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• Dick Whittington’s London church is up for sale

  28-06-2024 17:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The City of London church where Richard (Dick) Whittington worshipped and was buried is up for sale.
  St Michael Paternoster Royal
  The church, St Michael Paternoster Royal, was first recorded as existing in the 13th century but was destroyed in the Great Fire of London. The current church was rebuilt under the aegis of Sir Christopher Wren and restored following damage during WWII.
  Although his tomb is now lost, it’s known that in 1423, Richard “Dick” Whittington, the famous Lor
  
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• Tours of the Natural History Museum’s new gardens

  28-06-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  When it opens, the Natural History Museum will offer guided tours of its new 5-acre wildlife haven garden and the dinosaurs it contains.
  (c) Natural History Museum
  There’s a range of daytime tours, but they’re also having a special late night opening as well.
  Led by one of the Museum’s guides, guests will trace the footsteps of the past and discover how everyone can make space for nature in our ever-changed world.
  The garden tours last around an hour and cost £18 per adul
  
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• The Elizabeth line’s new heritage-inspired clock now arriving at Chadwell Heath

  28-06-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Commuters arriving at Chadwell Heath station this morning will have seen something very new and very large on the platform — a heritage-inspired clock.This roundel-themed clock is the culmination of several years of work by the Chadwell Heath South Residents’ Association (CHSRA) to instal some form of public art in the station to celebrate the arrival of the Elizabeth line.
  It all started back in 2018 when the association’s Chair, Rama Muraleetharan, proposed the idea of a stat
  
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• Flash sale on tickets to see The Mousetrap from £25 per seat

  28-06-2024 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Famously the world’s longest consistently running play – pandemic excepted – Agatha Christie’s Mousetrap has now been running for over 70 years, and is one of those plays that everyone is presumed to see once in their lives.
  If you haven’t seen it, then one of their occasional flash sales on tickets is taking place at the moment.The murder-mystery storyline is set in “the present”, presumably England as it was around the time when the play came out in 19
  
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