The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Thursday 15th August.


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Top events in London on Thu 15th Aug 2019

Four late night openings of the Cathedral for visitors.
2019-08-15
5pm to 6pm
 
City of London
City of London
A chance to go into the normally private gardens in the medieval monastery by the Barbican
2019-08-15
5:30pm to 8:30pm
 
Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell
Do you know the connection between Polari and Southbank Centre? Or how 6,000 people celebrated the Marriage Act here in 2014?
2019-08-15
6pm to 7pm
 
Southwark
Southwark
William and Jonathan will be discussing all things shooting – from what to take with you on your first shoot and the etiquette and history of the sport to what food best to keep you fuelled throughout the day.
2019-08-15
6:30pm to 8:30pm
 
New Oxford Street
New Oxford Street
A talk by the author on a book about the UK's lighthouses
2019-08-15
Starts at 6:30pm
 
Hampstead
Hampstead
Join Professor Curry as she demonstrates the fascinating insights revealed by a project, now on the verge of completion, to create an online calendar of the rolls.
2019-08-15
6:30pm to 8:30pm
 
Richmond
Richmond

 

Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon

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 August
2019-07-01
2019-08-15
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 9pm
Southwark
Closing soon Sun, 18th August
2019-07-03
2019-08-18
This exhibition brings the world’s largest refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, to Westfield Stratford City for one week.
All Day
Olympic Park
Closing soon Sun, 18th August
2019-08-12
2019-08-18
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 August
2019-06-21
2019-08-21
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 August
2019-04-02
2019-08-25
This exhibition explores the forgotten industrial history of plastic in east London around the River Lea.
10am to 5pm
Bow
Closing soon Sun, 25th August
2019-05-17
2019-08-25
£19.50  
Enter a graphic world where art and storytelling collide in the largest exhibition of manga ever to take place outside of Japan.
10am to 5:30pm
Russell Square
Closing soon Mon, 26th August
2019-05-23
2019-08-26
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 August
2019-05-16
2019-08-26
One of the biggest mysteries in physics today is what exactly makes up our Universe, and why – 95 per cent of it cannot be observed.
10am to 6pm
Southwark
Closing soon Mon, 26th August
2019-06-06
2019-08-26
Discover the extraordinary history behind one of humankind’s greatest achievements: how we write
9:30am to 6pm
Camden
Closing soon Tue, 27th August
2019-04-26
2019-08-27

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What's on in London

Walking tours of London on Thursday 15th August 2019

On this guided tour, led by an expert City of London of Guide, you’ll see several of his finest places of worship. Judge for yourself which is the finest!
 11am to 1pm
 
 City of London
2019-08-15
2019-08-15
Called the Street of Shame, there’s more to this road between the City of London and the City of Westminster than its newspaper heritage.
 2pm to 3:45pm
 
 City of London
2019-08-15
2019-08-15
Travis Elborough leads a walk through two thousand years of the London history
 7pm to 8pm
 
 Southwark
2019-08-15
2019-08-15