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• The short life and art of Stephen Tomlin — the Bloomsbury Stud

  07-06-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  An exhibition has opened in London seeking to shine a new light on a little-known member of the Bloomsbury Set whose work was at times as provocative as his life.The youngest son of a future peer of the realm and Law Lord, Stephen Tomlin had a privileged upbringing, going to Oxford (briefly), and spent a precocious if turbulent short life amongst the Bloomsbury Set of intellectuals.
  His lifestyle today suggests he may have been bipolar, and his extracurricular activities show that he wasn’
  
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• Tickets Alert: Tours of Big Ben go on sale next week

  07-06-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Tickets to climb the very many steps to the top of the Elizabeth Tower and stand next to Big Ben when it bongs the hours will go on sale next week.Tours will start in the magnificent Westminster Hall, where you will be divested of your bags and cameras — no photos allowed — and then taken to a small insignificant looking wooden door, which is the entrance to the Elizabeth Tower.
  Then there are a lot of stone stairs ahead of you, although there is a break about halfway up in a room, t
  
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• European Commission vows to fix ‘fragmented telco market’

  07-06-2023 15:01
  EU Commissioner in charge of the internal market Thierry Breton calls for a more homogeneous telco internal market, in the midst of a consultation on the future of the European telco sector.
  Ahead of a release of findings from an EU consultation – which in part is looking at the issue of fair contribution and otherwise how the telco sector might be better funded going forward – EU Commissioner in charge of the internal market Thierry Breton has pointed to a ‘fragmented telco ma
  
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• Verizon says the cost of ransomware has doubled in two years

  07-06-2023 14:49
  Reports from across the industry this week have revealed that we are living in a golden age… for hackers.
  Software developers, kit makers, operators, professional services providers and so-on all promise the last word in cyber defence, but attackers still routinely find a way through.
  According to Verizon’s latest Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), the median cost per ransomware attack has more than doubled over the last two years to $26,000, with 95 percent of incidents resu
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Lynk, satellites and Apple Vision Pro

  07-06-2023 14:32
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · Lynk, satellites and Apple Vision Pro
  
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• EU increases pressure on members over ‘high risk’ telecoms vendors

  07-06-2023 13:51
  Commissioner Breton has publicly called for EU countries to accelerate their replacement of high risk vendors from their 5G networks.
  Speaking at an event organised by French telco group Orange, EU Commissioner in charge of the internal market Thierry Breton addressed a number of issued affecting the bloc’s telecoms sector. On the matter of ‘high risk’ (essentially a euphemism for ‘Chinese’ in this context, which principally means Huawei) vendors, he was especially
  
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• Berthe Morisot is Shaping Impressionism at the Dulwich Picture Gallery

  07-06-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The first exhibition since 1950 of one of the leading lights of the French impressionist movement has arrived in London, promising a long overdue reappraisal of the artist.The reappraisal because the artist, Berthe Morisot was a woman, at a time when women were often looked at as inferior to male artists, even at the time of her last major exhibition in post-war London. I mean, Manet himself once said of Berthe and Edma Morisot, “What a shame they are not men,”
  To be fair, it was bec
  
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• Andy Lord named as TfL’s permanent Commissioner

  07-06-2023 12:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed that Andy Lord will be taking over as  London’s Transport Commissioner, replacing Andy Byford who resigned last year.
  In the role, he is in charge of the running of London’s public transport network, reporting to the Mayor of London.
  Andy Lord (c) TfL
  Andy Lord has been the interim commissioner since Andy Byford left, while TfL hired the recruitment firm Spencer Stuart to look for a permanent commissioner. In the end, 10 candidates were &
  
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• Accelerating Network slicing readiness between CSPs and Hyperscalers

  07-06-2023 11:07
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  CSPs and hyperscalers are increasingly focused on expanding their service offerings and establishing new value chains. The landscape of emerging solutions will use a rich and diverse range of connectivity options and naturally converging strengths of the CSPs and hyperscalers. CSPs currently add to the value chain not only through their well-established physical infrastructure but also wireless connectivity and private cloud services, while the hyperscalers provide a plethora of public &am
  
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• Malaysia isn’t dancing to the US’s anti-China tune

  07-06-2023 10:52
  Telekom Malaysia has inked a new R&D partnership that is likely to rankle a few hawks over in the US.
  Reason being, it is with China’s ZTE, which as far as the US and its allies are concerned is up there with Huawei when it comes to being a vendor non grata.
  Under the terms of their memorandum of understanding (MoU), TM and ZTE will collaborate on new products and services, as well as go-to-market strategies, commercialisation, and networking across multiple market segments, not only i
  
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• Talk of Telefonica fibre sale resurfaces in Peru

  07-06-2023 10:34
  Telefonica appears to be gearing up for the sale of fibre assets in Peru, a move that would continue the strategy it has adopted in other Latin American markets.
  The Spanish operator group’s Peruvian unit has hired Deloitte Corporate Finance to help it weigh up its options, according to media outlet El Pais’s Cinco Dias.
  The main thrust of the story is that Deloitte will help Telefonica with the possible sale of fibre-optic assets it owns in its own right to PangeaCo, a vehicle it se
  
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• Visit St Mary Magdalene’s church, Boveney

  07-06-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you want to visit a postcard-pretty church in a small patch of a rural landscape, then St Mary Magdalene’s, Boveney is the church for you.The church of St Mary Magdalene is likely to predate the Norman Conquest, although the church here today is a “mere” 900 or so years old. Built from flint and chalk rubble, the small church was sited next to the Thames for bargemen working on the river, and later became a chapel of ease to the nearby St Peter’s Church in Burnham.
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• EU considers mandatory ban on using Huawei to build 5G

  07-06-2023 02:00
  Brussels concerned lack of action by member states to bar high-risk companies threatens security of entire bloc
  
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