Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
This exhibition traces the history of the Thameslink route from 1866 through to the recent £7bn modernisation programme which has transformed the route and untangled the tracks.
Starts at 10am
Covent Garden
Ends on Mon, 2nd Dec
The LSE Library is marking the centenary of the appointment of William Beveridge as one of LSE’s most influential and widely known Directors.
9am to 7pm Holborn Ends on Fri, 20th Dec
Highlights include self-driving cars, autonomous flying drones and smart underwater vehicles like the Autosub Long Range Boaty McBoatface.
10am to 6pm South Kensington Ends on Sat, 21st Dec
This winter, more twinkling and fantastical than ever before, Christmas at Kew returns.
Starts at 12am Richmond Ends on Sun, 5th Jan 2020
Created in close collaboration with the artist, Elizabeth Peyton: Aire and Angels, explores the development of Peyton’s unique art from the 1990s to the present day.
10am to 6pm Soho Ends on Sun, 5th Jan 2020
A huge floating "Moon" will fill a darkened room and it's oddly exciting to see
10am to 5:50pm South Kensington Ends on Sun, 5th Jan 2020
Discover artists who have risked their lives in times of conflict for the music they love.
10am to 6pm Southwark Ends on Sun, 5th Jan 2020
A series of striking photographs of science in action will soon go on display at the Science Museum as part of the Royal Photographic Society’s inaugural Science Photographer of the Year competition.
10am to 6pm South Kensington Ends on Sun, 5th Jan 2020
To celebrate 50 years since NASA’s Apollo 11 mission landed the first humans on the Moon, the UK’s biggest exhibition dedicated to Earth’s nearest celestial neighbour.
10am to 5pm Greenwich Ends on Sun, 5th Jan 2020
Jide Odukoya’s photographic series shows Nigeria abuzz through the lens of traditional Nigerian weddings.
10am to 5:30pm Forest Hill Ends on Sun, 5th Jan 2020
Walking tours of London on Monday 2nd December 2019
London has burned several time in its 2,000 years, and on this 2-hour walk you’ll learn about the 2 cataclysmic events of 1666 and 1940/41.
2pm to 4pm City of London
Tower Bridge opening times
Tower Bridge is not due to open today. The next scheduled opening is on Sat 7th Dec at 07:30am
