Welcome to the ianVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Top events in London Today
This talk and document viewing will tell the story of the growth and development of East London, using sections of John Rocque's 1746 map.
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Clerkenwell
Discover how the RHS led the Dig for Victory campaign during World War Two, with a free 15 minute show and tell.
1:15pm to 1:30pm
Pimlico
Join Crystal Hollis (PhD) as we learn about what graffiti is, how it has changed over time, and what it tells us about the people of the past.
2pm to 3pm
City of London
Historian and author, Kathy Atherton, tells the surprising story of how the Esperance Girls' Club, formed in the slums of Camden by two leaders of the militant 'suffragette' movement, saved the dances of the countryside from extinction.
Starts at 6pm
Farringdon
Meet the houseplant experts for tips on accessible, affordable and achievable gardening in London.
6:30pm to 8pm
Pimlico
Free
Hear from author Sarah Wise as she launches her latest book, The Undesirables, which explores the history of the incarceration of people labelled with a new diagnosis - moral imbecility - and therefore deemed ‘undesirable’ by the state.
6:30pm to 8pm
Holborn
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
Oxford House hosts Falmouth University's annual photography exhibition, revealing the hidden life of Bethnal Green over the course of a single 24-hour period.
10am to 5pm
West Norwood
Closing soon Fri, 26th April
An exhibition marking the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale between Britain and France.
1pm to 6pm
South Kensington
Closing soon Sat, 27th April
Free
1001 Days in London
Street photographer Steve Hollingshead celebrates this vibrant metropolis with a gallery-filling installation of 1001 individual photographs.
11am to 6pm
Southwark
Closing soon Sun, 28th April
10am to 6pm
Camden
Closing soon Sun, 28th April
Around 120 examples of the fusion between sportswear and fashion from the Westminster Menswear Archive.
11am to 7pm
Camden
Closing soon Sun, 28th April
A large scale new commission from Hong-Kong based artist Zheng Bo, transforming Somerset House’s courtyard into a bamboo garden.
All Day
Strand
Closing soon Sun, 28th April
Be astonished as over 100,000 tulip bulbs erupt in colour in one of the UK’s biggest display of planted tulips.
10am to 4pm
East Molesey
Closing soon Mon, 29th April
This exhibition finds conversations between various forms of abstraction, symbolism and figuration that were circulating and interacting in the visual culture of Brazil in the mid-20th century.
11am to 6pm
Whitechapel
Closing soon Sun, 5th May
Spanning over 60 years of contemporary sculpture, this exhibition highlights ways in which artists draw on familiar experiences of movement, flux and organic growth.
10am to 6pm
Southwark
Closing soon Sun, 5th May
This exhibition marks the largest exhibition ever mounted in the 40+ year career of world-renowned photographic artist, Edward Burtynsky.
10am to 6pm
Chelsea
Closing soon Mon, 6th May
