The IanVisits guide to Aprils unusual events, tours, lectures and exhibitions happening around London.
Tuesday 2nd Apr
Professor Ringhand discusses how officials in the United Kingdom and the United States have approached the problem, and how they have faced surprisingly similar challenges despite the different underlying approaches to political campaign financing taken by each nation.
1pm to 2pm
BarbicanMore London events on Tuesday 2nd Apr
Thursday 4th Apr
This lecture will track these radical quests and show how they could lead to positions like those of Baruch Spinoza or Thomas Hobbes: God may still exist but is almost wholly out of reach.
6pm to 7pm BarbicanMore London events on Thursday 4th Apr
Saturday 6th Apr
Monthly open day at one of London's more curious and delightful museums, devoted to the history of the sewing machine.
2pm to 5pm Tooting
£12.00
Johnston Journeys tour
Discover how Edward Johnston, the man behind London Underground’s typeface and the iconic roundel, changed passenger journeys forever.
Starts at 11am Acton
More London events on Saturday 6th Apr
Sunday 7th Apr
Occasional opening of the fairground organ museum.
11am to 5pm
Monthly(ish) open days at 250 acres of the estate originally laid out by Capability Brown.
1pm to 5pm Reigate
A monthly opening of the Victorian museum of industrial testing equipment.
11am to 5pm SouthwarkMore London events on Sunday 7th Apr
Tuesday 9th Apr
In 1855, on a dark and snowy December morning, Emmanuel Barthelemy was hanged for a double murder outside the gates of Newgate prison. What had brought him to this grisly end?
7pm to 8:30pm Southwark
The concept of a ‘good death’, and how it can be achieved will be discussed, including the importance of open conversations with children being bereaved.
1pm to 2pm BarbicanThis lecture will consider the current reality of AI in education and its transformative potential.
6pm to 7pm BarbicanMore London events on Tuesday 9th Apr
Wednesday 10th Apr
Drawing on evidence from contemporary maps, paintings and writings, and modern environmental science, the lecture will offer a 'virtual' walk around the City with Sir Thomas Gresham.
6pm to 7pm BarbicanMore London events on Wednesday 10th Apr
Saturday 13th Apr
Monthly opening of the only surviving windmill in inner London.
10am to 4pm Brixton
£20.00
The London Clown
Join Eva Griffith for a day exploring the London history of clowning.
10am to 4pm Clerkenwell
More London events on Saturday 13th Apr
Sunday 14th Apr
Monthly opening of the only surviving windmill in inner London.
10am to 4pm BrixtonMore London events on Sunday 14th Apr
Tuesday 16th Apr
In this lecture, we provide a brief history of text processing and look towards the future when the computer sonnet or love poem might become a reality.
6pm to 7pm BarbicanMore London events on Tuesday 16th Apr
Top events in London on Fri 19th Apr 2019
Free
Widow's Bun Ceremony
Each year a fresh hot-cross bun is ceremonially presented by sailors to the pub landlord/lady.
3pm to 3pm Bow
More London events on Friday 19th Apr
Saturday 20th Apr
Waterloo Classics is a monthly classic car show/meet in central London.
12pm to 4pm Southwark
See historic vehicles and engineering collections, an array of signs and maps, as well as unusual and unexpected items from London’s rich transport past.
Starts at 11am Acton
More London events on Saturday 20th Apr
Sunday 21st Apr
£5.00
Roman fort gate tours
Tour the remains of the western gate of London’s Roman military fort, located beneath the streets next to the Museum of London.
2pm to 3pm BarbicanMore London events on Sunday 21st Apr
Monday 22nd Apr
Free
Easter chair heaving
The Blackheath Morris Men once more carry out the ancient tradition of heaving a lady into the air on a decorated chair.
12pm to : GreenwichMore London events on Monday 22nd Apr
Tuesday 23rd Apr
Who was Queen Victoria? A little old lady, potato-like in appearance, dressed in everlasting black? Or a passionate young princess, a romantic heroine with a love of dancing?
7pm to 8:30pm Southwark
More London events on Tuesday 23rd Apr
Wednesday 24th Apr
This spring Southwark Cathedral would like to invite all amateur and professional photographers to spend an evening taking photos of the Cathedral lit by candlelight.
7pm to 9pm Southwark
This talk will show that stock market trading may contribute to society even if does not lead to firms raising new capital.
6pm to 7pm BarbicanMore London events on Wednesday 24th Apr
Sunday 28th Apr
Discover the history of the building and climb the 135 stairs for the best view of Hackney.
2pm to 4:30pm HackneyCelebrate the arrival of Spring by enjoying a rare Open Day at Kilmorey Mausoleum, one of Richmond's most historic yet lesser known buildings.
10am to 3pm Twickenham
A monthly open day at a quirky transport museum housed in an old water pumping building.
10am to 4pm Enfield Town
In this talk George discusses what is driving London’s housing market to dysfunction and reveals how the house building industry has managed to exploit the crisis in order to turn an enormous profit.
3pm to 4:30pm HolbornMore London events on Sunday 28th Apr
Tuesday 30th Apr
The last 500 years of progress in maths will be reviewed, to see where it is going next and ask whether we are truly living in a mathematical Golden Age.
1pm to 2pm Barbican
