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The London Buzz – 19th November 2024

19-11-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Today’s London news round-up:
Jeremy Clarkson arrives in Westminster as he leads 20,000 farmers in protest over inheritance tax changes LBC
The provision of free meals for all of London’s primary school children has alleviated food poverty, benefited school communities and been good for their family lives, according to a report by an independent health charity. OnLondon
A free youth centre has opened its doors in Rotherhithe, with after-school tuition, activities and a holiday club.

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An artistic makeover for the West End’s public toilets

19-11-2024 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Westminster Council has named the next public loos across the West End to be refurbished, and they will come in a range of striking designs.
Victoria Embankment Proposal (c) Hugh Broughton Architects
The council says that it has invested more than £6.5 million this year to upgrade its public toilet facilities in the West End, with a further £6.2 million proposed for the next financial year.
Toilets at Victoria Embankment, Parliament Street, Piccadilly Circus and Green Park will all r

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Discover Frederic Leighton’s rarely seen landscape paintings

19-11-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

An exhibition of landscape paintings by an artist far more famous for painting anything but landscapes has opened in Kensington, offering fresh insights into Frederic Leighton‘s artistic leanings.
Frederic Leighton was a British Victorian painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical, and classical subject matter in an academic style. He’s best known for his formal academic portraits, but he also had a private sideline in landscape painting that very few

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London Overground name changes to start tomorrow

19-11-2024 11:30 via ianvisits.co.uk

The official rollout of the London Overground name changes will start tomorrow (Wed 20th November), with a few stations being upgraded. The majority will be unveiled next week.Transport for London (TfL) has been planning the name change for months, and most stations already have the names in place and (usually) covered up in temporary stickers. However, TfL says it won’t have a one-day big reveal with each station pulling off the covers on one day and will have a phased rollout of the name

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Ancient London law requires a bale of hay to hang from a road bridge

19-11-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

A road bridge in east London currently has a couple of bales of hay hanging from it – because of an ancient law.The A13 East India Dock Road bridge passes over the River Lea near Canning Town in east London, and as the River Lea is a Port of London Authority managed river, their bylaws apply. This is an issue at the moment because the bridge is covered in scaffolding, which restricts the gap between the bridge and the river below.
Whenever the height between the river and the bridge’

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