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• Take a journey into the brain at this King’s Cross exhibition

  30-04-2024 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The complexities of the brain are being explored through the medium of knitting in a new exhibition at the Francis Crick Institute in King’s Cross.
  The exhibition looks at how the brain works, or at least what little we know about it, and how scientists, many working in the same building as the exhibition, are trying to uncover its mysteries.
  One mystery is who thought of asking people to recreate the tiny neurons in the brain as large pink fleshy knitted ganglia. However, it is an idea th
  
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• Stripy arty tower appears in Hyde Park

  30-04-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A tall stripy tower has appeared in Hyde Park that is undeniably tall and stripy and arty.It’s a work of art by the German artist Gerhard Richter, first exhibited last year and will now spend the summer in London.
  As far as I can understand, the concept for the art was created in 2010 as an abstract painting. The artist then photographed the source artwork and, using digital processing, mirrored and sliced the photo into thin strips.
  Those thin strips now make up large panels of coloured s
  
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• Satellite group SES to acquire Intelsat in $3.1bn deal

  30-04-2024 14:03
  Merger marks last major consolidation in industry as operators look to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink
  
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• How to get tickets for the Last Night of the Proms 2024

  30-04-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Prom season is starting again, and it’s time to enter the ballot to get tickets for the Last Night of the Proms. Due to the intense popularity of the evening, there’s a process to apply for tickets:
  (c) BBC
  The season ticket holder
  If you buy a whole season ticket, which gets you entry into almost all of the shows, then that also guarantees entry to the Last Night of the Proms.
  Unsurprisingly, it’s not the cheapest option for just the Last Night, but it’s very good value
  
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• New development planned next to the disused York Road tube station

  30-04-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A plot of land next to the disused York Road tube station that’s been undeveloped for 30 years could soon be the site of a large medical research lab now that engineers have solved the problem of how to build on a site that sits above five railway tunnels.
  New development next to refurbished York Road station (c) KPF/Planning documents
  The plot of land is just north of King’s Cross, and the station’s three large national rail tunnels run right underneath it. It’s also rig
  
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• Ericsson chief says overregulation ‘driving Europe to irrelevance’

  30-04-2024 06:00
  Continent ‘at risk of falling behind’ on digital infrastructure, undermining its competitiveness
  
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