Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Top events in London tomorrow
£5.50
Go Batty!
Join Lee Valley Regional Park staff and the Essex Bat Group for an evening dedicated to these fascinating animals.
7:30pm to 10pm
Waltham Abbey
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
This display focuses on the rarely seen archives of queer venues and social networks collated by University College London’s Urban Laboratory.
11am to 9pm Whitechapel
Closing soon Sun, 25th Aug
This exhibition explores the forgotten industrial history of plastic in east London around the River Lea.
10am to 5pm Bow Closing soon Sun, 25th Aug
Prepare for your preconceptions of AI to be challenged by this timely exhibition, that reflects on how this technology impacts our very existence.
10am to 9pm Barbican Closing soon Mon, 26th Aug
One of the biggest mysteries in physics today is what exactly makes up our Universe, and why – 95 per cent of it cannot be observed.
10am to 6pm Southwark Closing soon Mon, 26th Aug
Enter a graphic world where art and storytelling collide in the largest exhibition of manga ever to take place outside of Japan.
10am to 8:30pm Russell Square Closing soon Mon, 26th Aug
More than 50 Lego models will be on show, from individual pieces, to awe-inspiring dioramas and mosaics.
3pm to 4pm Forest Hill Closing soon Tue, 27th Aug
Discover the extraordinary history behind one of humankind’s greatest achievements: how we write
9:30am to 6pm Camden Closing soon Tue, 27th Aug
An exhibition of the works to restore a Victorian building back to a public community centre.
9am to 7pm Bethnal Green Closing soon Wed, 28th Aug
This display showcases examples of her childhood sketches and domestic projects alongside her famous illustrations that came later.
10am to 5:30pm South Kensington Closing soon Thu, 29th Aug
Brilliant Visions presents drawings and paintings by Surrealist artists who took part in the Guttman-Maclay mescaline experiments of the 1930s.
10am to 5pm Beckenham Closing soon Fri, 30th Aug
Walking tours of London on tomorrow
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 12:45pm City of London
Discover more about this much-loved London hospital, whose history dates back nearly 900 years!
2pm to 3:30pm Barbican
Tower Bridge opening times
| 07:45am | Motor Vessel Silver Wind | Up river |
| 10:15am | Sailing Barge Lady Daphne | Up river |
| 11:00am | Sailing Barge Lady Daphne | Down river |
| 04:00pm | Sailing Barge Lady Daphne | Up river |
| 04:45pm | Sailing Barge Lady Daphne | Down river |
| 03:30pm | Sailing Barge Lady Daphne | Up river |
