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• Go on tours of buildings sites this March

  02-01-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The semi-annual event that shows off the construction industry by letting people go behind the hoardings onto building sites returns in March, and booking is open now.
  The event, Open Doors 2023, shows off the construction industry and was set up to show off how varied and interesting a career in the trade can be, but it’s also an event that’s open to anyone interested in modern civil engineering. It’s also a fascinating opportunity, as anyone who has ever been on a building si
  
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• London exhibitions to visit in January 2023

  02-01-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A selection of ten excellent exhibitions to visit in January as you try to lose the Christmas excess by walking between lots of museums and galleries.Tutankhamun reimagined
  British Museum, Bloomsbury
  Free
  A single room that’s been spraypainted by an Egyptian street artist in an ancient Egyptian style to mark the centenary of Tutankhamun’s discovery.
  Details here
  Feeding the Hamlets: Exploring the history of food production in the East End
  Tower Hamlets Local History Library, Stepney
  
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• London’s Alleys: James Court, W1

  02-01-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This is a fairly new open courtyard and alleyway that replaced a small sealed off cul-de-sac as part of a large redevelopment of the former Foyles bookstore.This part of London developed from fields from the 1700s onwards, but until the 20th century, was mainly a cluster of small shops and warehouses. There was a small courtyard where part of the current alleyway stands but nothing substantive.
  The big development was the arrival in 1904 of Foyles bookstore and in 1916, the brothers, William and
  
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