southwark

 

Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon

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
Closing soon Sun, 14th April
2018-10-04
2019-04-14
An exhibition that looks at how the world has tried (and often failed) to secure peace in the 20th century.
9am to 7pm
Holborn
Closing soon Wed, 17th April
2019-01-14
2019-04-17
Villain’s stunning graphic and print work celebrates Polari, whilst playfully subverting Pop Art and the comic book and superhero genre, and asks us to imagine a past where homosexuality was never criminalised.
11am to 6pm
Stoke Newington
Closing soon Sat, 20th April
2019-04-06
2019-04-20
The Charles Dickens Museum explores the pivotal role of food in the author’s life and novels and give new insights into the experience of dining with Dickens.
10am to 5pm
Clerkenwell
Closing soon Sun, 21st April
2018-11-28
2019-04-21
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
Closing soon Mon, 22nd April
2018-10-20
2019-04-22
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
Closing soon Mon, 22nd April
2019-01-26
2019-04-22
A display of paintings which depict landscapes, river views and street scenes in Tower Hamlets.
9am to 8pm
Whitechapel
Closing soon Thu, 25th April
2019-02-02
2019-04-25
The exhibition is an exploration of how the proposed causes and cures are represented within the art collection of Bethlem Museum of the Mind.
10am to 5pm
Beckenham
Closing soon Fri, 26th April
2019-01-16
2019-04-26
An display of photographs by a Victorian eccentric -- very "steampunk".
11am to 6:30pm
Mayfair
Closing soon Fri, 26th April
2019-04-09
2019-04-26
Portraits, sculpture, photographs, archival documents and miniature masterpieces by Fabergé illustrate historic events and family meetings between the rulers of the two nations.
10am to 5:30pm
Whitehall
Closing soon Sun, 28th April
2018-11-09
2019-04-28

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