Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Wednesday 17th Apr
£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
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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
Ends on Wed, 17th 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 Ends on 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 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 9pm Strand Ends on Mon, 22nd Apr
A display of paintings which depict landscapes, river views and street scenes in Tower Hamlets.
9am to 5pm Whitechapel Ends on 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 Ends on 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 Ends on Sun, 28th Apr
This exhibition showcases extraordinary animal behaviour and the breathtaking diversity of life on Earth.
10am to 5:50pm South Kensington Ends on Mon, 29th 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 Ends on Tue, 30th Apr
Explore this surreal lost property office where you will uncover stories in the most unlikely places.
11am to 8pm Barbican Ends on Fri, 3rd May
Tower Bridge opening times
Tower Bridge is not due to open today. The next scheduled opening is on Fri 19th Apr at 12:30pm
