Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Top events in London on Fri 18th Oct 2019
Free
Sicily Fest
A festival focused on Sicilian food, with art, exhibitions and food demonstrations.
4:30pm to 10pm
Whitechapel
Free
Black Poppies
Historian Stephen Bourne explores the lives of black servicemen and Britain's black community during the First World War.
11:30am to : Chelsea
For 4 evenings, an installation made by artist Richard Sharples will be shown in St. George’s Gardens, together with the short film Imagining Mountains, which will be projected in the Chapel of Rest.
7pm to 9pm Euston
£10.00
Lunar Dreams
Join four of London’s most exciting storytellers for a multicultural voyage around the moon’s myth and folklore.
7:30pm to 9:30pm Euston
£12.60
54: The Director’s Cut (15)
Sex, drugs and debauchery on the dance floor – this restoration of the 1998 disco drama has it all.
6:30pm to : Barbican
Join astronomer Dr Robert Massey and art historian Dr Alexandra Loske for an illustrated talk about how our obsession with the Moon has manifested itself in the sciences and visual arts,
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
This exhibition explores, through archives and photographs, life in the borough in the late 1960’s.
10am to 5pm Farringdon
Closing soon Fri, 18th Oct
A huge glowing moon will hang from the roof of the church for a week.
Starts at 12am Euston Closing soon Sat, 19th Oct
Explore the changing role of women in the British Army through the lens of the Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC).
10am to 5:30pm Chelsea Closing soon Sun, 20th Oct
This exhibition explores how innovative individuals, communities and organisations are radically re-inventing how we grow, distribute and experience food.
10am to 10pm South Kensington Closing soon Sun, 20th Oct
This exhibition celebrates music hall and variety entertainment throughout a time when Islington was London’s undisputed ‘Parish of Pleasure’!
10am to 5pm Clerkenwell Closing soon Tue, 22nd Oct
These are cartoons the Evening Standard felt were either too strong or in too bad taste to publish.
10:30am to 5:30pm Putney Closing soon Fri, 25th Oct
Explore the ancient and modern contexts of one of the most important artefacts in the Petrie Museum: an ancient model of a ship-cart excavated from a tomb at the site of Gurob.
1pm to 5pm Euston Closing soon Sat, 26th Oct
With all to play for, the big guns of the toy world competed to win. Children’s choices ultimately decided the winners and losers.
10am to 6pm Notting Hill Closing soon Sun, 27th Oct
An opportunity to see excellence in contemporary design alongside the Wallace Collection’s own art works.
11am to 5pm Marylebone High St Closing soon Sun, 27th Oct
The world's most celebrated contemporary glass artist is back, showcasing his work against the stunning backdrop of Kew Gardens.
10am to 7pm Richmond Closing soon Sun, 27th Oct
Walking tours of London on Friday 18th October 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 20th Oct at 05:30pm
