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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 3h

No Hawkers, Circulars or Canvassers, and certainly No Buttles.

ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 6h

One of the pleasures of demolition is how it exposes the skeleton of the structure that was within on the walls that remain.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 7h

The dogs in Holland Park are so posh they shit apples.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 7h

Leighton House's arty stairs.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 8h

Bad news for politicians who give boring speeches.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 9h

But is it art?

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 21h

Yes. And?

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 21h

Typical Royal Mail, a letter to the world from China, and I still haven't received my copy.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 1d

Yes, it's Friday evening.

Yes, I am single. How did you know?

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 1d

I am reading the ruling in a petition to the Consistory Court of the Diocese of Southwark for a church to rehang its bells

It was submitted by Tony Bell.

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If you are of reasonably financial means but also gifted with an awfully large room, the National Gallery is selling off some of its large sofas and wooden benches

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Arty bums for sale! National Gallery auctions off its famously well-sat sofas

If you are of reasonably financial means but also gifted with an awfully large room, the National Gallery is selling off some of its large sofas and wooden benches

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As it approaches its 300th anniversary, an east London manor house estate could be restored and made more accessible to the local community.

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Historic Bretons Manor set for restoration ahead of its 300th anniversary

As it approaches its 300th anniversary, an east London manor house estate could be restored and made more accessible to the local community.

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The train operator, Greater Anglia, will be nationalised on Sunday, making it the third train company to enter public ownership under the government’s nationalisation plans.

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Public ownership expands as Greater Anglia is nationalised on Sunday

The train operator, Greater Anglia, will be nationalised on Sunday, making it the third train company to enter public ownership under the government’s nationalisation plans.

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This is a weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...

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London’s weekly railway news

This is a weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 1d

Presumably a few years ago they would have been the Queen's Army, and that's so many levels of different in Soho.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 1d

They needed somewhere safe from Israeli attacks?

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 1d

A classic of the genre of the "announcing a thing by standing as many people in front of the thing so you can't see the thing being announced" press photo.

Apparently, there's a disused loo behind them that's now a community cafe and accessible loo.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 1d

How rich does a person have to be to have a dedicated loving room ;)

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A roof garden above the development next to Battersea Power Station will open to the public for two days at the end of the month, and the ballot for tickets is open now.

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Tickets Alert: Ballot opens for free visits to Battersea’s Sky Garden

A roof garden above the development next to Battersea Power Station will open to the public for two days at the end of the month, and the ballot for tickets is open now.

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Tickets for the London Eye’s New Year’s Eve fireworks show will go on sale next Friday, the Mayor of London has announced.

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Tickets for London's New Year's Eve fireworks go on sale next Friday

Tickets for the London Eye’s New Year’s Eve fireworks show will go on sale next Friday, the Mayor of London has announced.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 1d

The one thing I learned when hobbling with walking sticks following a serious illness is that 99.999% of people are wonderful - but the 0.001% are utter shits.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 1d

If you are of reasonably financial means but also gifted with an awfully large room, the National Gallery is selling off some of its large sofas and wooden benches

www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/art...

Arty bums for sale! National Gallery auctions off its famously well-sat sofas

If you are of reasonably financial means but also gifted with an awfully large room, the National Gallery is selling off some of its large sofas and wooden benches

www.ianvisits.co.uk

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 1d

As it approaches its 300th anniversary, an east London manor house estate could be restored and made more accessible to the local community.

www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/his...

Historic Bretons Manor set for restoration ahead of its 300th anniversary

As it approaches its 300th anniversary, an east London manor house estate could be restored and made more accessible to the local community.

www.ianvisits.co.uk

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 1d

It's not an issue that's relevant to my article about railways.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 1d

Because they're not a railway company.

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