The ianVisits guide to November's unusual events, tours, lectures and exhibitions happening around London.
Saturday 1st November
Starts at 12am
Kensington
Free
Celebrate Mexico’s favourite festival, Day of the Dead, on South Bank. With art installations, family workshops and a mexican market.
11am to 6pm
Southwark
A number of artists put on a display for some reason. That is all.
11am to 6pm
New Cross
Monthly open day at one of London's more unusual, and delightful museums.
2pm to 5pm
Visit one of the Geffrye's 18th-century almshouses which has been fully restored to its original condition,
4pm to 5pm
Bethnal Green
For 3 nights, Punchdrunk Enrichment transforms Eastbury Manor House into a fun and festive Hallowtide Fair.
6:30pm to 10pm
Barking
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Sunday 2nd November
Monthly opening of the museum inside the remains of Croydon Airport control tower
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20 old RT buses and the 1939 prototype RT1 will run though central London all day.
10am to 5pm
Free
Celebrate Mexico’s favourite festival, Day of the Dead, on South Bank. With art installations, family workshops and a mexican market.
11am to 6pm
Southwark
From a secret passage, to a hidden garden, there is much the public doesn't usually see.
Starts at 12:16pm
Islington
Starts at 1pm
For 3 nights, Punchdrunk Enrichment transforms Eastbury Manor House into a fun and festive Hallowtide Fair.
6:30pm to 10pm
Barking
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Monday 3rd November
A panel debate on the pressures of rising inequality, growing populations and increased living costs on cities.
6pm to 7pm
7:45pm to 9:30pm
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Tuesday 4th November
Trace the arrival of coffee and tea, its consumption, the breaking of the monopoly on supply and its impact on world trade.
2pm to 4pm
The Museum is lit by candlelight on the first Tuesday of each month, from 6 until 9pm.
6pm to 9pm
A talk about how London has been the home to an African population for over a thousand years.
Starts at 6:30pm
Wembley
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Wednesday 5th November
No events are listed for today. Sorry.
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Thursday 6th November
Book signing event by the author of XKCD and What If
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Soho
This talk, by Edie’s great nephew, Dick Robinson, tells her story with extracts from the diaries read by Dick’s wife, Lisa
5:30pm to 7pm
Harley Street
Free
Do bees get bored? Can LSD be used to treat mental illness? Can fish become drug addicts?
6:29pm to 10pm
Whitechapel
Professor Rachel McKendry will present her research to create a new generation of mobile phone connected diagnostic tests for infectious diseases,
6:30pm to 7:30pm
6:45pm to 7:45pm
£30.00
A part of his book promo tour, the creator of XKCD will be in London to give a talk.
Starts at 7pm
Islington
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Friday 7th November
Displays from Clowns International's Archive are on show in and around the Grimaldi corner of Holy Trinity Church.
12pm to 5pm
Hackney
Hour long tour of the legal Inns of Court includes visits to the Old Hall, Great Hall and Chapel,
2pm to 9pm
Holborn
Starts at 6pm
Erith
Starts at 7:30pm
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Saturday 8th November
Annual parade through the city of London followed by fireworks in the evening.
Starts at 11am
£10.00
Follow the path of destruction inflicted by German Imperial Navy Zeppelin L13 piloted by Ace Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Mathy
2pm to 4:30pm
Aldwych
A 75 minute guided walk around the area looking at the history of Brixton market.
Starts at 2:30pm
Stockwell
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Sunday 9th November
A collection of Fairground Organs on display and performing for the audience.
11am to 5pm
Amersham
From dusk on Remembrance Sunday, a projection of falling poppies will light up Big Ben in Westminster.
Starts at 5pm
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Monday 10th November
Starts at 6:30am
Kensington
Starts at 10am
Erith
UKIP leader, Nigel Farage gives a talk on the Great War and its legacy, an event that will coincide with Armistice Day.
Starts at 7pm
Join us to solve the mystery of who killed Santa at the detectives Christmas party.
8pm to 9pm
Southwark
Annual commemoration and wreath laying at Platform 8 in Victoria Station, where the coffin of the Unknown Warrior rested.
Starts at 8pm
Victoria
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Tuesday 11th November
A talk by broadcaster Peter Snow on the 1812 war and the UK's invasion of Washington DC.
Starts at 7pm
Barnes
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Wednesday 12th November
Starts at 12am
Upper Holloway
£5.95
Join Revd Dr Malcolm Johnson to hear more about London;s crypts, past and present
6pm to 8pm
A journey through London as it was represented in numerous films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Starts at 6:30pm
Barbican
£54.00
Outland is essentially High Noon in outer space, and one of the most entertaining sci-fi flicks ever made
Starts at 8pm
Islington
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Thursday 13th November
A talk by Nate Phelps, formerly of the Westboro Baptist Church.
All Day
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Friday 14th November
Starts at 12am
Clerkenwell
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Saturday 15th November
This day of activities explores the contemporary phenomenon of ‘data overload’ and its impact on human consciousness.
All Day
Euston
The Museum tells the story of the mansion house, as it was used as the Headquarters for Fighter Command during WW2.
