The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Thursday 19th December.

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Top events in London on Thu 19th Dec 2019

Step back in time and experience Benjamin Franklin House in true eighteenth-century style this winter with our festive candlelit tours.
6:30pm to 9:30pm
 
Trafalgar Square
Festive Candlelit Tours
Robin Ince is back to host another four nights of the acclaimed Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People.
Starts at 7pm
 
Islington
Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People
A talk about the artist of the famous Kings Cross muck heap and why he chose his subjects.
7:30pm to 9pm
 
Hampstead
E. H. Dixon and north London watercolour landscape topography

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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon

The LSE Library is marking the centenary of the appointment of William Beveridge as one of LSE’s most influential and widely known Directors.
The Power of Influence: William Beveridge as public intellectual and LSE Director
9am to 7pm
Holborn
Closing soon Fri, 20th Dec
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Highlights include self-driving cars, autonomous flying drones and smart underwater vehicles like the Autosub Long Range Boaty McBoatface.
Driverless: Who is in control?
10am to 6pm
South Kensington
Closing soon Sat, 21st Dec
2019-12-19
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Nine buildings will be lit up at night will illustrations of trees from the Nine Elms.
Light Up Nine Elms
5pm to 9pm
Trafalgar Square
Closing soon Sat, 21st Dec
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An enchanting experience of light, colour and sound as our grounds are transformed into an illuminated world.
4:30pm to 9pm
Eltham
Closing soon Sun, 22nd Dec
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Grosvenor Square is set to grow and glow this festive season, as the Ever After Garden; an installation of symbolic, illuminated roses.
Ever After Garden
12pm to 8pm
Mayfair
Closing soon Sun, 22nd Dec
2019-12-19
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Step inside to join the rebel celebrations and discover centuries-old traditions that were forced to go underground in the 1600s.
1657: Rebel Christmas
9am to 7pm
Richmond
Closing soon Sat, 4th Jan
2019-12-19
2019-12-19
To celebrate the work of Freddy Warren, a selection of photographs are showcased in this exhibition that captures the atmosphere and movement of jazz.
Ronnie Scott's 1959-69 - Photography by Freddy Warren
9:30am to 7:30pm
Barbican
Closing soon Sat, 4th Jan
2019-12-19
2019-12-19
This winter, more twinkling and fantastical than ever before, Christmas at Kew returns.
Christmas at Kew 2019
Starts at 12am
Richmond
Closing soon Sun, 5th Jan
2019-12-19
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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.
Elizabeth Peyton: Aire and Angels
10am to 6pm
Soho
Closing soon Sun, 5th Jan
2019-12-19
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All of the paintings and engravings in Hogarth's series have been united for the first time to examine his complex views on morality, the society and the city.
Hogarth: Place and Progress
10am to 5pm
Holborn
Closing soon Sun, 5th Jan
2019-12-19
2019-12-19

Exhibitions opening soon

Walking tours of London on Thursday 19th December 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
2019-12-19
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City in Spires - A Tour of Wren Churches

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
2019-12-19
2019-12-19

Stories of Fleet Street Guided Walk