Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Thursday 19th December
£10.00
Festive Candlelit Tours
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
A talk about the artist of the famous Kings Cross muck heap and why he chose his subjects.
7:30pm to 9pm Hampstead
Robin Ince is back to host another four nights of the acclaimed Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People.
Starts at 7pm Islington
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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.
9am to 7pm Holborn
Closing soon 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 Closing soon Sat, 21st Dec
Nine buildings will be lit up at night will illustrations of trees from the Nine Elms.
5pm to 9pm Closing soon Sat, 21st Dec
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
Grosvenor Square is set to grow and glow this festive season, as the Ever After Garden; an installation of symbolic, illuminated roses.
12pm to 8pm Mayfair Closing soon Sun, 22nd Dec
Step inside to join the rebel celebrations and discover centuries-old traditions that were forced to go underground in the 1600s.
9am to 7pm Richmond Closing soon Sat, 4th Jan
To celebrate the work of Freddy Warren, a selection of photographs are showcased in this exhibition that captures the atmosphere and movement of jazz.
9:30am to 7:30pm Barbican Closing soon Sat, 4th Jan
This winter, more twinkling and fantastical than ever before, Christmas at Kew returns.
Starts at 12am Richmond Closing soon Sun, 5th Jan
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 Closing soon Sun, 5th Jan
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.
10am to 5pm Holborn Closing soon Sun, 5th Jan
Walking tours of London on Thursday 19th December 2019
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
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
Tower Bridge opening times
| 06:30pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Up river |
| 07:15pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Down river |
| 10:30pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Up river |
| 11:15pm | Paddle Steamer Dixie Queen | Down river |
