ianVisits weekly newsletter

Latest blog posts by IanVisits
Art galleries across London to open for an Art Weekend Next weekend, over 130 art galleries across London will take part in the first-ever London Gallery Weekend.
Tickets Alert: Attend the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower of London Want to spend an evening inside the Tower of London watching an ancient ceremony?
Jean Dubuffet at the Barbican The first major exhibition of work by the French artist, Jean Dubuffet in over 50 years has opened at the Barbican.
London’s cycle hire scheme sponsorship extended to 2025 Santander has extended its cycle hire sponsorship deal which was due to expire next year until 2025.
London’s weekly railway news A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news…
See hot air balloons over London in June All being well, a Sunday morning in June will see up to 50 hot air balloons drifting over central London.
Hackers – a cyberpunk exhibition in a basement There's a basement in central London that's currently filled with movie costumes from one of the original cyberpunk cult movies
Stephen Hawking’s office coming to the Science Museum The contents of Professor Stephen Hawking’s office when he worked in Cambridge are to go on display at the Science Museum.
London’s Pocket Parks: Charlton station This is a pocket park that sits next to Charlton station in southeast London and was created in 2013 as the first site of a local community gardens group.
Tickets Alert: Tours of two Twickenham Grottos Next month two subterranean grottos in Twickenham will be having synchronised open days on the same day.
Plans to improve rail freight on London’s railways Most of us have stood at a station waiting for a train, when a huge freight train rumbles through the station carrying anything from new cars to cargo containers.
No trains at King’s Cross over the first weekend of June Be warned, that King's Cross station will close next Friday afternoon and for the rest of the weekend as part of the ongoing railway upgrade works.
Mythbusting Nero at the British Museum Almost everything you think you know about Nero is probably wrong. He didn't fiddle while Rome burned, probably didn't kill his wife, might not have killed his mother, and even his suicide is in doubt.
Two Adam Dant exhibitons in London at the same time A bit like buses, you wait for ages for an Adam Dant exhibition, then two appear at once. The famous maker of arty maps now has displays in Westminster and the City of London.
The Winchcombe meteorite goes on display in London It fell from outer space and landed in a small Gloucestershire town, and now it's gone on display in the Natural History Museum.
Tickets Alert: Tours of Oxford House A grand Victorian building in the East End is reopening after the lockdown, and offering tours of the restored interior and chapel.
Cromwell Place – South Kensington’s art dealer collective A South Kensington building that looks like a posh hotel is in fact a collection of art galleries -- and it's freely open to the public.
Cleaning up the shabby platform ramps in Euston Station Anyone who has ever used the local services out of Euston platforms 8-11 will know there's a rather shabby ramp from the platforms to the station concourse.
Tickets Alert: Visit London’s largest free Conservatory Right in the centre of London is the city's largest free to visit Conservatory, and it's reopening after the pandemic lockdown.
Debenhams Oxford Street to lose its metal facade The former Debenhams store on Oxford Street is likely to lose its distinctive metal facade if plans for a refurbishment are approved.
London’s Alleys: Queen’s Passage, SW1A An all to easy to walk past without noticing is a narrow subterranean passage that runs underneath the posh houses next to Green Park giving access to the quiet streets behind.