Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Tuesday 19th May
How can we deliver clean and affordable energy to even the poor, especially in rural settlements?
6pm to 7pm
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
This exhibition explores the ways in which, from the eighteenth century to the present day, our perception of the hero or heroine has evolved.
11am to 5pm Greenwich
Ends on Sun, 24th May
The largest exhibition of his drawings for 50 years.
10am to 6pm Pimlico Ends on Mon, 25th May
This is the first monographic exhibition of Spilliaert’s work in the UK and will showcase some 90 works on paper.
10am to 6pm Picadilly Ends on Mon, 25th May
Featuring over 35 paintings and drawings from collections across the world, the exhibition spans Maes’s whole career, spent in Dordrecht and Amsterdam.
10am to 6pm Trafalgar Square Ends on Sun, 31st May
See original drafts of Wordsworth’s verse, his notebooks, correspondence and more.
11am to 5pm Camden Ends on Sun, 31st May
This exhibition explores the extravagant world of the glamorous and stylish ‘Bright Young Things’ of the twenties and thirties, seen through the eye of renowned British photographer Cecil Beaton.
10am to 6pm Soho Ends on Sun, 7th Jun
This exhibition is a unique opportunity to view the Ordupgaard Collection’s treasure trove of Impressionist works, from Monet and Degas, to pre-Impressionist artists like Corot and Courbet.
10am to 6pm Picadilly Ends on Sun, 14th Jun
The exhibition explores Victorian London from the 1830s until the turn of the twentieth century, focusing on Dickens’s child characters.
9am to 8:45pm Euston Ends on Sat, 20th Jun
The UK’s first public exhibition dedicated solely to gay cultural icon Tom of Finland (born Touko Laaksonen) on the centenary of his birth.
10am to 5:30pm Kings Cross Ends on Sun, 21st Jun
A multidisciplinary exhibition combining the architecture of windows, photography, manga, craft and technology.
10am to 8pm Kensington Ends on Sun, 28th Jun
Regular Events - Tuesday 19th May 2020
A tour exploring the history of the site before the current building existed.
12:45pm to : StrandWalking tours of London on Tuesday 19th May 2020
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.
11am to 12:45pm 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!
2pm to 4pm City of London
Tower Bridge opening times
Tower Bridge is not due to open today. The next scheduled opening is on Fri 31st Jul at 11:15am
