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• The London Buzz – 26th February 2025

  26-02-2025 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s London news round-up:
  A bus service that mainly serves schoolchildren could be withdrawn by Transport for London (TfL). Times Series
  A man has been jailed for flying drones containing drugs and phones into prisons in London. Standard
  Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan faced fresh calls on Tuesday to “ring-fence funding” to protect the Royal Parks Police, amid concerns over armed criminal gangs capitalising on cuts. Fitzrovia News
  A man has admitted numerous offences after
  
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• Tickets Alert: Antiques Roadshow filming in North London

  26-02-2025 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The BBC’s Antiques Roadshow will film an episode in north London in June, and tickets to have your curios assessed are now available. The show will be recorded in the grounds of Stephens House in Finchley on Sunday 1st June 2025.
  Stephens House and Gardens
  If you have an object to be assessed, you need to send them a note about the object and some photos, although you can also apply for free tickets to turn up on the day anyway and see an expert for a valuation.
  To submit information about
  
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• Telefónica chair vows to challenge US tech supremacy with European deals

  26-02-2025 14:00
  Marc Murtra says the Spanish group will pursue acquisitions to boost the region’s independence
  
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• Doom scrolls and divine rebirth: A female take on Indonesian Kamasan painting

  26-02-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Barbican’s Curve Gallery has upended gender roles with an exhibition of traditional-inspired art, usually created only by men, but here created by a woman.The Indonesian artist Citra Sasmita has filled the curving concrete space with tribal art based on the Indonesian Kamasan painting technique. Dating from the fifteenth century and traditionally practiced exclusively by men, Kamasan was used to narrate Hindu epics.
  It’s mainly three zones — opening with hanging animal hide
  
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• Cars to be banned from Camden High Street in new pedestrian friendly trial

  26-02-2025 12:12 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The exceptionally busy Camden High Street will become much more pleasant for pedestrians later this year, as Camden Council has agreed to trial a car-free environment.
  An average weekend on Camden High Street
  Following a recent consultation, over 70% of respondents said they supported pedestrianisation and the proposal to trial a motor traffic-free section of Camden High Street. In general, pedestrianising the road will increase the amount of space for pedestrians by between a third and 50 perce
  
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• The hunt for Joe Strummer’s legacy stone

  26-02-2025 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  In 1974, a musician, John Graham Mellor, moved into a Maida Vale squat, and 50 years later, the local council unveiled a commemorative stone to celebrate the man — if you can find it. At the time, John Mellor was the lead singer of the 101ers, named after their squat at 101 Walterton Road — but he’s vastly better known as Joe Strummer of The Clash.In the 1970s, the houses in this part of Maida Vale were pretty cheap, and the row occupied by the 101ers was so squattable that not
  
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