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• From timeless to trendy: Exploring 80 brand histories at the Museum of Brands

  29-04-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Museum of Brands has dusted off an exhibition that hasn’t been seen for nearly a decade — showing the changing face of the many company logos we think we’re familiar with.
  Some brands seem to change logos as frequently as the British weather while others seem eternal — and with the recent shock at Golden Syrup dropping its eternal logo on some of its products, this is a good time to see how other companies have changed over the years.The 80 Brand Histories exhibition
  
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• America’s ‘cable cowboy’ lost out in infrastructure boom

  16-05-2024 22:00 via ft.com
  Wrangling media and telecoms products into business models that produce durable profits has proved to be tough going
  
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• BT’s CEO says she ‘loves to squeeze’ short sellers while unveiling £3bn of cost cuts

  16-05-2024 12:18 via ft.com
  Shares in UK’s biggest telecoms group rise 10% as Allison Kirkby announces strategy and raises dividend
  
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• BT’s CEO says she ‘loves to squeeze’ short sellers as shares jump

  16-05-2024 12:18 via ft.com
  UK’s biggest telecoms group rises 13% as Allison Kirkby announces strategy and raises dividend
  
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• BT to cut another £3bn of costs

  16-05-2024 09:20 via ft.com
  Shares rise 8% as chief executive Allison Kirkby says telecoms operator at an ‘inflection point’
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Hatton Cross tube station, TW6

  16-05-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A series of neglected spaces outside Hatton Cross tube station in west London have been given an ecological makeover.The raised beds were created in the 1970s along with the tube station, and although at times looked after, they have generally not been that well cared for over the decades and had become rather overgrown. It has now been transformed thanks to two projects coming together to improve the station. The gardens have been given a makeover, while a new mural has softened the brutalist b
  
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• Monopoly updates its London Underground themed board game

  15-05-2024 18:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There’s been a London Underground themed version of the Monopoly board game for some years, but it’s been refreshed for 2024 to include some new changes.Apart from the tube map in the centre, the other changes include the fact that the money no longer has a currency, but the banknote designs include a tube map impression in the background.
  The stations have been tweaked — including Victoria (replaces Fenchurch Street), Paddington (replaces Liverpool Street), King’s Cross
  
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• DLR testing improved accessibility at their unstaffed stations

  15-05-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Transport for London (TfL) has started a trial to improve accessibility at DLR stations by offering staffed assistance for people who require it. The new Access DLR trial aims to enable customers to travel who may otherwise encounter barriers to getting around London.Although TfL offers a ‘turn up and go’ assistance service on the other rail services, it hasn’t been possible to offer that on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) until now as the stations are unstaffed.
  As part of a
  
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• From naughty ravens to mischievous cats: Charles Dickens’ pets revealed in this new exhibition

  15-05-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  At a time when animals were expected to work and owning pets for pleasure was still a bit of a novelty, Charles Dickens owned a small zoo’s worth of pets, and now the Charles Dickens Museum is taking a look at the family pets.Some of the pets were known to his readers, as they appeared as inspiration in his stories – such as the talking raven and his bull terrier dog – and others proved the inspiration for characters who could be described with animal characteristics. The raven
  
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• London Underground’s experiment with a carpeted tube train

  15-05-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Fifty years ago, the London Underground put a carpet on the floor of one of their tube trains to see what the public thought. The verdict was not favourable.
  At the time, tube train floors were made of slatted wood, but London Underground faced a problem. The floors were usually made from hard-wearing Canadian maple, but in the 1970s, there was a growing shortage of Canadian timber, and prices for what they could get were soaring.
  LT Museum’s 1938 stock carriage (c) ianVisits
  So, in March
  
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• Moorgate’s shabby lawn to be revamped with bust of the poet John Keats

  14-05-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The rather neglected lawn next to Moorgate tube station is to get a makeover, to be replaced with a number of raised planted beds, and a bust of John Keats to commemorate the poet’s birthplace and work.
  Moorgate and London Wall junction
  The lawn was laid out as part of the neighbouring Moor House office development when it was completed in 2004, and was always intended to be a temporary greenspace until long-term plans were made. The current lawn has lasted rather longer than expected.
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• Plans shown off for 1,500 homes above ASDA’s Park Royal superstore

