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• Plans unveiled for a covered Soho alley through former Twentieth Century Fox HQ

  17-12-2025 14:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Central London could get a new covered alley, running through a building from Dean Street to Soho Square, if plans to refurbish Twentieth Century Fox’s former London headquarters go ahead.
  (c) 31-32 Soho Square consultation
  The site includes 31-32 Soho Square – formerly known as Twentieth Century House, 65-66 Frith Street, 10 Chapone Place and 22-25 Dean Street.
  The Twentieth Century House, which comprises most of the site facing Soho Square, was built in 1936 for Twentieth Century-F
  
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• From 1925 onwards: the Tidal Thames News archive is now online

  17-12-2025 13:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This year marks the centenary of Tidal Thames News, and to mark the centenary, the Port of London Authority (PLA) has digitised an edition from each decade, spanning back to 1925 and made them available to read online.
  (c) Port of London Authority
  The story began in November 1925, when the Port of London Authority (PLA) launched its first staff and industry magazine, PLA Monthly. Sold for sixpence, the publication represented a shift in how the Authority communicated with its workforce and the w
  
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• From pigeon droppings to public art: Clapham Junction underpass gets a dramatic makeover

  17-12-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Barely a month after the first panels were installed, Clapham Junction’s formerly grimy underpass has been transformed.The 100 metre long Falcon Road underpass runs under the railways to the eastern side of Clapham Junction station and is the only route north-south under the railways in the area. Despite how busy it is, it has long been a very shabby route, with two narrow pedestrian paths, walls lined with stained and broken tiles, and the floor covered in pigeon droppings.
  And it was wet
  
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• Tickets Alert: Tours of Buckingham Palace’s private east wing

  17-12-2025 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Buckingham Palace will resume tours of the usually private East Wing in the new year, the front from which the royals are seen on the balcony.
  Buckingham Palace’s east wing (c) ianVisits
  The summer opening mainly focuses on the state rooms on the west wing of the palace, and they only started occasional tours of the east wing in 2024. It’s not cheap though, as the 90-minute tours are designed to give you a more in-depth look at the East Wing, at a time when the Palace is not usually
  
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• An unusual London Overground trip is possible during Betwixmas

  17-12-2025 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Thanks to engineering works on the London Overground over the Christmas period, there’s a chance to travel over a bit of railway that doesn’t usually see passengers.
  Departure board at Camden Road showing the “impossible” destination – Dec 2022
  Over Christmas, engineers will need to close the Mildmay line between Brondesbury Park and Willesden Junction to replace 10 sets of points that are currently in poor condition and held in place by deteriorating timber sl
  
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