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Still fighting to protect Victoria Tower Gardens from construction and disruption.
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Victoria Tower Gardens
October 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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The Buxton Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens, by the RiverThames in London, revealed after a complex restoration.
October 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The Buxton Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens, by the RiverThames in London, revealed after a complex restoration.
Almost certainly! The UK government used similar tactics in 2019, when they employed ‘social impact agency’ Big Ideas, at a cost of £118k to the taxpayer, to subvert the planning consultation system in the case of the UK Holocaust Memorial & Learning Centre.
Have tactics employed by a communications agency undermined democratic transparency?
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News from the Victorian Society | Concerns over misleading tactics and validity of the consultation in Liverpool Street Station scheme
News about Concerns over misleading tactics and validity of the consultation in Liverpool Street Station scheme from the The Victorian Society - National News news.
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July 9, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Almost certainly! The UK government used similar tactics in 2019, when they employed ‘social impact agency’ Big Ideas, at a cost of £118k to the taxpayer, to subvert the planning consultation system in the case of the UK Holocaust Memorial & Learning Centre.
Praise and thanks to the peers who were in the @houseoflords.parliament.uk chamber until 01.20 last night, voting in support of amendments to the Holocaust Memorial Bill.
June 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Praise and thanks to the peers who were in the @houseoflords.parliament.uk chamber until 01.20 last night, voting in support of amendments to the Holocaust Memorial Bill.
Phil Rosenberg of @boardofdeputies.bsky.social writing on his own account because the Board has never given Deputies a vote on the UK Holocaust Memorial proposal for Victoria Tower Gardens.
June 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Phil Rosenberg of @boardofdeputies.bsky.social writing on his own account because the Board has never given Deputies a vote on the UK Holocaust Memorial proposal for Victoria Tower Gardens.
Charles Moore writes in today’s @telegraphnews.bsky.social about the UK Holocaust Memorial & Learning Centre proposed for Victoria Tower Gardens, which returns to @houseoflords.parliament.uk tomorrow.
June 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Charles Moore writes in today’s @telegraphnews.bsky.social about the UK Holocaust Memorial & Learning Centre proposed for Victoria Tower Gardens, which returns to @houseoflords.parliament.uk tomorrow.
Note how Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington avoids answering the concerns about public access to Victoria Tower Gardens.
June 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Note how Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington avoids answering the concerns about public access to Victoria Tower Gardens.
We’ll never know. Because nobody else has proposed building anything in this Grade II listed park.
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June 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
We’ll never know. Because nobody else has proposed building anything in this Grade II listed park.
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Few places better to watch the Thames roll by than lovely Victoria Tower Gardens.
#SaveVictoriaTowerGardens
#SaveVictoriaTowerGardens
It’s #LondonRiversWeek—a time to celebrate the Thames and its stories.
I visited the London Museum exhibition, where treasures lost to the river were recovered by modern-day mudlarks. A beautiful reminder of how the Thames connects us across centuries.
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I visited the London Museum exhibition, where treasures lost to the river were recovered by modern-day mudlarks. A beautiful reminder of how the Thames connects us across centuries.
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Tales from the tide: Rachel Blake reviews 'Secrets of the Thames'
Navigate your way to the London Museum Docklands to enjoy these remarkable treasures once lost to the Thames but restored to us by modern-day mudla...
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June 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Few places better to watch the Thames roll by than lovely Victoria Tower Gardens.
#SaveVictoriaTowerGardens
#SaveVictoriaTowerGardens
The UK Holocaust Memorial & Learning Centre, as currently proposed, is ‘a terribly bad idea’ and ‘massive misallocation of resources’.
Exactly right, Tristram Hunt.
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Exactly right, Tristram Hunt.