  14-05-2024 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A large ASDA superstore in west London could be redeveloped into a new housing site with around 1,500 homes close to the future Old Oak Common station.
  Early concept for the new development (c) ASDA
  Assuming planning permission is granted, the Park Royal Superstore site will have a replacement superstore built on the existing car park, with up to 1,500 new homes built on a podium above the store. Around a third of the new homes would be classed as “affordable”, although at this early
  
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• Barnes railway bridge to close for a week of repairs

  14-05-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A key rail link across the Thames in west London will be closed for a week in late July due to bridge repairs.
  Barnes rail bridge (c) ianVisits
  The rail bridge crosses the Thames at Barnes,, and Network Rail says that it needs to replace all 48 solid wooden “wheel timbers” supporting the track across the Grade II-listed structure. Wheel timbers differ from traditional railway sleepers in that they provide extra strength and length in areas such as river bridges and are generally wide
  
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• Tickets Alert: Dry dock tours of the Golden Hinde

  14-05-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A few Sundays this summer will offer an opportunity to go down into the dry dock around the Golden Hinde replica ship and get up close to the restoration work being carried out at the moment.
  (c) The Golden Hinde
  The ship is a full-size replica of Francis Drake’s original and was launched 50 years ago, in 1973, on a global tour.
  Since 1996, she has been berthed in a dry dock next to Southwark Cathedral as a tourist attraction. At the moment, a restoration project is underway, and tours wil
  
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• A day trip to Stansted Mountfitchet – Castle, Churches, Toys and a Windmill

  14-05-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Not far from London is a small village old enough to appear in the Doomsday book that’s now far better known for the airport that stole its name. This is Stansted Mountfitchet, and for such a small village, it has a heck of a lot to see on a day trip.
  The town boasts an ancient church, a gothic church, an old windmill, one of Europe’s largest toy museums, a dinosaur park, and a large replica castle.
  Mountfitchet Castle and Norman Village
  Right in the centre of the village is a full-s
  
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• Expanded mobile phone coverage goes live on Elizabeth line and Underground

  14-05-2024 07:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Mobile phone coverage on the London Underground and the Elizabeth line has expanded again, with more sections going live in recent weeks.On the Elizabeth line, 4G phone coverage is now live in Paddington, Whitechapel, Canary Wharf, and Woolwich stations, completing the rollout to all the new Elizbaeth line stations. Work to deliver coverage within the tunnelled sections of the Elizabeth line continues, with the first sections between Bond Street and Liverpool Street expected to get coverage with
  
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• Investors place record £300mn bet against BT

  14-05-2024 06:00 via ft.com
  New chief executive Allison Kirkby is battling to reverse adeclining share price
  
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• Wallpaper maker to return to former offices nearly a century after moving out

  13-05-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  An Arts and Crafts wallpaper factory inChiswick built in 1902 has recently been restored and will again be occupied by the firm that commissioned it, along with the William Morris wallpaper designs that form its archive.
  Voysey House (c) Jack Hobhouse
  Sanderson, a manufacturer of fabrics and wallpaper, was founded in 1860 and in 1879 built a factory just off Chiswick High Road. In 1902, they expanded into a brand new modern factory, now known as Voysey House.
  However, Sanderson left the building
  
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• Tickets Alert: Vintage tube train to travel through central London

  13-05-2024 15:15 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Next month, a 1938-era vintage tube train will travel through central London, and you can either wave as it goes past or be inside waving back if you want.The restored 1938 art-deco tube train will travel along the Piccadilly line on Sunday 9th June 2024 between Acton Town station in west London to Oakwood station in north London.
  At Oakwood station guests can enjoy a mini talk about the architect Charles Holden and how his innovative station design has played a major role in shaping the appeara
  
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• London’s Alleys: Oriel Court, NW3

  13-05-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a short but charmingly cobbled little passage in Hampstead that unexpectedly leads to a cluster of hidden cottages.There is a hint in John Roque’s map from 1746 that the alley ran through the block to the road on the other side, although that could be a reference to Oriel Place or Perin’s Court, two longer alleys on either side of Oriel Court. It’s a tad difficult to be certain though.
  Whatever its origins, today the alley is a short L-shaped dead-end passage. The name
  
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• What I wish I’d known before my smartphone was snatched

  11-05-2024 05:00 via ft.com
  As phone theft surges, how can you protect your financial data?
  
