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• An end in sight for the rail strikes as ASLEF recomends new pay deal

  14-08-2024 20:07 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The national rail strikes could be over, as the ASLEF union is recommending that its members accept a pay deal offered by the Department for Transport (DfT).The union predominantly represents the train drivers, and strikes by ASLEF members have been running for over two years, disrupting train companies across England and affecting cross-border services into Wales and Scotland.
  The cause of the dispute has been contentious, with the previous government saying it was a matter for the train compan
  
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• The London Buzz – 14th August 2024

  14-08-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s round-up of what’s happening in London:
  Charlton Toy Library, a children’s charity serving families for over 40 years, faces eviction from Charlton House to make way for a commercial tenant, prompting concerns about its future as it seeks new premises The Greenwich Wire
  Residents of Peckham’s Ledbury Estate are being asked to leave their homes due to worsening fire safety concerns, with Southwark Council planning to demolish the affected buildings and relocate th
  
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• There’s a giant pumpkin in Kensington Gardens

  14-08-2024 17:15 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A gigantic Japanese pumpkin has appeared in Kensington Gardens as a huge work of metallic art by Yayoi Kusama.Known for her large-scale sculptures, Yayoi Kusama often features kabocha, or Japanese pumpkin, in her work. Since 1946 Kusama’s pumpkins have taken many forms, colours and shapes, but they are always covered in the artist’s signature polka dot pattern.
  Kusama’s relationship to the kabocha is rooted in her childhood – the artist’s family cultivated the plant
  
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• Discover the magic behind stop-motion animation at BFI’s LAIKA Exhibition

  14-08-2024 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A new BFI exhibition on the Southbank offers a behind-the-scenes look at how some of the more popular stop-motion animated movies of recent years were made.Opening to coincide with the BFI’s season on animated movies, this exhibition focuses on work by the USA-based animators LAIKA and their films, including Coraline, ParaNorman and Kubo and the Strings.
  If you’re a fan of the movies, you’re probably already wondering how to book tickets, but the exhibition will appeal to anyon
  
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• Derelict Victorian warehouse set for restoration into an arts centre

  14-08-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A derelict Victorian warehouse on an East London side street could become an arts centre, if plans to convert it are approved.
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  In an area of Victorian two-story terraced housing, the warehouse stands out as a striking five-story slab of a building — far longer than it is wide and very tall, it’s quite distinctive.
  Curiously, although built as a warehouse, it wasn’t for commerce but for a newly built school to store their furniture. Quite how a fairly ordinary scho
  
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• Step back into Biba’s world: Fashion and Textile museum revisits the swinging sixties

  14-08-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  An exhibition about one of the biggest brands of the 1960s and 70s fashion world opens with a simple dress made from the sort of fabric that used to adorn cheap cafe tables. But that dress was to start the revolution that turned Biba from a small mail-order catalogue into the occupiers of a huge department store that, at one point, was one of London’s biggest tourist attractions.The Biba exhibition at Bermondsey’s Fashion and Textile Museum tries to understand what made Biba so desir
  
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