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• Tickets Alert: Tours of the Aga Khan Centre in King’s Cross

  31-10-2024 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  An unassuming white building behind King’s Cross conceals a wonderful interior and rooftop garden. This is the Aga Khan Centre, opened in 2018 to house several divisions of the Shi‘a Ismaili charity and its design incorporates a collection of gardens, courtyards and terraces all based on Islamic principles.
  It’s also open for tours. For free.While it looks like a conventional office block from the outside, it’s inside that the real action takes place. A central floor-to-c
  
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• Cheap entry to London museums and galleries for Universal Credit claimants

  31-10-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Although most of the big museums in London are free to visit, those that charge can make a day out unaffordable for some people, so some venues offer discounts for people who might be claiming benefits.
  The range varies from a modest discount on the entry price to some really good offers for entire households or even a few that offer free entry.
  They will require you to bring proof of eligibility when you visit.
  In addition, if you are claiming Jobseekers or incapacity benefits, you can claim ha
  
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• V&A Museum refreshes its theatre galleries to mark a century of collecting

  31-10-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A century after starting its theatre collection, the V&A Museum has revamped its theatre galleries with new displays and put on a temporary exhibition about the bequest that started it all.It’s had a troubled history though.
  The collection’s core was donated in 1924 by the collector, Gabrielle Enthoven, who wanted a dedicated museum of theatre history to be created. She continued to add to the collection until she died in 1950, and it was boosted considerably in 1971 with the don
  
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