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• The London Buzz – 16th August 2024

  16-08-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s round-up of what’s happening in London:
  Lewisham’s refurbished library will no longer feature a rooftop bar and now won’t open until summer 2026, plans submitted to the council reveal. Local London
  Louis Theroux surprised patrons at a Kilburn pub by participating in their weekly quiz night, where his team narrowly won the competition. Camden New Journal
  London’s Battle of Britain Bunker Still Revealing its Secrets Historic England
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• A free weekend of Indian art and culture at the Barbican this October

  16-08-2024 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Barbican Arts Centre will host a weekend of free Indian art in October, when a paid exhibition will be open for free.
  Barbican Centre (c) ianVisits
  The exhibition, the Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998 is the world’s first exhibition to explore and chart a period of profound cultural and political change in India. The exhibition will include a multidisciplinary work of 30 artists and 150 pieces of art, many of which have never been shown in the UK before.
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• Two week part closure of the Piccadilly line starts tomorrow

  16-08-2024 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Parts of the Piccadilly line will close from Saturday for just over two weeks of upgrade work ahead of the arrival of a fleet of new trains.
  New Piccadilly line train on test tracks in Germany (c) ianVisits
  The 16-day part closure of the Piccadilly line starts on Saturday 17th August and will last until Sunday 1st September at either end of the line — between Wood Green to Cockfosters and between Rayners Lane to Uxbridge.
  Reduced service is also expected on other parts of the Piccadilly li
  
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• LNER to be hit by three months of weekend rail strikes

  16-08-2024 12:40 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The ASLEF union has announced nearly three months of weekend rail strikes that will affect LNER train services between London and Scotland.
  Photo by Jeremy Stewardson on Unsplash
  The latest round of strikes is unrelated to the recently agreed pay deal between the union and the government and is, according to the union, due to a breakdown in relations with the management of the state-owned train company.
  If the strikes go ahead, train drivers at LNER will walk out in strike action every weekend f
  
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• Tower of London to host a Remembrance light show in November

  16-08-2024 12:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This November, the Tower of London will be lit up with a sound and light show for the Remembrance period.Running for just nine evenings, the projections will feature artwork reflecting on the First and Second World Wars that will transform the architecture of the Tower buildings.
  After walking around the light and sound show, visitors can then visit the Crown Jewels without the usual daytime crowds.
  Created by Historic Royal Palaces and Luxmuralis, the show has been adapted to include images fro
  
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• Sunil Bharti Mittal, Indian telecoms tycoon turning the tables on BT

  16-08-2024 06:00
  Company that drew investment from UK group in the 1990s investor is now becoming its biggest shareholder
  
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