Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Top events in London on Thu 25th Apr 2019
In this talk Holly Carter-Chappell will examine the ways in which these two calamitous events altered the way in which Britain grieved and memorialised its dead forever.
6pm to 7pm
Southwark
£17.00
For the Love of Nature’
Join Huw Cordey and Patrick Morris - the filmmakers behind BBC series Life, Planet Earth and The Hunt - for an evening of the stories that have inspired them across thirty years of wildlife filmmaking.
7:30pm to 9pm South Kensington
Our contemporary records specialist Mark Dunton delves deeper into this scandal - one of a series that rocked the Macmillan government in the early 1960s, feeding into a national obsession with spy culture at the time.
2pm to 3pm Richmond
Copies of 'London Made Us' will be available to purchase on the evening along with a book-signing.
7pm to 8:30pm Southwark
LSE's Rebecca Newton will in this lecture discuss how to build authentic leadership and drive positive change.
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
A display of paintings which depict landscapes, river views and street scenes in Tower Hamlets.
9am to 8pm 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
Explore this surreal lost property office where you will uncover stories in the most unlikely places.
11am to 8pm Barbican Closing soon Fri, 3rd May
Ara Güler, who passed away last year, was known by many as one of the greatest photojournalists of his time
10am to 6pm Chelsea Closing soon Sun, 5th May
A photographic exhibition documenting the living conditions of London’s most disadvantaged children.
10am to 5pm Clerkenwell Closing soon Sun, 5th May
Admire the gardens as they are brightened by the impressive 20,000 tulips planted throughout the gardens.
11:30am to 3:30pm Eltham Closing soon Sun, 5th May
With more than 800 images on display, this global photography exhibition presents all winning and shortlisted entries, including the Photographer of the Year, from this year’s Awards
10am to 9pm Strand Closing soon Mon, 6th May
Tower Bridge opening times
| 05:45pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Up river |
| 06:45pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Down river |
| 10:45pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Up river |
| 11:30pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Down river |
