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Discovering Britain’s cultural tapestry at UAL’s folk costume exhibition

16-04-2024 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

A horse’s skull on a pole sits in a room with pearly queens and morris dancers as part of an exhibition looking at Britain’s rich traditions of folk dance.The exhibition in the London College of Fashion is a brisk visit to the world of carnivals and dances, and not just olde England, but the 1970s restorations of lost traditions and modern interpretations that mix in multicultural influences.
It’s a mix of showing off traditional dance costumes as works of creative art and tell

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Urgent talks to buy more Elizabeth line trains

16-04-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Alstom, the train manufacturer, has confirmed that it’s in “intense discussions” with the government and Transport for London (TfL) about a fresh order of new trains for the Elizabeth line.
Elizabeth line trains in Old Oak Common depot (c) ianVisits
Alstom has warned that its Derby factory could close due to a gap in production with no new orders expected, and that could see 1,300 staff made unemployed and some 15,000 jobs in the supply chain put at risk. The company has future

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Tickets Alert: Visit the 10 Downing Street garden

16-04-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

As part of the annual Open Gardens weekend, there’s a chance to visit the garden at 10 Downing Street, and the ballot for tickets is now open.There will be two tours on Saturday June 8th, 2024. As there is a limit of 24 people per tour, a free ballot is being run to win a place.
If you are selected for a place on the tour, you must take a photographic ID with you (either a Passport or Driving Licence), and there’s a minimum age of 12 years for visitors.
The gardeners will be on hand

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Entente Cordiale exhibition shows off the secret pact between Britain and France

16-04-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

As you might have seen in the news recently, it’s the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, when Britain and France signed several agreements to stop bothering each other.There’s also a short-run exhibition about the diplomatic shenanigans that led to the two European powers agreeing to be cordial over their territorial disputes — being held at the Institut français du Royaume-Uni in South Kensington.
It’s predominantly a lot of history boards which start on t

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Celebrate the centenary of London Underground’s Camden Junction tunnels

16-04-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

This Saturday (20th April) marks the centenary of one of the London Underground’s most impressive engineering feats. Despite thousands of people using it every day, hardly anyone ever gets to see it in its full glory.
Reproduced with kind permission of Dan Dare Corp Ltd.
This is Camden Junction, the massively complicated set of tunnels that linked the two branches of the Northern line and they carried their first passengers on 20th April 1924.
The junction owes its existence to a number of

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