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• Royal blingfest to bring 500 years of jewellery to the King’s Gallery

  27-10-2026 15:00 via IanVisits
  
  Over 500 years of royal jewellery will go on display next year, and tickets to the blingfest go on sale shortly.
  Diamond Diadem, Buckingham Palace 2012 (c) ianVisits
  The exhibition, at the King’s Gallery next to Buckingham Palace, will bring together more than 300 pieces of jewellery from the 16th century to the present day, around two-thirds on display for the first time.
  Jewels ranging from as early as King Henry VIII through Charles II to Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II will be shown
  
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• Beyond Bayeux: Guildhall Art Gallery explores the art of modern tapestry

  27-10-2026 13:00 via IanVisits
  
  It’s tapestry season in London, and while the big one is historic, the Guildhall Art Gallery is also showing a collection of modern tapestries.The exhibition, Beyond Bayeux: Tapestry Now, brings together work made by Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studios, exploring how artists and weavers turn paintings, drawings and digital designs into textiles. Although the title takes its cue from the Bayeux Tapestry, the exhibition focuses on tapestry’s ongoing development as a modern art form.
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• Angel Tube station to be exit-only at weekends from early 2027

  27-10-2026 12:15 via IanVisits
  
  Ongoing escalator problems at Angel Tube station have forced Transport for London’s hand, and it has announced that the station will be exit-only on weekends and bank holidays from Saturday 2nd January until further notice.Transport for London (TfL) says the change is part of work to extend the working life of the station’s escalators, some of which are nearly 35 years old and are becoming less reliable and harder to maintain.
  TfL’s analysis shows that more people leave Angel Tube station
  
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