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The V&A’s spectacular new outpost is part museum, part IKEA warehouse, part Generation Game. Tristram Hunt takes me round his Aladdin’s cave and tells me about using forklifts to democratise design #VAEast
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Tristram Hunt: the man who opened the V&A’s Aladdin’s cave
He quit politics when his constituency voted to leave Europe. Now the V&A’s director is engaged in a different culture war. By Alice Thomson
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June 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The UK Holocaust Memorial & Learning Centre, as currently proposed, is ‘a terribly bad idea’ and ‘massive misallocation of resources’.
Exactly right, Tristram Hunt.
@dcmsgovuk.bsky.social @rachelblakemp.bsky.social @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social
Exactly right, Tristram Hunt.
@dcmsgovuk.bsky.social @rachelblakemp.bsky.social @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social
Today in @thetimes.com, #TristramHunt of #V&A and the new #EastStorehouse, says what many museum and cultural sector leaders are thinking about the proposed #UKHolocaustMemorial and #LearningCentre.
June 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Today in @thetimes.com, #TristramHunt of #V&A and the new #EastStorehouse, says what many museum and cultural sector leaders are thinking about the proposed #UKHolocaustMemorial and #LearningCentre.
Athena in @countrylifemag.bsky.social hits the nail on the head:
‘The uncompromising attitude of those responsible for driving it forward….to admit no reasonable objection….Indeed, why should they when the whole system is being managed to their advantage?’
#VictoriaTowerGardens
#UKHolocaustMemorial
‘The uncompromising attitude of those responsible for driving it forward….to admit no reasonable objection….Indeed, why should they when the whole system is being managed to their advantage?’
#VictoriaTowerGardens
#UKHolocaustMemorial
May 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Athena in @countrylifemag.bsky.social hits the nail on the head:
‘The uncompromising attitude of those responsible for driving it forward….to admit no reasonable objection….Indeed, why should they when the whole system is being managed to their advantage?’
#VictoriaTowerGardens
#UKHolocaustMemorial
‘The uncompromising attitude of those responsible for driving it forward….to admit no reasonable objection….Indeed, why should they when the whole system is being managed to their advantage?’
#VictoriaTowerGardens
#UKHolocaustMemorial
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Good morning friends. See my latest article here: thetidalthames.com/2025/05/18/t...
May 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Good morning friends. See my latest article here: thetidalthames.com/2025/05/18/t...
Good work from @privateeyenews.bsky.social. They’ve covered this “divisive project” from the start, and they’re still on the case.
#UKHolocaustMemorial #VictoriaTowerGardens
#UKHolocaustMemorial #VictoriaTowerGardens
May 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Good work from @privateeyenews.bsky.social. They’ve covered this “divisive project” from the start, and they’re still on the case.
#UKHolocaustMemorial #VictoriaTowerGardens
#UKHolocaustMemorial #VictoriaTowerGardens
With the Board of Deputies trying to manage differences of opinion this week, we’re reminded of Deputies’ less-than-enthusiastic response to the UK Holocaust Memorial & Learning Centre - a project that’s implacably supported by their leaders.
April 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
With the Board of Deputies trying to manage differences of opinion this week, we’re reminded of Deputies’ less-than-enthusiastic response to the UK Holocaust Memorial & Learning Centre - a project that’s implacably supported by their leaders.
The desire for a united front has prevented @boardofdeputies.bsky.social leaders from ever holding a vote on the UK Holocaust Memorial & Learning Centre proposal.
The leadership supports it, but knows very well that many deputies don’t.
The leadership supports it, but knows very well that many deputies don’t.
Jewish News understands the Board has suspended the vice-chair of its international division Harriet Goldenberg pending an investigation to the FT letter and under 35s vice-chair Nat Kunin has also stepped back from his role
Board suspends executive members over their involvement in FT Israel letter
Jewish News understands the Board has suspended the vice-chair of its international division Harriet Goldenberg pending an investigation to the FT letter and under 35s vice-chair Nat Kunin has also stepped...
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April 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The desire for a united front has prevented @boardofdeputies.bsky.social leaders from ever holding a vote on the UK Holocaust Memorial & Learning Centre proposal.
The leadership supports it, but knows very well that many deputies don’t.
