The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Wednesday 8th February.


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Top events in London on Wed 8th Feb 2017

A Lunchtime Lecture with Matthew Hudson, who will explore the innovative and revolutionary new methods of ticketing adopted by TFL and Oyster to service London's transport users.
2017-02-08
1pm to 2pm
 
Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell
This presentation by Paul Jagger will explore the City of London’s and those of some of the ancient and modern Livery Companies in a heraldic tapestry that weaves in many stories of City lore and law.
2017-02-08
2pm to 3pm
 
City of London
City of London
A 90 minute creative documentary with a personal tone, looks at contemporary terrorism and antisemitism.
2017-02-08
6pm to 8pm
 
Russell Square
Russell Square
A hospitalised Roald Dahl used to regale a junior doctor with tales of his medical encounters. Twenty five years after Dahl’s death that doctor, now Professor Tom Solomon, set out to discover whether the stories were true, with amazing results.
2017-02-08
6pm to 8pm
 
Camden
Camden
Andy Derbyshire, newly appointed as the route’s Chief Operating Officer, outlines his experiences to date and plans for the future.
2017-02-08
6pm to 9pm
 
Strand
Strand
Join critically acclaimed author Lesley Downer for insight into love and romance in 19th century Japan.
2017-02-08
6:45pm to 8pm
 
Harley Street
Harley Street

 

Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon

This exhibition looks at the popular seasonal pastime of ice skating which, in London, dates back to at least the 12th century.
10am to 6pm
Barbican
Closing soon Wed, 8th February
2016-12-16
2017-02-08
An art and light installation made from materials recycled from a 2015 sculpture.
9am to 10pm
Southwark
Closing soon Fri, 10th February
2016-11-12
2017-02-10
Celebrate some of the most popular entertainments of Victorian times
All Day
Camden
Closing soon Sun, 12th February
2016-10-14
2017-02-12
This exhibition raises important questions about historical examples of forced migration and Britain’s response in the past.
10am to 5pm
Russell Square
Closing soon Fri, 17th February
2016-10-27
2017-02-17
An exhibition of Soho's seedy adult art and film by the street artist, Shuby.
11am to 7pm
Soho
Closing soon Sat, 18th February
2017-01-20
2017-02-18
This artwork is a materialisation of the paranoid delusion of James Tilly Matthews, a Bethlem patient of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
10am to 5pm
Beckenham
Closing soon Fri, 24th February
2017-01-04
2017-02-24
This is an exhibition that displays talent from across the spectrum of British craftsmanship.
12pm to 6pm
Tottenham Court Road
Closing soon Sat, 25th February
2017-02-02
2017-02-25
How have the finished and unfinished revolutions of the late 1960s changed the way we live today and think about the future?
All Day
Tottenham Court Road
Closing soon Sun, 26th February
2016-09-26
2017-02-26
See Quentin Blake's original drawings for Beatrix Potter's newly re-discovered story The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots
10am to 6pm
Kings Cross
Closing soon Sun, 26th February
2016-10-24
2017-02-26
An opportunity to discover the work of 13 ceramicists in an exhibition spanning over 80 years of ceramic art.
10am to 5pm
Camden
Closing soon Sun, 26th February
2016-11-10
2017-02-26

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What's on in London

Walking tours of London on Wednesday 8th February 2017

London's waking nightmare of murder... He came silently out of the midnight shadows of August 31, 1888.
 7:30pm to 9:30pm
 
 Tower Hill
2017-02-08
2017-02-08