The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Tuesday 4th May.
Top events in London on Tue 4th May 2021
Online events / webinars
This lecture looks at great winners (and losers) from the past and clarifies the ideas behind the annual competition.
2pm to 3pm
This talk will explore negotiations between planners and the public by focusing on attempts to reorganise London’s teaching hospital system in the post-war period.
4pm to 5:15pm
Lance corporal Rusty Firmin will be telling the full story of Operation Nimrod and his own involvement.
6:15pm to 7:30pm
To coincide with the bicentenary of Napoleon’s death, this lecture will review Sir John Soane’s interest in Napoleon Bonaparte.
6:30pm to :
Join Mark Solms as he explores the mechanisms behind the dreaming brain and what they really mean.
7pm to 8:30pm
Historian and curator Barry Bergdoll examines transformations in French architectural culture through the lens of the Vaudoyer dynasty.
7pm to 9pm
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
Closing soon Sat, 9th October
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
Closing soon Sat, 9th October
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
Closing soon Sat, 9th October
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
Closing soon Sat, 9th October
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
Closes today
Five leading contemporary craft galleries on display in the historic, 19th-century official residence of the Argentine ambassador.
12pm to 5pm
Belgravia
Closes today
20 designers have been invited to think about their experiences of a pandemic world.
10am to 6pm
Kensington
Closes today
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
Closes today
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
Closes today
What's on in London
Walking tours of London on Tuesday 4th May 2021
On this guided tour, led by an expert City of London of Guide, you’ll see several of his finest places of worship.
11am to 12:30pm
City of LondonA guided walk around the City looking for old London.
11am to 1pm Barbican£15.00
Old Westminster Walking Tour
A guided walk around Westminster and get to see the hidden and ever so picturesque Georgian back streets where all the political salons are
2pm to 4pm Whitehall
