As part of an art installation, there’s going to be a fairly rare chance to visit the Barts Pathology Museum in Smithfield next month. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tic...

Kensington and Chelsea council says it has seized 1,000 badly parked rental e-bikes so far this year. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/ove...

A hospital chapel has taken an unexpected turn towards the uncanny — its altar now features a horse’s skull on a pole, part of an exhibition exploring modern folklore. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/a-g...

The best response that the BBC could give to Donald Trump's threat to sue is simply to refer the orange blimp to the reply given in the case of Arkell v Pressdram

Tickets Alert: Christmas open day at Lambeth Palace www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tic...

Clapham Junction station’s grimy underpass is getting a long-awaited makeover, with the first of the decorative panels being installed yesterday. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/cla...

As part of an art installation, there’s going to be a fairly rare chance to visit the Barts Pathology Museum in Smithfield next month. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tic...

Monumental paintings by the artist Harland Miller will go on display in a free exhibition at the Design Museum in London next month. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/fre...

Kensington and Chelsea council says it has seized 1,000 badly parked rental e-bikes so far this year. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/ove...

A hospital chapel has taken an unexpected turn towards the uncanny — its altar now features a horse’s skull on a pole, part of an exhibition exploring modern folklore. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/a-g...

Tickets Alert: Christmas open day at Lambeth Palace www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tic...

If you fancy some context to it - the fountain of lava erupting out of Hawaii's Kilauea is as tall as The Shard skyscraper. That's heavy molten rock being thrown that far up into the sky. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

There will be major disruption to the Elizabeth line this weekend, with most of the core network closed and no trains to Heathrow Airport. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/eli...

Clapham Junction station’s grimy underpass is getting a long-awaited makeover, with the first of the decorative panels being installed yesterday. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/cla...

The Norwegian spruce that will soon be decorating Trafalgar Square for Christmas has been chosen following a public vote in Oslo. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/lon...

In a celeb-obsessed world, someone thought what could be better than three famous artists collaborating in a new exhibition. As it turns out, the answer is almost anything else could be better. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tri...

There will be major disruption to the Elizabeth line this weekend, with most of the core network closed and no trains to Heathrow Airport. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/eli...

This rather ordinary modern-looking suburban road is not just one of the oldest in this part of Chiswick, it also has a heck of a lot of history in it. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/lon...

Conservation work has started on one of the most unusual mausoleums in the Roman Catholic world -- the Bedouin tent shaped tomb of Sir Richard Burton and his wife, Lady Isabel. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/res...

Spiders under Twickenham Bridge have learned that insects are attracted to the light, making the street lamp an ideal place for their webs. In other news... spiders are developing intelligence.

More tickets released for 6th Feb 2026 www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tic...

It's kind of weirdly funny that BBC News is reporting that the BBC is being sued for $1 billion, but the BBC hasn't seen the letter yet so the BBC is citing other news chanels who are reporting about the BBC.

The Disney Castle has landed at Selfridges as part of its Christmas window lights display, which this year ties in with the mousey film factory. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...

So close, person who chooses the photos on the bbc news site...

The Norwegian spruce that will soon be decorating Trafalgar Square for Christmas has been chosen following a public vote in Oslo. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/lon...

Chelsea Peers is an odd firm. Only seems to advertise at Christmas with adverts that look a bit too close to a Christmas card from a "Trump supporting evangelical Christian family" for comfort. Yet, the firm turns out to be a UK-based eco-friendly B Corp. Weird.

In a celeb-obsessed world, someone thought what could be better than three famous artists collaborating in a new exhibition. As it turns out, the answer is almost anything else could be better. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tri...

About to go through the forbidden door.

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*Today's Ticket Watch* Tickets for SWR's Class 455 farewell tour go on sale at 11am www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/sav... Tickets for the Banqueting House open days go on sale at 12pm www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tic...

It's just occurred to me that it's now more expensive to read about the TV (£286 per year) than it is to watch the TV (£174.50 per year). diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

This rather ordinary modern-looking suburban road is not just one of the oldest in this part of Chiswick, it also has a heck of a lot of history in it. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/lon...

Conservation work has started on one of the most unusual mausoleums in the Roman Catholic world -- the Bedouin tent shaped tomb of Sir Richard Burton and his wife, Lady Isabel. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/res...

Please don't tell George Osborne there's a job at the BBC.

Hitchcockian pigeons.

Commas can also be expensive. www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news...

Images of Richmond.

Not a fan of writing negative exhibition reviews - in part, it gives me a headache, and also, what gives me the authority to do that? ...but now I've finished one I've put off since I walked out of the gallery dumbstruck. Set for tomorrow lunchtime.

A railway lobbying group is calling for the Gatwick Express to be shut down as a dedicated rail link and for its trains to be reused to increase capacity on the busy Brighton Mainline. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/rai...

A relic from the days of the GLC - next to one of the subways at Aldgate.

Tonight Mathew, I will be fighting warlocks.

Had some spare time, so popped up to the free roof terrace on top of the Post Building. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/a-n...

There's a Mari Lwyd in the Fitrovia Chapel at the moment, as part of a Ben Edge exhibition of modern folklore. www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/ben...

At the Lady Mayors Show.

Starting the day with a tour of a Cipper Round the World racing boat.

Whitehall’s Banqueting House, one of the few survivors of the vast Palace of Whitehall, is about to reopen to the public for a few open days following over a year of restoration work. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tic...

Waterloo’s Old Vic theatre has opened a £17 million extension at the rear of the building, appropriately named the Backstage. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/fro...

London’s highest free viewing gallery, Horizon 22 has changed how it releases tickets to visit the space. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/hor...

TfL begins supplier search for £1.6bn DLR link to Thamesmead www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tfl...