10am to 5pm
Stanmore
Starts at 11am
Richmond
£10.00
A walk along the river to coincide with the annual low-water event from the Lock closure.
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Richmond
2pm to 5:30pm
Bromley
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Sunday 16th November
£11.00
A display of military vehicles, both static, and in races, along with wartime re-enactors.
9:30am to 4pm
Free
Starts at 10am
Welling
Starts at 2pm
Twickenham
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Monday 17th November
Free
From terrible crimes to gruesome legends, London has long been to the backdrop to horrifying tales which quickly take root in popular imagination.
1pm to 2pm
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Tuesday 18th November
A guided walk around the legal quarter of Holborn and Chancery Lane.
11am to 1pm
Starts at 2pm
Richmond
How did a Scottish aristocrat acquire the very best of them, and how did the British Museum buy them in 1816?
Starts at 7pm
Michael Lindsay will present Thames Passenger Shipping from the 50s and 60s, when Tilbury was home to the P&O and other famous liners of the era.
Starts at 7pm
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Wednesday 19th November
Dr Christopher Ramsey will be talking about representations of venereal disease in art.
Starts at 7pm
Southwark
Starts at 7:30pm
Ham
7:30pm to 9pm
A talk on how the relationship between language and reality often stands in contrast to written history.
8pm to 9pm
Islington
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Thursday 20th November
Free
Join the Friends of West Ham Park and discover the night sky in the park after dark.
Starts at 5:30pm
Free
A talk about a proposed canal that would run from the Scottish borders down to England’s South-East.
Starts at 6:30pm
Starts at 7:15pm
Richmond
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Friday 21st November
A day of activities that will challenge your understanding of your senses of taste and smell
2pm to 8pm
£10.00
A discussion featuring a panel of four prominent figures from the world of architecture, art, property development, design and conservation.
6:30pm to 8pm
Starts at 7pm
Twickenham
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Saturday 22nd November
Browse through stalls for Scandinavian presents and decorations, and sample some Scandinavian food together with a mug of hot mulled wine.
All Day
Rotherhithe
Free
The Blackheath and Greenwich Group of Amnesty International is holding its annual book clearance sale.
10am to 4pm
Greenwich
£22.00
11am to 6pm
Homerton
The Christmas Fair at Ulrika Eleonora Church in mid-November is one of the most popular Swedish events of the year.
11am to 8pm
Marylebone
A note that a steam train will be arriving in London -- something to watch from the sidelines.
Starts at 12pm
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Sunday 23rd November
Browse through stalls for Scandinavian presents and decorations, and sample some Scandinavian food together with a mug of hot mulled wine.
All Day
Rotherhithe
Come and venture into the bottom of the drained waterway and enjoy a close-up look at some of the finest examples of working industrial heritage.
10am to 3:30pm
Whitechapel
2pm to 5pm
Poplar
Vigils have been held on the 23rd of every month since June 2004. They are inclusive, secular events, open 'to all faiths and none'.
Starts at 7pm
Southwark
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Monday 24th November
No events are listed for today. Sorry.
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Tuesday 25th November
12pm to 8pm
City of London
Starts at 2pm
Richmond
6pm to 5pm
A talk about the architecture and landscapes of these outlying areas in the 17th and 18th centuries.
6pm to 8pm
Classic film set in London put onto the big screen by the Grant Museum.
6:30pm to 9pm
Starts at 7:30pm
Ham
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Wednesday 26th November
A talk about the artists who drew and painted ancient Egypt for an English audience.
10:30am to 7pm
This illustrated talk examines how the fascination with fairies extended into the freak shows of the period using the playbills held at LMA.
2pm to 3pm
Free
Monthly late night adults only opening at the Science Museum.
6:45pm to 10pm
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Thursday 27th November
£10.00
Starts at 7pm
Poplar
Free
Starts at 7:15pm
Teddington
Starts at 7:30pm
Twickenham
A talk about feuding gangs of scientists, film directors with less imagination than children, and the perils of concrete poo.
7:45pm to 10:30pm
City of London
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Friday 28th November
Starts at 4pm
Hampton
A Friday night mini-festival with a range of activities from talks to fortune telling to making 3-D postcards from 1890s Egypt.
6pm to 9pm
Come and party at a Friday Late devoted to celebrating all things bus.
6:45pm to 10pm
Starts at 7pm
Whitton
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Saturday 29th November
Free
Starts at 1am
Dartford
Visitors to ZSL London Zoo are invited to take a step back in time and embark on a historical tour of the world’s oldest scientific Zoo.
10am to 11am
Camden
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Sunday 30th November
A Routemaster bus tour followed by a gathering to mark the reissue of Nairn's London and celebrate the life and work of Ian Nairn.
11am to 6pm
Bow
Dickens knew north London extremely well, and this walk explores his connections with High Barnet and Finchley,
11am to 1pm
Arkley
With over 160 stalls, the annual Christmas Fair at the College has become a regular one-stop Christmas shopping day.
11:30am to 4pm
Dulwich
