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• The London Buzz – 16th October 2024

  16-10-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s London news round-up:
  Extinction Rebellion is planning to cause chaos in the City of London again Canary
  Campaigners have accused Camden Council of censorship after silent protesters holding signs were ejected from the Town Hall on Monday night. Camden Citizen
  Hackney Council has rejected cyclists’ alternative designs for a revamped Pembury Circus in a move campaigners have called “unbelievable”. Hackney Citizen
  Staff at Soho’s last remaining school say the
  
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• The Imaginary Institution of India Art at the Barbican

  16-10-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Sometimes, it’s possible to visit an art exhibition and come out thinking it was full of interesting art but also leave baffled by what you’ve just seen.That’s the difficulty with a group exhibition at the Barbican of Indian artists chosen because their work fits into a narrow 23-year period of Indian history. Described as roughly chronological, ranging from 1975 to 1998, and also slightly thematic, it’s a very disjointed exhibition.
  It was made worse by their odd decisio
  
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• Several days of tube strikes announced for the London Underground

  16-10-2024 12:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Next month, the London Underground will experience several days of strikes as staff members of the ASLEF and RMT unions walk out in a dispute over pay.
  Some of the strikes will directly affect customers, such as when tube train drivers and signallers are on strike, but some are less likely to impact customers, such as when maintenance workers walk out.Fri 1st and Sat 2nd November
  RMT engineering and maintenance staff
  ASLEF – engineering train drivers
  Sun 3rd and Mon 4th November
  RMT &ndash
  
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• Network Rail expands recycling initiative after successful trial at Victoria station

  16-10-2024 12:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Network Rail is expanding a scheme to increase recycling at its mainline stations following a successful trial at Victoria station.
  Since 2020, Network Rail has been trialling a Mobile Segregation Unit (MSU) at Victoria station, which manually segregates waste on site into its recyclable commodities once rubbish from trains, public bins and retailers in stations has been collected.
  Since the trial began, the MSU has helped Network Rail recycle over 7,000 tonnes of waste from London Victoria, so
  
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• Elon Musk battles Indian billionaires over satellite internet spectrum

  16-10-2024 11:02
  
  Starlink head in spat with owners of Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel mobile networks who have called for space bandwidth auctions
  
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• Tickets Alert: Behind the scenes tours of Dover Street tube station

  16-10-2024 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The London Transport Museum is expanding its range of Hidden London tours to include the many hidden spaces of the disused Dover Street tube station. However, if you’ve not heard of it, don’t be surprised, as it lasted barely two decades before being rebuilt nearby – as Green Park station.
  Dover Street (c) London Transport Museum
  Dover Street station opened in 1906, just around the corner from Green Park station today, but it was too small for the crowds it quickly attracted. T
  
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• Tickets Alert: A Halloween pop-up – the Blumhouse Blackout

  16-10-2024 10:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The horror film and TV company Blumhouse is opening a two-day Halloween experience in Soho based around many of their horror characters.
  (c) Blumhouse
  The two-floored experience will take horror fans deep into Blumhouse experiences including The Black Phone, The Purge films and M3GAN, the pop-up will create a horror experience through noise-cancelling headphones, lighting, effects and interactive performance.
  Plunged at times into pitch black, the experience lasts up to 45 minutes, including an
  
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• First photos of London’s new Shakespeare museum

  16-10-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The first photos have been released of a new museum opening next year based around the archaeological remains of Shakespeare’s Curtain Playhouse, where the plays Romeo & Juliet and Henry V are believed to have been first staged.
  The Museum of Shakespeare, The Stage – interior shot showing archaeology in situ (c) Timothy Soar
  The Curtain Playhouse is first recorded as having opened its doors in 1577 and was a cultural and social centre for London during Shakespeare’s life. T
  
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