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• Tickets Alert: A free celebration of Vivienne Westwood at Christie’s

  04-06-2024 16:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A display of Vivienne Westwood’s clothes and possessions is coming to London later this month, and there will also be a free evening at the exhibition.
  Propoganda, Dressed to Scale and Witches (c) Christie’s
  The British fashion designer and activist Dame Vivienne Westwood is recognised globally as one of the most influential designers of modern times, having established one of the world’s leading fashion brands. Christie’s auction house will sell items chosen by Andreas K
  
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• London’s free cycle hire scheme for disabled riders

  04-06-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A free cycle hire scheme has been launched in London, offering specially adapted bicycles for disabled people who might have difficulties using conventional cycle hire bikes.
  (c) Wheels for Wellbeing (WfW), Charlie Fernandes
  The new Wheels4MeLondon scheme, a collaboration between Sustrans, Wheels for Wellbeing, and Peddle My Wheels and funded by the Motability Foundation, will provide free cycle loans for disabled people.
  Many disabled people and those with long-term health conditions do not hav
  
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• National Archives showcases extraordinary WWII prison break stories

  04-06-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Drawing on the wartime records in its vaults, the National Archives currently has a free exhibition on how Prisoners of War tried to escape their camps and thwart their enemy’s actions.While there are examples of James Bond style escape kits and tools — much of the exhibition is made up of stories of the individuals who managed, or sometimes failed, to escape their prisoner camps and internment centres where foreign nationals were arrested for simply holding the wrong passport.
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• Kew Gardens’s “corpse flower” is in bloom

  04-06-2024 11:20 via ianvisits.co.uk
  It’s only in bloom for a day or two, so if you can get to Kew Gardens sharpish, then one of the world’s smelliest plants is strutting its thing.
  Titan arum, also known as the corpse flower, has an incredibly foul smell of rotten flesh when in bloom, which evolved to attract pollinators that love to feed and breed on flesh. It’s also a huge plant, so if the smell isn’t enough of a lure, then the size might be.
  Cairns Botanic gardens, with the curator of the gardens, David
  
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• Elizabeth line ventilation shaft features subtle leaf-themed art installation

  04-06-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Around the back of Bond Street station is a tall ventilation shaft built for the Elizabeth line, and little noticed is that it’s also a work of art.Cascading down the side of the terracotta cladding around the three shafts are a series of falling leaves — and this is Anatomy of Time by Clare Twomey. The falling leaves are inspired by the plants that would have been seen along the banks of the River Tyburn long before the river was buried under the mass of buildings that make up centr
  
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