Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Top events in London on Fri 2nd Aug 2019
The Archbishop's garden is open for a few hours each month between April and September.
12pm to 3pm
Southwark
Ruth Selman, Principal Early Modern Records Specialist, will explore the wills left by musical luminaries including Henry Purcell and George Frideric Handel, between the 16th and 18th centuries.
2pm to 3:30pm Richmond
Explore American nuclear testing and protest, and the meanings of the Mayflower, 1620-2020
12:30pm to 1:30pm CamdenThis talk will present the team who designed and built Agar Grove Phase 1a, this year’s Overall Winner of the New London Awards 2019.
8:30am to 9:30am
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
Eccentric, scandalous, provocative, exuberant and as funny as ever, fashion’s enfant terrible presents his new creation: part revue, part catwalk show.
All Day Southwark
Closing soon Fri, 2nd Aug
Ten years of awe-inspiring images shot by astrophotographers worldwide.
10am to 4:30pm Greenwich Closing soon Sun, 4th Aug
Comprising 65 prints and drawings, this exhibition highlights Rembrandt’s technical and creative ingenuity on paper.
10am to 8:30pm Russell Square Closing soon Sun, 4th Aug
In this, the first major museum display of artists’ postcards, discover both the politics and playfulness of this unique collection of 300 postcards.
10am to 8:30pm Russell Square Closing soon Sun, 4th Aug
For this exhibition, Mourad explores the story of Babel, using visual imagery as a means to connect people across the language divide.
11am to 6pm South Kensington Closing soon Thu, 15th Aug
An exhibition of kaleidoscopic sculptures, installations and video works informed by scientific processes and natural phenomena such as heat, cold, magnetism and light.
11am to 7pm Southwark Closing soon Sun, 18th Aug
An exhibition exploring 300 years of lunar and celestial cartography from early astronomers in the 17th century to the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969 and beyond.
10am to 6pm Chelsea Closing soon Wed, 21st Aug
This display focuses on the rarely seen archives of queer venues and social networks collated by University College London’s Urban Laboratory.
11am to 9pm Whitechapel Closing soon Sun, 25th Aug
This exhibition explores the forgotten industrial history of plastic in east London around the River Lea.
10am to 5pm Bow Closing soon Sun, 25th Aug
Prepare for your preconceptions of AI to be challenged by this timely exhibition, that reflects on how this technology impacts our very existence.
10am to 9pm Barbican Closing soon Mon, 26th Aug
Walking tours of London on Friday 2nd August 2019
Are you ready to learn about London’s grim and gruesome past? Then join us on a tour that tells the tale of crime and punishment, executions and excess.
11am to 12:45pm City of London
Discover more about this much-loved London hospital, whose history dates back nearly 900 years!
2pm to 3:30pm Barbican
Tower Bridge opening times
Tower Bridge is not due to open today. The next scheduled opening is on Sun 4th Aug at 12:30pm
