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• You can now have afternoon tea in the Old Bailey

  27-02-2026 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, known the world over as the ‘Old Bailey‘, regularly offers tours of the grand building, but they are now adding an afternoon tea option as well.
  Old Bailey Great Hall (c) ianVisits
  First things first, as this is not a cheap lunch.
  Afternoon teas never are, but this is particularly not cheap. However, as a one-off special treat, it’s going to be difficult to beat for the location alone.
  The afternoon starts with a tour of the Old
  
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• Tickets Alert: Attend the Lady Mayor’s lecture at the Guildhall

  27-02-2026 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  There will be a chance to go into the Guildhall’s impressive Livery Hall later this year, when the Lady Mayor of London gives the annual Gresham Lecture, and free tickets are now available.
  Entrance to the Old Library, Guildhall (c) ianVisits
  The event is Gresham College’s annual Lord Mayor’s lecture, which by the City of London’s standards, is a fairly new annual tradition that was started in 2010, and takes place in either Mansion House or at the Guildhall each yea
  
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• Gold, Gods and a Pricey Pharaoh: Ramses exhibition will worry your wallet

  27-02-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  All that glitters sometimes can be gold, and a new exhibition about the Egyptian Pharaoh, Ramses the Great, is full of glittering gold things to see. If you can afford the ticket price.From the moment you step inside, the tone is clear: this is not an academic museum exhibition, but more of a bling-filled showroom of goodies to gawp at. If you went to the Tutankhamun exhibition in 2019, then you’ll know what to expect, as the Ramses exhibition has been organised by the same people.
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• New DLR trains not expected to return to service until this Summer

  27-02-2026 12:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Passengers won’t be able to ride the new DLR trains until later this year, as investigations into braking problems continue.A couple of weeks after the first of the new trains came into service last year, a problem occurred when one of the trains overshot its stopping point. Three of the fleet of 54 new trains had entered service, so all three were removed while the braking issue was investigated.
  The investigation remains ongoing with the manufacturer’s supply chain and the relevant
  
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• Adverts are returning to Euston station’s big screen

  27-02-2026 11:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Euston station’s big screen will be showing adverts again, although not quite as eye-burningly bright and big as last time.
  Proposed screen with space on either side for adverts (c) Network Rail
  Network Rail says that it plans a two-week trial to test advertising content on the screen’s outer sections from Monday 2nd March.
  They say the trial was developed with feedback from customers and stakeholders, drawing on lessons learned when the full-width screen was first introduced in 2024
  
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• Save up to 50% on West End hits with this week’s theatre offers

  27-02-2026 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This week’s sale and discount theatre ticket offers from London Theatre Direct.Shadowlands
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  Channing Tatum’s Magic Mike Live at the Hippodrome has everything you could ever want!
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