The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Friday 30th April.
Top events in London on Fri 30th Apr 2021
Online events / webinars
Free
Christine Hallett challenges some of the popular myths surrounding the allied nurses of the First World War.
12pm to 1pm
Peter Daniel talks about the Cato Street Conspiracy, a daring plot to assassinate the British Prime Minister and his cabinet.
6:30pm to 8pm
Learn about one of the protagonists of the Cato Street Conspiracy, a daring plot to assassinate the British Prime Minister and his cabinet.
6:30pm to 8pm
How accurate are science fiction films? Separate fact from fiction with astronomers from the Royal Observatory Greenwich
7pm to :
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
For the exhibition, the gallery will be transformed into an overgrown, supernaturally lit terrain inspired by the scene depicted in the painting the exhibition takes its name from.
10am to 6pm
Islington
Closing soon Thu, 7th October
The work in this exhibition is painted mostly on objects that the artist has
salvaged from the streets and buildings of London.
11am to 5pm
Stoke Newington
Closes tomorrow
An exhibition examining the industry’s innovative nature, presenting the unique depth of rush weaving’s aesthetics and its historical value to Taiwan.
11am to 6pm
Southwark
Closes tomorrow
Bentleys, the vintage luggage specialist, hosts a week-long residency with arguably Britain’s finest traditional leather craftspeople: Tetbury’s Neil MacGregor and Valerie Michael.
11am to 5pm
Sloane Square
Closes tomorrow
An exhibition that celebrates the breadth, diversity and qualities of craft, and includes numerous craft objects made in the UK over the course of the last 50 years.
All Day
Islington
Closes tomorrow
Visitors can see the entire process of creating handwoven textiles, from setting up the warp, weaving both tapestries and rugs, and finally taking the finished piece off the loom.
2pm to 6pm
Bethnal Green
Closing soon Sun, 10th October
Five leading contemporary craft galleries on display in the historic, 19th-century official residence of the Argentine ambassador.
12pm to 5pm
Belgravia
Closing soon Sun, 10th October
20 designers have been invited to think about their experiences of a pandemic world.
10am to 6pm
Kensington
Closing soon Sun, 10th October
Free
Falling Birds
A series of X-ray photographs and poetic texts highlighting extinction and the alarming decline in bird species around the world.
10am to 5:30pm
Forest Hill
Closing soon Sun, 10th October
Embroiderers to the British Royal Family, Savile Row and top European designers, Hand & Lock opens its doors for one week to offer an insight into Britain’s oldest embroidery house.
10am to 4:30pm
Belgravia
Closing soon Sun, 10th October
What's on in London
Walking tours of London on Friday 30th April 2021
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 12:30pm
City of LondonDiscover more about this much-loved London hospital, whose history dates back nearly 900 years!
2pm to 3:30pm Barbican
