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- Time warp at the top: London's tallest skyscraper validates Einstein's theory https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/time-warp-at-the-top-londons-tallest-skyscraper-validates-einsteins-theory-71187/ 1 comment
- A helicopter and boats to perform a rare ceremony at the Tower of London https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/a-helicopter-and-boats-to-perform-a-rare-ceremony-at-the-tower-of-london-70761/ 47 comments
- BT Tower is to be turned into a hotel https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/bt-tower-is-to-be-turned-into-a-hotel-70413/ 73 comments
- Elizabeth line testing ways of banishing its "ghosts in the walls" https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/elizabeth-line-testing-ways-of-banishing-its-ghosts-in-the-walls-68642/ 150 comments
- Elizabeth line: Central stations now boasting 4G phone coverage https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/elizabeth-lines-central-stations-now-boasting-full-4g-phone-coverage-68356/ 40 comments
- Kensington council rejects solution for Jewish sect's tube travel ban https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/kensington-council-rejects-solution-for-jewish-sects-tube-travel-ban-67685/ 2 comments
- Pedestrian road crossing lights now include wheelchair symbols https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/pedestrian-road-crossing-lights-now-include-wheelchair-symbols-67861/ 7 comments
- The Piccadilly line’s new air conditioned trains https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/cool-commutes-ahead-inside-look-at-londons-new-piccadilly-line-trains-undergo-testing-in-germany-67513/ 219 comments
- A couple of messages about changes to ianVisits https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/a-couple-of-messages-about-changes-to-ianvisits-66081/ 96 comments
- London’s ancient cart marking ceremony https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/londons-ancient-cart-marking-ceremony-takes-place-next-month-60602/ 18 comments
- British Rail’s short experiment with travelling pubs (2020) https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/british-rails-short-experiment-with-travelling-pubs-36068/ 76 comments
- Solar flares could cause delays on the railways https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/solar-flares-could-cause-delays-on-the-railways-56083/ 17 comments
- Crossrail update on the Elizabeth line’s opening plans https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/crossrail-update-on-the-elizabeth-line-opening-plans-53030/ 68 comments
- Victorian gas lamps that sold cups of hot coffee (2012) https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2012/10/01/the-victorian-gas-lamps-that-sold-cups-of-hot-coffee/ 84 comments
- South Kensington station's escalator replacement project https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/08/17/behind-the-scenes-at-south-kensington-tube-stations-escalator-replacement-project/ 106 comments
- The British Library puts 1M newspaper pages online for free https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/08/11/british-library-puts-1-million-newspaper-pages-online-for-free/ 53 comments
- A call to improve London's lighting at night https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/03/17/a-call-to-improve-londons-lighting-at-night/ 147 comments
- Over 700k paintings from the Rijksmuseum online copyright free https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/01/21/over-700000-paintings-from-the-rijksmuseum-online-copyright-free/ 147 comments
- London tube map made from a working circuit board https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2020/06/23/check-out-this-london-tube-map-made-from-a-working-circuit-board/ 57 comments
- British Museum makes 1.9M images available for free https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2020/04/28/british-museum-makes-1-9-million-images-available-for-free/ 148 comments
- Train speed record set between London and Bristol https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2019/09/30/train-speed-record-set-between-london-and-bristol/ 19 comments
- Take a Look at the Crossrail Station Under Bond Street https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2019/09/17/take-a-look-at-the-crossrail-station-under-bond-street/ 68 comments
- Pay a visit to Cambridge’s computer museum https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2019/08/28/pay-a-visit-to-cambridges-computer-museum/ 20 comments
- A Look at HS2's Old Oak Common Station https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2019/08/20/taking-a-look-at-hs2s-huge-old-oak-common-station/ 129 comments
- Do Londoners dream of electric buses? https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2018/06/26/do-londoners-dream-of-electric-buses/ 96 comments
- Elizabeth line to accept interrail tickets https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the-elizabeth-line-will-accept-european-interrail-tickets-58314/ 2 comments europe
- British Library puts 1 million newspaper pages online for free https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/08/11/british-library-puts-1-million-newspaper-pages-online-for-free/ 3 comments europe
- Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum has put over 700,000 digitised copies of its huge art collection online, and is making them available to reuse as public domain https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/01/21/over-700000-paintings-from-the-rijksmuseum-online-copyright-free/ 21 comments web_design
- A bale of staw is to hang from Wandsworth Bridge https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2020/12/14/a-bale-of-staw-is-to-hang-from-wandsworth-bridge/ 5 comments nottheonion
- How the world’s first underground railway was built http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2012/12/28/how-the-worlds-first-underground-railway-was-built/ 6 comments history
- London’s lost Victorian pneumatic railways http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2012/11/26/londons-lost-pneumatic-railways/ 5 comments history
- Closed for 130 years, the public observation tower in central London http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2012/10/30/closed-for-130-years-the-public-observation-tower-in-central-london/ 31 comments history
- 180 years ago London had a human powered monorail. http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2012/04/28/londons-lost-suspension-railway-at-kings-cross/ 3 comments history
- The ancient Trial of the Pyx will be carried out today to check the quality of British coinage. http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2009/02/10/the-trial-of-the-pyx/ 5 comments history
- The London Underground tunnel - bombed and flooded in 1940 - and still sealed shut http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2011/10/26/the-northern-line-tunnel-that-was-bombed-and-flooded-in-1940-and-is-still-sealed-shut/ 9 comments history
- A Grand Day Out – Taking London's "Boris Bikes" to Paris http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2011/08/21/a-grand-day-out-taking-the-boris-bikes-to-paris/ 9 comments bicycling
- This Sunday marks the 350th anniversary of the execution of Oliver Cromwell - which took place two years after he had died. http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2011/01/26/the-350th-anniversary-of-the-execution-of-oliver-cromwell/ 3 comments history
- 350 years ago today - Thomas Harrison was hanged and then being half dead, was cut down, his Privy Members cut off before his eyes, his Bowels burned, his Head severed from his Body, and his Body divided into Quarters. http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2010/10/12/civil-war-march-through-whitehall-to-mark-the-nine-regicides/#regicides 43 comments history
- A Panorama of New York city originally printed in 1855 http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2010/05/21/a-panorama-of-new-york-city-in-1855/ 7 comments history
- Huge and beautiful London Panorama -- 1845 http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/maps/london_1845_panorama.php 20 comments history