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A new exhibition that is less James Bond and more Q looks at the history of how British spies kept their secrets safe from enemies.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
A bridge that rolls over to allow boats to pass through, and then back for humans to cross could be built at Canning Town.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
On a small side street can be found one of London’s few remaining cast iron pissoirs — or mens urinals.
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A short trip outside London is a huge silver UFO shaped building, and in August will be a chance to go inside to see the particle accelerator it houses.
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A satirical image of the President who is famed for lacking a sense of humour could end up in a museum.
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The news comes after the frontman was forced to quit the band in 2016 after suffering hearing loss.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
If you fancy a nice summer’s day trip to the picturesque town of Cuckfield to see a relic of nuclear war, then some open days have been announced.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Let’s say you are a transport specialist or an urban planner who wants to implement a transit-oriented development plan, because you know that TOD, as a planning and design strategy, can help transform your city.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
Australian governments spent $28 billion more on transport infrastructure over the past 15 years than they told taxpayers they would spend.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
Last night (March 8th 2019) I was booked on a 5.15pm flight from Sydney to Melbourne arriving at Sydney Airport from the CBD via train around 3.45pm.
Posted 4 months ago by Railpage System User
In the 1950s, a set of stone reliefs were added to a building so high up that hardly anyone could see them. But now anyone can see them.
Posted 5 months ago by Railpage System User
I deem that it is time for a dose of omphaloskepsis, and to find out which of my miserable scrawlings captured your attention the most during the past year.
Posted 6 months ago by Railpage System User
One of the many maps of bomb damaged London has gone on show in the City of London’s heritage gallery, alongside a declaration about the end of WW1.
Posted 6 months ago by Railpage System User
The magnificent Victorian pumping station at Crossness that had to close suddenly earlier this year has secured its future after raising nearly £500,000.
Posted 7 months ago by Railpage System User
Here's the gift every train fan needs.
Posted 7 months ago by Railpage System User
Working to finance major infrastructure projects, World Bank teams have seen time and again that the sustainability of investments depends ultimately on the efficiency and capacity of the agencies that manage them.
Posted 7 months ago by Railpage System User
One hundred years ago, four German submarines slipped through Tower Bridge and into the Port of London, heart of the city’s cargo trade.
Posted 7 months ago by Railpage System User
A skeleton, lying face-down deep in the Thames mud, still wearing a pair of thigh-high leather boots has been discovered by archaeologists in Bermondsey.
Posted 8 months ago by Railpage System User
In the middle of a wide avenue by Shoreditch station stands three ropes threaded and frozen in space.
Posted 8 months ago by Railpage System User
This insignificant little alley nonetheless has on its corner a relic of Spitalfields Jewish past.
Posted 8 months ago by Railpage System User
A majestic lion lays bestride a war memorial in a post-war housing estate, a memory of those who worked nearby and died far away.
Posted 9 months ago by Railpage System User
A glass elevator has been announced that will take people to the top of one of Battersea Power Station’s chimneys for views across central London.
Posted 9 months ago by Railpage System User
As motorists journey through the Rotherhithe tunnel, little do they know that there’s a memorial to another greater journey above their heads.
Posted 9 months ago by Railpage System User
From ancient Bronze Age worship to spacecraft still to be launched, the Science Museum’s newest blockbuster exhibition looks at the source of all life on earth… the Sun.
Posted 9 months ago by Railpage System User
For any website manager, one of the most stressful moments in the job comes when the website gets hacked into. Even more so for smaller websites that don’t have a team of experts who look after such things.
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