The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Sunday 8th January.


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Top events in London on Sun 8th Jan 2023

Monthly open day at the museum to London's first international airport - in Croydon.
2023-01-08
10am to 4pm
 
Croydon
Monthly open day at Croydon Airport museum
Croydon
A parade and festival along Bankside to herald 12th night, with Wassails, Mummers Play and Morris Dancing
2023-01-08
Starts at 2pm
 
Southwark
Bankside Twelfth Night celebrations
Southwark
Expect lots of people to be riding on the tube wearing less than usual below the waistline in the afternoon.
2023-01-08
Starts at 3pm
 
No Trousers Tube Ride

 

Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon

Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature
Celebrating the life and work of one of the best loved children's authors of the 20th century.
Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature
10am to 5pm
South Kensington
Closing soon Sun, 8th January
2022-02-12
2023-01-08
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at IWM London
New research into IWM’s photography archive demonstrates just how keenly The Queen’s role as monarch has been shaped by her wartime experiences.
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at IWM London
10am to 6pm
Southwark
Closing soon Sun, 8th January
2022-05-27
2023-01-08
Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art
The first large-scale group exhibition in the UK exploring how contemporary artists have used clay in unexpected ways.
Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art
10am to 6pm
Southwark
Closing soon Sun, 8th January
2022-10-26
2023-01-08
Carolee Schneemann - Body Politics
The first major survey of Carolee Schneemann’s work in the UK, tracing her diverse, transgressive and interdisciplinary expression over six decades.
Carolee Schneemann - Body Politics
10am to 5pm
Barbican
Closing soon Sun, 8th January
2022-09-08
2023-01-08
 Fuseli and the Modern Woman: Fashion, Fantasy, Fetishism
One of the most original and eccentric artists of the 18th century, Henry Fuseli, is the subject of a new exhibition at The Courtauld.
 Fuseli and the Modern Woman: Fashion, Fantasy, Fetishism
10am to 6pm
Strand
Closing soon Sun, 8th January
2022-10-14
2023-01-08
Winslow Homer: Force of Nature
With more than fifty paintings, covering over forty years of Homer’s career, the great American Realist painter confronted the leading issues facing the United States.
Winslow Homer: Force of Nature
10am to 6pm
Trafalgar Square
Closing soon Sun, 8th January
2022-10-09
2023-01-08
Fred Tschida: Sphere
Fred Tschida’s spinning, glowing work is recreated at a technically ambitious scale.
Fred Tschida: Sphere
All Day
Southwark
Closing soon Sun, 8th January
2022-11-04
2023-01-08
Jakob Kvist: Dichroic Sphere
A geodesic dome with a single energy-efficient light bulb at its centre casts multicoloured light in every direction.
Jakob Kvist: Dichroic Sphere
All Day
Southwark
Closing soon Sun, 8th January
2022-11-07
2023-01-08
Fred Tschida: Fredrick Carder Vase Forms
Fred Tschida’s seven rotating sculptures trace half of a vase design – set to rotate, they create a luminous three-dimensional vessel.
Fred Tschida: Fredrick Carder Vase Forms
All Day
Southwark
Closing soon Sun, 8th January
2022-11-07
2023-01-08
Winter Past
The museum's Rooms Through Time, restyled to reveal how winter has changed London homes through the last 400 years
Winter Past
10am to 5pm
Bethnal Green
Closing soon Sun, 8th January
2022-11-22
2023-01-08

Exhibitions opening soon


What's on in London

Walking tours of London on Sunday 8th January 2023

Come on a guided walk of London’s most surprising cemetery. Our wonderful volunteer guides are delighted to be able to entertain and educate visitors on these guided walks. They will cover some of the fascinating residents of the cemetery, from scientist Rosalind Franklin and Tesco founder Jack Cohen, to the infamous Madame Rachel.
 10:30am to 12pm
 
 Willesden
2023-01-08
2023-01-08
We take you to the places in and around Soho where Marx lived and worked, show you traces of the London he knew, and tell the extraordinary tale of this man who would change the world.
 11am to 1pm
 
 Picadilly
2023-01-08
2023-01-08