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From Beefeaters to Tattoo Artists: Exhibition shows an unexpected side of veterans

06-11-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

An exhibition has opened that seeks to challenge the stereotype of what a military veteran looks like in the public imagination.Veteran is a word that carries weight. Service, sacrifice, age… these expectations can form a mental image of someone who fits a certain stereotype. However, the reality is very different, so this exhibition seeks to challenge that assumption.
The photographs are all of people who once served in the Royal Corps of Signals, the British Army’s communications,

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First ever public tours of St James’s Palace to start next year

06-11-2024 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

The public will be able to visit the room where King Charles III was proclaimed monarch for the first time next year, as St James’s Palace will offer its first ever tours.
St James’s Palace exterior
Unlike Buckingham Palace, which is the principal residence of the Monarch, St James Palace is the actual royal court and the senior palace in London—and it is not usually open to the public to visit. As the senior palace, when an overseas Ambassador arrives to take up their post on

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A £2 million fund to deep clean Southeastern railway stations

06-11-2024 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

The train company Southeastern is to spend some £2 million over the next six months refreshing and deep cleaning over 100 of its stations.
Class 465 train at Gravesend (c) Southeastern
The repair and improvement works will see public areas repainted and customer facilities repaired or replaced. The deep cleans are in addition to the ongoing cleaning work across the network and will help support the growing Southeastern rail network.
Between now and the end of March 2025, 116 stations will

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The red bridge — a wildlife friendly addition to Canada Water

06-11-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

A curving sinuous red bridge has opened at Canada Water as part of the Surrey Quays redevelopment, and it’s already proving very popular.To put the site into context, the 1980s shopping centre sits on one side of the old Canada Water dock, and the main route linking it to the bus and tube station used to be a cobbled path along the side of the docks. The cobbled path was recently paved, and a new red coloured wooden bridge was constructed to leap over the dock, which opened at the weekend.

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