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• Pikes at the Palace: English civil war re-enactors to march through London

  16-01-2026 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A Sunday morning later this month will take on the colours and clatter of another age, as more than 200 men and women in full English Civil War dress gather in the heart of London.The occasion is the annual march organised by the English Civil War Society to commemorate the death of King Charles I, executed on 30 January 1649. For more than half a century, the Society has marked the anniversary on the last Sunday of January with a solemn procession down The Mall, recalling what contemporaries de
  
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• From Skylons to brick-walls – see the next generation of jewellery designers

  16-01-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  If you want a glimpse at the future of jewellery, there’s an exhibition of emerging jewellers and silversmiths at the Goldsmiths’ Centre in Farringdon at the moment.The display features designs ranging from Japonisme-inspired nature motifs and marine life frozen in wax and cast in metal to reclaimed glass reimagined with gemstones and stone-setting.
  Jewellery, generally being quite small and wearable, it’s only a small-sized exhibition, filling the Goldsmiths’ Centre&rsqu
  
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• Lifts approved for some London stations – but others lose out as DfT scales back plans

  16-01-2026 11:01 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The government has confirmed it is pushing ahead with plans to add lifts to more London railway stations, but has also cancelled several expected station upgrades.
  Bushey station (c) ianVisits
  There are stations that the Department for Transport (DfT) says are progressing to detailed design. These include Dalston Kingsland, Esher, Gunnersbury, Kew Bridge, and Raynes Park. Gunnersbury was already progressing to design work, so that’s more of a confirmation of what was already known.
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