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The London Buzz – 31st July 2024

31-07-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Today’s round-up of what’s happening in London:
Photographer Jack Smethers captures the soul of London’s White Hart Lane Creative Boom
Seven people had a lucky escape after an e-bike battery burst into flames in a “terrifying incident” in north London. Standard
When the Type Archive left its London premises, its vast collection was disbanded and its working Monotype hot-metal plant moved to the National Collections Centre. Two long-serving volunteers talk to Eye ab

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From old jeans to blooming beauty: An entire garden made entirely from discarded denim

31-07-2024 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

A small indoor garden has been filled with trailing trellis, roses, cacti, succulents, and bushes, all of which are made from discarded denim fabric.
And it’s a delightful little garden to visit.It’s an exhibition of denim plants by Ian Berry in, appropriately enough, the Garden Museum. According to an explanatory panel, also printed on denim, the artist stumbled upon the idea of working in denim after he realised his own pair of worn-out trousers could be used for an art project.
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Brixton prison is now serving Afternoon tea to visitors

31-07-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

If you fancy a very short and entirely voluntary visit to Brixton Prison, you can have Afternoon Tea, served by inmates who are being trained in the hospitality trade.The students at each of The Clink training projects train whilst working towards gaining their City & Guilds National Vocational Qualifications. Simulating a professional working environment, people in prison with 3 – 24 months of their sentence left to serve can volunteer for the programme, going through full-time traini

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Tickets Alert: Tours of Harrow School for Boys

31-07-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

A few times a year, there are tours of the famous posh private school in northwest London, and tickets for the next tours are on sale.The tours take in the historic rooms and buildings at Harrow School, including the Fourth Form Room, Speech Room, Chapel and War Memorial Building, amongst others, accompanied by their guides. The tours are a mix of the history of Harrow school and how it was founded, the day-to-day life of a Harrow student today with the traditions and customs, but really, it&rsq

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See the hidden parts of Holborn tube station with a new Hidden London tour

31-07-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

If you think you know Holborn tube station, think again. Even the most experienced tube history fans will be surprised if they go on a Hidden London tour of the private areas away from passengers.Holborn tube station can be said to have had a very complicated history. It was originally opened for just the Piccadilly line, with the odd spur down to Aldwych, a legacy of the legal powers that created the Piccadilly line. Built in a classic early 1900s design, the station was substantially rebuilt i

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