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• The Spanish Navy’s tall sailing ship will visit London

  10-05-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A note to clear your diaries if you like ships, as the world’s third largest tall sailing ship will visit London in July, and the public can go on board.
  (c) Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores
  The Juan Sebastián de Elcano is a Spanish Navy training ship that was constructed nearly 100 years ago, and at 113 metres long, is the third-largest tall ship in the world. It is also the sailing vessel that has sailed the furthest, covering more than 2,000,000 nautical miles in its lifetime.
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• Tickets Alert: Visit the Cosmic House in Holland Park

  10-05-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A slightly unassuming house in Holland Park conceals a remarkable interior — a house packed full of early Post-Modernist designs — and is now occasionally open to the public.Externally it looks like a normal sort of house for the area, but the architect Charles Jencks and family gutted most of the interior and built something that is really quite stunning. Not necessarily nice, as that’s down to individual tastes, but it is most certainly stunning.
  You’ll feel stunned whe
  
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• Tickets Alert: Tours of the BBC studios at Alexandra Palace

  10-05-2024 11:45 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Next month, there’s a chance to tour the original BBC studios inside the Ally Pally where television was born.
  BBC Studios May 2023 (c) ianVisits
  The space is pretty run down now, but still has the echoes of the time that actors and musicians would perform in the rooms and the many technicians stood off screen to control what went on.
  When it started, the BBC leased the entire East Wing of the Alexandra Palace for the new television service, with former dining rooms transformed into studio
  
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• Large light show filling Trafalgar Square tonight for the National Gallery’s 200th birthday

  10-05-2024 07:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you head to Trafalgar Square tonight and tomorrow evenings (10th & 11th May), you’ll see a large light show projected onto the National Gallery for its 200th anniversary.The show is part of the Gallery’s Big Birthday Weekend, and the light show is a completely free and unticketed way to celebrate the Gallery’s 200th birthday home in the heart of central London.
  Conceived by the National Gallery, produced by Nvisible Productions, and designed in collaboration with Visual
  
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• Charity abseiling off landmark London buildings

  09-05-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you fancy flinging yourself off the top of some tall buildings, and doing so for charity, there’s a number of chances to abseil down them this year.
  Several are in the City of London, one in Stratford, Whitechapel, and next to the Thames.
  Most have a modest registration fee, and then there’s a minimum amount that you need to raise from people sponsoring you to perform the deed.Leadenhall Building (the cheesegrater)
  This June, the Lord Mayor’s Appeal will take you up to the 4
  
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• See inside one of the legendary Isokon flats

  09-05-2024 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Isokon Flats in north London are famous as much for their architecture as for the bohemian lifestyle of the residents in their early years. Now, one of the residents occasionally opens their flat to the public.The Isokon Flats were designed in the early 1930s by Canadian engineer Wells Coates for Molly and Jack Pritchard as an experiment in minimalist urban living. The flats had modest kitchens but also a communal kitchen for everyone to share.
  The flats attracted a wide range of residents,
  
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• Government set to approve £1 billion tunnels for HS2-Euston link

  09-05-2024 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The government is expected to confirm that HS2 will dig tunnels linking the high-speed railway to Euston station, although there’s still no confirmation that Euston station will be built.
  HS2 tunnel entrance next to the M25 motorway
  The Financial Times reported, citing industry sources, that approval for the £1 billion pair of tunnels from Old Oak Common to Euston is expected to be given shortly. The £1 billion cost is based on the 2019 figures, so the final bill will be higher
  
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