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• The London Buzz – 2nd May 2025

  02-05-2025 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Today’s London news round-up:
  London’s oldest weightlifting club ‘in limbo’ as second eviction extension granted The Slice
  An Ilford pub which has been shut for seven years after a fire looks set to reopen again. Ilford Recorder
  Two tower blocks will be built on a Catford car park despite concerns from a neighbouring music venue. News Shopper
  Electric bikes and scooters are now available to rent in Northolt and Greenford for the first time, Ealing News
  As Alex Proud prep
  
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• First images of possible step-free upgrade for West Hampstead tube station

  02-05-2025 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Preliminary plans have been shown for what West Hampstead tube station could look like when it is eventually upgraded with step-free access, as part of a wider redevelopment of the area.
  The station is on the Jubilee line and has only a small entrance leading to steps down to an island platform. The entrance is too small for its current passenger numbers, and the station doesn’t have any step-free access. As it’s also very close to West Hampstead’s Overground and Thameslink sta
  
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• From Samurai to Sketches: British Museum celebrates the last master of Ukiyo-e

  02-05-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  200 years ago, a young Japanese man destined to become a Samurai put down the sword and picked up a paint brush, and in doing so was to become the last master of the great Ukiyo-e tradition of woodblock prints.
  Now, an exhibition of those images has opened at the British Museum.Utagawa Hiroshige was born in 1797 and, at about 14, chose to become an artist. Although like others, he focused on traditional images of female beauties, sumo wrestlers, and simple landscapes, Hiroshige’s work is n
  
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• London ambulance that survived the WWII blitz could return to the road again

  02-05-2025 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The only wartime ambulance known to have survived the Blitz could return to the road again as the London Ambulance Service is launching a restoration campaign.
  (c) London Ambulance Charity
  The remarkable Clements Talbot ambulance, which is made of wood and steel, served Londoners during the WWII blitz. Known by its registration number, BXH809 was based in Lambeth, and served throughout the Second World War. Since its retirement in 1950, the 90-year-old vehicle has been kept and maintained by Lon
  
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• Over 600 objects from Wes Anderson films to go on display in London exhibition

  02-05-2025 10:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The Design Museum has shown off some of the hundreds of objects from Wes Anderson’s films that will go on display there later this year.
  (c) Searchlight Pictures. Photo: Charlie Gray
  The monumental candy-pink model of the Grand Budapest Hotel — that was used to capture the building’s façade for the 2014 film — will be one of the largest and most recognisable items in the exhibition, which opens at the Design Museum in London in November. Spanning over 3-metres in w
  
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