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• The London Buzz – 16th April 2025

  16-04-2025 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Today’s London news round-up:
  A rare otter sighting has been recorded in east London’s financial hub Canary Wharf. BBC News (video)
  There has been a 15 per cent increase in the number of over-65s retiring to central London in the past decade – as downsizing, searching for community, and proximity to family takes priority The i Paper
  An infamous fly-tipping hotspot in Harrow has been cleared by waste management company Powerday and specialist demolition contractors Goody Demoli
  
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• Tickets Alert: Tours of the British Library’s conservation studios

  16-04-2025 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The British Library’s vast collection of old books and documents need periodic conservation work, and they offer monthly tours of the workshops where the work takes place.
  Conservation work (c) British Library
  The tours last around an hour, and because of the nature of the tools and equipment used in the studios, they’re only suitable for people aged 12 and over.
  There is a considerable amount of walking and standing on a tour. Also, the conservation studios are working spaces, and c
  
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• Rediscovering Evelyn De Morgan at the Guildhall Art Gallery

  16-04-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The Guildhall Art Gallery is currently filled with soft glowing faces and billowing dresses, all the work of one of the most remarkable artists of her generation, Evelyn De Morgan.The Victorian artist was a success in her own right and, unusually for the time, financially supported her husband until he was also a successful writer and potter.
  Evelyn De Morgan’s richly coloured canvases, featuring beautifully draped figures laden with messages of feminism, spirituality, and the rejection of
  
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• National Army Museum to get larger with expansion underneath its car park

  16-04-2025 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The National Army Museum could get bigger, as plans have been shown off for a new extension underneath its carpark and a new public garden to be created, as part of an agreement with a neighbouring property development.
  The extension would be included as part of a housing development next to the museum that aims to replace a rather tired 1970s block of flats with something more fitting for the area.
  The site to be redeveloped on the left.
  Property developer London Square bought the former St. Wi
  
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