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• Exploring Japan’s design legacy: A pop-up museum in London

  28-05-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Just down the road from the UK’s Design Museum is an exhibition of objects that would amply fit into a Japanese design museum — if it had one. That’s the idea behind this exhibition — as Japan doesn’t have a national design museum, what would people put in such a museum if one were to be built.Seven major Japanese creators, from filmmakers to architects and fashion designers, have presented their chosen national treasures, spanning 10,000 years from a variety of loc
  
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• Local councils push for transport expansion: Elizabeth and Bakerloo lines under review

  28-05-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Local councils have commissioned a review of transport options, including extensions of the Elizabeth and Bakerloo lines, to push them forward.
  The councils are all members of Local London, a lobbying group which includes Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Bromley, Enfield, Greenwich, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, and Waltham Forest.Boroughs in the Local London region say they have experienced significant demographic change and population growth, out-stripping national and London averages. However, th
  
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• Watch the Paris Olympics on big outdoor screens in London

  28-05-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  There will be (at least) three free “fan zones in London for people wanting to watch the Paris Olympics this summer.
  (c) ianVisits
  Alongside the big screen sporting action, visitors to the Team GB Fanzone at King’s Cross in London will also enjoy/endure (delete as apropriate) live DJ sets, the chance to try their hand at Olympic-themed activities, and a programme of onstage entertainment, including Q&As and medal celebrations with Team GB’s returning athletes.
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• c2c railway closures offers a rare chance to travel over a disused railway track

  28-05-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Network Rail is warning that the c2c railway between Barking and Fenchurch Street will be closed for six weekends in June and July due to maintenance work on the rail infrastructure.
  However, a special diversion will occur on one day during the closure, which will excite the train nerds.
  c2c train at Fenchurch Street station (c) c2c
  The diversions and closures will take place every weekend in June and the first weekend of July.
  During the closures, services on the Basildon and Rainham lines will
  
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