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Top events in London on Wed 17th Apr 2019
£4.00
Gap Year Travel Safety
Whether you’re a young person setting off for the first time, or a silver traveller heading out on your next adventure; international security expert, Lloyd Figgins, provides practical and cost effective advice on how to stay safe.
7pm to 8:15pm
Soho
A talk by a structural engineer on the design of theme park rides.
6pm to 7:30pm Clerkenwell
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
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 Apr
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 Apr
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 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 Closing soon 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 9pm Strand Closing soon Mon, 22nd Apr
A display of paintings which depict landscapes, river views and street scenes in Tower Hamlets.
9am to 5pm Whitechapel Closing soon Thu, 25th Apr
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 Apr
An display of photographs by a Victorian eccentric -- very "steampunk".
11am to 6:30pm Mayfair Closing soon Fri, 26th Apr
From Rossetti, Millais and Burne-Jones to Perry, Latham and Pecchioli, join the dreamers where reality meets imagination.
10am to 5pm City of London Closing soon Sun, 28th Apr
The exhibition features ceramic artworks dispensing scents inspired by the Horniman Gardens, and a soundscape based on the chemical processes occurring in plants and trees.
10am to 5:30pm Forest Hill Closing soon Tue, 30th Apr
Tower Bridge opening times
Tower Bridge is not due to open today. The next scheduled opening is on Fri 19th Apr at 12:30pm
