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The London Buzz – 3rd July 2024

03-07-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Today’s round-up of what’s happening in London:
The East London Waterworks Park (ELWP) charity has widened its plans for a wild swimming park on a former waterworks site in Lea Bridge, despite uncertainty about its future. Waltham Forest Echo
A footballer has been jailed after “flooding south London with drugs” such as cocaine, ketamine and cannabis. Wimbledon Times
Inconsiderate motorists have parked across keep clear signs, blocking entry for funerals and a minibus ser

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Sign language assistance coming to the London Overground

03-07-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

London Overground passengers with hearing loss will be able to access sign-language assistance in a trial by Arriva Rail London (ARL), which runs the Overground service.
BSL trial (c) ARL/Luna
The trial is in collaboration with GoMedia, a subsidiary of Icomera. It translates text-based travel information into British Sign Language (BSL) and transmits it directly to the user through their smartphone via a personalised digital sign language avatar.
Figures from the Royal National Institute of Deaf

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Dr Johnson’s Desk or Not? New exhibition explores the origins of the famous dictionary

03-07-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

There’s a bit of a mystery in Dr Johnson’s house at the moment, as a small writing desk has arrived that might have been the one used by Dr Johnson when compiling his famous dictionary.
Or it might not.The writer’s desk was put up for sale in 1855 when two impoverished sisters, one of whom had been Dr Johnson’s goddaughter, announced that they needed to sell it. That sparked a celebrity-backed fundraising campaign, including support from Charles Dickens and Thomas Carlyle

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London Public Art: Power over others is weakness disguised as strength

03-07-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Last year, a giant metal squiggle appeared in central London, and it also happens to be a modern version of the classic knight-on-horse martial sculpture you would find dotted all across the country.The squiggle is by the UK sculptor Nick Hornby, and only looks like a squiggle from front or rear — if you look at the sculpture from the sides, then it’s a knight on a horse.
The whole is formed from a sheet of corten cut out to represent a knight on a horse, then squished slightly to fo

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Elizabeth line now has 4G and 5G coverage within the tunnels

03-07-2024 07:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Shortly after the Elizabeth line stations gained phone coverage underground, the tunnels between stations now also have 4G and 5G phone coverage, letting people check the football or general election results while on their journey. Or tweet about it.
(c) TfL
All of the underground Elizabeth line stations gained 4G coverage earlier this year and now coverage has been extended into the tunnels between Liverpool Street and Paddington (inc the tunnel to Royal Oak). The tunnels east of Liverpool Stre

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