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• The London Buzz – 6th August 2024

  06-08-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s round-up of what’s happening in London:
  The justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has promised additional staff and extra funding for Wandsworth prison in London after an inspection in April and May found alarmingly high rates of self-harm, dangerous levels of violence and more than 40% of prisoners taking drugs. A Lawyer Writes
  Croydon Council has announced plans to fill the vacant Allders building with pop-up retail and food outlets. Surrey Live
  Banksy has unveiled a second ne
  
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• London’s newest museum – Moco – opens next week

  06-08-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  London’s newest museum opens next week, although it’s less of a museum than a private art collection, which will be shown on Oxford Street.
  CGI concept – source: planning documents
  The Moco Museum (Modern Contemporary Museum) is an independent commercial museum specialising in modern and contemporary arts that opened in Amsterdam in 2016 and then, in 2021 opened an outlet in Barcelona. Last year, they took a lease on three floors of an Oxford Street building close to Marble Arc
  
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• Historic $12 million donation establishes the Manton Centre for British Art at The Courtauld gallery

  06-08-2024 13:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Courtauld art gallery in central London has received a huge $12 million (£9.4 million) donation to create the Manton Centre for British Art.
  Courtauld Gallery – Somerset House
  The Manton Foundation, founded by British art collectors and philanthropists Sir Edwin Manton and Florence Lady Manton, has made a donation to support the creation of the new art centre and a long-term range of educational services.
  Sir Edwin Manton was a British art collector who made his fortune managing
  
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• Restoration of Burton’s Mausoleum hopes to reopen a hidden door

  06-08-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A mausoleum in the shape of a Bedouin tent, including a window to look inside, is to be restored if the local heritage group can complete their fundraising campaign.The unusual mausoleum is in Mortlake and contains the earthly remains of the Victorian explorer, Sir Richard Burton, who was famed for his explorations and was said to be able to speak 29 languages. The mausoleum was designed by his wife in the shape of the tent they had spent so much time in while travelling around the Middle East,
  
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• Major redevelopment plans for Edgware’s shopping centre and bus station submitted

  06-08-2024 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Following several years of public consultation, plans to redevelop Edgware’s tired old shopping centre and neighbouring bus station have been submitted to Barnet Council.
  Source: Planning application
  Ballymore bought the 1990s shopping centre in 2020, and in 2022, they signed an agreement with Transport for London (TfL) to combine their neighbouring assets into a single, larger development site.
  The redevelopment, designed by Howells, proposes to deliver 3,365 new homes, including 1,150 af
  
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• Museum of the Home unveils rooms from the Past and Future

  06-08-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Four new rooms of the past and one new room of the future have opened at the Museum of the Home, giving glimpses into the private homes of various Londoners.
  Stepping slightly away from the classic upper middle-class homes of the times before the 20th century, the new rooms are closer to the homes that most people would have lived in, from post-war flats to modern flatshares.
  The new rooms are in the museum’s new(ish) extension, so they have a bit more space to play with than the older spa
  
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