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WEBFour Points of the Compass by Jerry Brotton. £20.00. Join Jerry Brotton, bestselling author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps and This Orient Isle as he takes us on an illustrated journey exploring his new book, Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction. 7pm to 8:30pm. Soho.
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WEB2024-07-11. Free Peter Hedegaard | 1960s & 1970s screenprints. A mini-retrospective of Screenprints that celebrates the collaboration between the artist Peter Hedegaard and his wife Isolde who together produced over 50 editions from 1965 to 1976. 2pm to 6pm. Hackney. Closing soon Sat, 21st September.
New home for the House of Illustration - ianVisits
WEBPublished 4 August 2020 By Ian Mansfield Architecture, London Art News. Currently based in Kings Cross, the House of Illustration is set to move to a restored New River Head building in Islington. It’s also changing its name to the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration. When it opens in the autumn of 2022, it aims to be the world’s largest ...
London’s largest roof garden – 120 Fenchurch Street – reopens
WEBPublished 8 December 2021 By Ian Mansfield London's Pocket Parks. After a rather long pandemic closure, the large roof garden at 120 Fenchurch Street has reopened to the public, with a very windswept opening week ahead. What is known as The Garden at 120 sits on top of the newly opened Fen Court office building at, unsurprisingly 120 Fenchurch ...
Latest London news, reviews and things to do in London - ianVisits
WEBA posh Mayfair hotel is locally famous for the metal man sculpture on its classical style frontage, but there's a lot more to the hotel and the sculpture than might seem at first glance.
Things to do in London in June 2023 - ianVisits
WEBThe Bow Bells will ring on 10th June 2023 as the Museum of London Docklands marks its 20th anniversary with a street party celebrating the history, cultures and communities of the East End. Starts at 7pm. Poplar. More London events on Saturday 10th June.
Canary Wharf’s Winter Lights festival has opened
WEBJan 19, 2023 · The lights show is open every evening 5pm to 10pm until Saturday 28th January. If you fancy it, the ice rink in Canada Square is also open until 25th February, although you pay for that. There’s also a lights display at Battersea Power Station until 5th March. ‹ Trains from Sutton to the London Cancer Hub to double in frequency.
Book a day-trip by steam train in 2022 - ianvisits.co.uk
WEBFeb 25, 2022 · The Golden Age Of Travel by Steam. £420. Afternoon. Afternoon loop around Surrey. Sat 23rd July. The West Somerset Steam Express. £115. All day. Day trip to the Bristol coast via Taunton.
Exhibition: Fantasy: Realms of Imagination | British Library - IanVisits
WEBDescription. Set out on a legendary quest through the impossible worlds of fantasy. Let this exhibition cast its spell as you explore the beautiful, uncanny and sometimes monstrous makings of fantasy. From epic visions to intricately envisaged details, we celebrate some of the finest fantasy creators, reveal how their imagined lands, languages ...
Everything you (probably) didn’t know about… Trafalgar Square
WEBApr 18, 2018 · 5] Nelson’s Column. The towering centrepiece of Trafalgar Square, it stands 169 ft 3 in (51.6 m) tall, with the much larger than life, 18ft 1in (5.5 m) statue of Admiral Nelson at the top. Charles Barry, who designed the National Gallery and took over the layout of Trafalgar Square after Nash died, didn’t want Nelson’s Column to be here ...