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The London Buzz – 16th July 2024

16-07-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Today’s round-up of what’s happening in London:
Gardeners who have tended to a nature reserve next to their flat for the past decade have accused a housing association of “destroying” all their work. Hackney Gazette
Sadiq Khan has declined to dismiss suggestions that he wants to remain mayor until 2040 – but says the abuse he and his family have suffered would have made him think twice about taking the job in the first place. Standard
“Extremely brave and cou

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Savoy Hotel is selling its classic Afternoon Tea plate racks

16-07-2024 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Lots of people fancy a bit of posh nosh with an English Afternoon Tea in a restaurant, so how about taking a bit of the Savoy at home as well?
Savoy Hotel / Pro Auctions
The hotel is selling off a load of surplus kitchenware as it refurbishes the Thames Foyer where they are used. Among the items being sold are many of the classic three-tier plate racks that display the cakes and sandwiches that make up an Afternoon Tea.
In a way, it’s an odd thing, why pile the plates up on a metal rack li

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New London Spirit cricket shirt blends TfL moquette with crisps logo

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

A brand new London Underground-inspired playing shirt has been released for a cricket tournament and is also being sold to collectors, but for a hefty price.
(c) The Hundred
The design takes inspiration and pays homage to the familiar Barman moquette that sits alongside the TfL roundel and London Spirit iconography. The shirt will be worn by London Spirit men’s and women’s teams in the opening home fixture of The Hundred against Birmingham Phoenix at Lord’s Cricket Ground on 27

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Grayson Perry’s modern tale of social mobility reimagines a Rakes Progress

16-07-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Six large-scale tapestries by Grayson Perry telling a tale of a modern Rake’s Progress have gone on display at Pitzhanger Gallery in West London, where the original engravings were once displayed.Taking Hogarth’s famed engravings as a starting point, Perry’s tapestries depict a corresponding fable of class, taste and social mobility.
Weaving the complex ‘class journey’ of the fictional protagonist, Tim Rakewell, the tapestries include many of the characters, inciden

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Engineering Marvel: How HS2 is using giant metal cans to overcome groundwater hurdles

16-07-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Two massive metal cans are currently being assembled deep under west London to allow HS2’s tunnel boring machines to drill through water-saturated ground.HS2 is using four Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) to dig two train tunnels between West Ruislip and Old Oak Common. They set off from either end last year and will meet roughly in the middle of the tunnels at Greenford.
To remove the TBMs at Greenford, HS2’s contractors have dug two large shafts down to the tunnel depths to lift them

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