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The London Buzz – 1st July 2024

01-07-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Today’s round-up of what’s happening in London:
Shocking video has emerged online shows the moment an attacker walks around west London pulling headscarves off Muslim women. LBC
Taylor Swift fans made the Earth move during the first three dates of her London leg of The Eras Tour at Wembley Stadium, according to seismologists from University College London (UCL). Harrow Online
Celebrating its 18th anniversary later this year, it has been confirmed that the original London cast of Ave

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London’s exhibitions to visit in July 2024

01-07-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Here is a selection of ten exhibitions to visit in July while the tennis balls bounce back and forth at Wimbledon and we get used to lots of new faces in Parliament.Great Escapes: Remarkable Second World War Captives
The National Archives, Kew
Free
(Note: Closes 21st July)
From famous escape attempts such as the escape from Stalag Luft III that we know as “the Great Escape” and British officer Airey Neave’s escape from Colditz Castle dressed as a German soldier, to remarkable s

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Tickets Alert: Tours of St Pancras railway station

01-07-2024 15:03 via ianvisits.co.uk

Short notice, but there will be guided tours of St Pancras station this coming Saturday (6th July).
St Pancras station (c) ianVisits
The tours, lasting about 90 minutes, will take in the station’s architecture and the artworks now found inside. The tours cost £10 per person, and when booking, specify if you want a tour at 11am or 2pm.
The booking form is here, and you pay on the day (cash only). The meeting place for these tours is outside the National Rail Ticket Office on the groun

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British Museum’s famous Reading Room is reopening for tours

01-07-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Sitting in the centre of the British Museum is a huge Round Reading Room with a famously massive dome, and although long closed to the public, it will soon be open for guided tours.
(c) British Museum
The museum ran some guided tours last year as a tester to see if it could work, as the room is now used for archive research, so walking in occasionally disturbs researchers.
Evidently, the test tours worked, as tours of the Reading Room will resume later this month and will be a regular event.
The

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