Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Wednesday 22nd January
A debate about the future of the power supply system in urban areas.
6pm to 8pm
EustonThis talk will explore the almost two centuries of confusion surrounding first aid for burns and scalds.
6:30pm to : ClerkenwellA talk about Benjamin Leigh Smith, Britain's "forgotten" Arctic explorer.
7pm to 9pm Bloomsbury
This talk will provide practical tips that everyone can employ, regardless of their experience, to improve their public speaking.
6pm to 7pm BarbicanThis event will launch a report from a research project at the International Inequalities Institute supported by the Sutton Trust to investigate whether British elites are pulling ahead, not just economically but also socially.
6:30pm to 8pm HolbornThings to do in London today | What to do in London tomorrow | What's on this weekend
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
The Art of Innovation explores the relationship between science and art over the past 250 years, and how it has helped to interpret, study and explore the world around us.
10am to 6pm South Kensington
Closing soon Fri, 24th Jan
This display of selected clothes, accessories and memorabilia demonstrates Hartnell’s innovation and lasting effect on British design and craftsmanship.
11am to 6pm Southwark Closing soon Sat, 25th Jan
Canary Wharf will be transformed by over 25 spectacular installations, leaving the dark winter evenings aglow.
4pm to 10pm Poplar Closing soon Sat, 25th Jan
This comprehensive exhibition will explore five decades of the distinguished career of a British design legend.
11am to 6pm Southwark Closing soon Sat, 25th Jan
Spanning 70 years of Riley’s work, this exhibition offers visitors an unparalleled opportunity to experience powerful and engaging works by one of the most important artists of our time.
11am to 7pm Southwark Closing soon Sun, 26th Jan
This exhibition features a large-scale installation and paintings that draw on the scientific concept known as string theory.
10am to 6pm Southwark Closing soon Sun, 26th Jan
The first-ever exhibition devoted to the portraits of Paul Gauguin.
10am to 6pm Trafalgar Square Closing soon Sun, 26th Jan
Charting the history of cultural and artistic interactions between East and West, this exhibition explores the impact the Islamic world has had on Western art for centuries.
10am to 5:30pm Russell Square Closing soon Sun, 26th Jan
The Gallery becomes a painting studio, an imagined chapel and a room-sized experiment in this immersive exhibition that leads you through the mind of Leonardo da Vinci to explore his masterpiece, ‘The Virgin of the Rocks’.
10am to 6pm Trafalgar Square Closing soon Sun, 26th Jan
See more than 50 paintings, prints and drawings in which this modern master of British art turns his unflinching eye firmly on himself.
10am to 6pm Picadilly Closing soon Sun, 26th Jan
Walking tours of London on tomorrow
£10.00
Roman London Walking Tour
Join our Roman guided tour and let us ‘roam’ around the City and discover a history that dates back nearly 2,000 years.
11am to 12:45pm City of London
£10.00
City Highlights Guided Walk
Enjoy an insider's tour of the City, including Guildhall, Mansion House, the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange - grand buildings in the heart of a city where big money and history are still being made.
2pm to 3:45pm City of London
Travel through a thousand years of history, meeting kings, body snatchers, Charles Dickens, an eighteenth century ghost, and William Wallace (and learn how he was in no fit state to shout "Freeeedoooommmm!")
10:30am to 12:30pm Barbican
Tower Bridge opening times
Tower Bridge is not due to open today. The next scheduled opening is on Mon 9th Mar at 06:30pm
