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Top events in London on Fri 10th Jan 2020
Watch, or join in, as Welsh Londoners tour Central London pubs with the Mari Lwyd -- a decorated horse's skull.
7pm to :
Dr Andrew Lownie explores the unique marriage between Louis Mountbatten, former Chief of the Defence Staff, and heiress turned humanitarian Edwina.
11:30am to :
Chelsea
The fair features some forty distinguished specialist exhibitors, drawn primarily from BADA and LAPADA The Association of Art & Antiques Dealers.
11am to 6pm Mayfair
£25.00
Russian Vodka vs English Gin
Come to Pushkin House to taste and compare some styles of vodka and gin. Some cheese, chocolate and “zakuski” on bread will also be served at the tasting.
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
This light and sound installation will invite the public to experience and reflect on animated scenes depicting the consequences of climate change as they unfold beneath their feet.
4pm to 11pm
Closing soon Fri, 10th Jan
An Exhibition of original Westwood McLaren couture clothing 1971-1980.
12pm to 6pm Clerkenwell Closing soon Sat, 11th Jan
An 18-metre-wide sculpture fills the entire gallery space, with mirrored planes multiplying its dimensions to enable a reimagining of time and space.
10am to 4:30pm Ealing Closing soon Sun, 12th Jan
A striking series of works emphasising the importance of glaciers and our changing global climate.
10am to 5:30pm Forest Hill Closing soon Sun, 12th Jan
Currently enjoying a resurgence in practice and teaching, this display is a timely celebration of drawing.
10am to 8:30pm Russell Square Closing soon Sun, 12th Jan
This exhibition presents the rich variety of objects from Java and Sumatra collected by Sir Stamford Raffles, the British colonial official who founded modern Singapore.
10am to 8:30pm Russell Square Closing soon Sun, 12th Jan
An exhibition of the life and leadership of a great Australian and one of the most remarkable and highly decorated womens’ leaders of the First World War, Dame Maud McCarthy, Matron-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 1914-1919.
9am to 7pm Bethnal Green Closing soon Sun, 12th Jan
Discover the remarkable world of codebreaking, ciphers and secret communications in use by British and foreign governments.
10am to 6pm South Kensington Closes today
An exhibition of original Cuban propaganda posters and magazines.
10am to 5:30pm Kings Cross Closes tomorrow
A journey into the world’s most iconic cabarets, cafés and clubs in modern art through the lens of pioneering artists.
10am to 8pm Barbican Closes tomorrow
Walking tours of London on Friday 10th January 2020
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
Travel through a thousand years of history, meeting kings, body snatchers, Charles Dickens, an eighteenth century ghost, and William Wallace (and learn how he was in no fit state to shout "Freeeedoooommmm!")
10:30am to 12:30pm Barbican
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 Sat 11th Jan at 06:30pm