The leadership supports it, but knows very well that many deputies don’t.
Victoria Tower Gardens being enjoyed yesterday, and closed today in preparation for today’s Yom Hashoah event.
Always sad to see the park closed, but infinitely preferable to having it excavated, built upon and security guarded for the ill-conceived UK Holocaust Memorial & Learning Centre.
Always sad to see the park closed, but infinitely preferable to having it excavated, built upon and security guarded for the ill-conceived UK Holocaust Memorial & Learning Centre.
April 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Victoria Tower Gardens being enjoyed yesterday, and closed today in preparation for today’s Yom Hashoah event.
Always sad to see the park closed, but infinitely preferable to having it excavated, built upon and security guarded for the ill-conceived UK Holocaust Memorial & Learning Centre.
Always sad to see the park closed, but infinitely preferable to having it excavated, built upon and security guarded for the ill-conceived UK Holocaust Memorial & Learning Centre.
This latest pronouncement from @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social makes a mockery of the 7.5% figure that promoters have always claimed would be occupied by the UK Holocaust Memorial.
Because who will use the grassy mound like the people *in the promoter’s own visuals* if arrest is a possibility?
Because who will use the grassy mound like the people *in the promoter’s own visuals* if arrest is a possibility?
March 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This latest pronouncement from @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social makes a mockery of the 7.5% figure that promoters have always claimed would be occupied by the UK Holocaust Memorial.
Because who will use the grassy mound like the people *in the promoter’s own visuals* if arrest is a possibility?
Because who will use the grassy mound like the people *in the promoter’s own visuals* if arrest is a possibility?
Aha….so it will take up “approximately 7.5% of the area of #VictoriaTowerGardens, but setting a square metreage for the #HolocaustMemorial & Learning Centre would “MAKE THE PROPOSED SCHEME UNDELIVERABLE” Whaaatt??
March 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Aha….so it will take up “approximately 7.5% of the area of #VictoriaTowerGardens, but setting a square metreage for the #HolocaustMemorial & Learning Centre would “MAKE THE PROPOSED SCHEME UNDELIVERABLE” Whaaatt??
#LordIanAustin on Thursday, vs Lord Ian Austin on Friday.
Still not quite learning to think before he tweets.
Still not quite learning to think before he tweets.
March 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
#LordIanAustin on Thursday, vs Lord Ian Austin on Friday.
Still not quite learning to think before he tweets.
Still not quite learning to think before he tweets.
Whereas supporters claim that construction will only cost £191m, and Adjaye had nothing to do with the design. 🧵
But we’re the fantasists.
But we’re the fantasists.
March 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Whereas supporters claim that construction will only cost £191m, and Adjaye had nothing to do with the design. 🧵
But we’re the fantasists.
But we’re the fantasists.
Just #IanAustin joking about fire risk on a project where #EricPickles is involved.
#HolocaustMemorial #Lakanal
#HolocaustMemorial #Lakanal
March 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Just #IanAustin joking about fire risk on a project where #EricPickles is involved.
#HolocaustMemorial #Lakanal
#HolocaustMemorial #Lakanal
Excellent news from #EuropaNostra, @eib and our allies at #LondonParksAndGardensTrust
#7MostEndangered
#7MostEndangered
March 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Excellent news from #EuropaNostra, @eib and our allies at #LondonParksAndGardensTrust
#7MostEndangered
#7MostEndangered
A competition that no one really wants to be in.
But very grateful to #EuropaNostra for recognising the value of #VictoriaTowerGardens and the severity of the current risk to it.
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But very grateful to #EuropaNostra for recognising the value of #VictoriaTowerGardens and the severity of the current risk to it.
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Europa Nostra and EIB Institute announce Europe’s 7 Most Endangered Heritage Sites for 2025 - Europa Nostra
Press releases (in 8 languages) and photos can be downloaded at the bottom of this webpage The list of the 7 Most Endangered monuments and heritage…
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March 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A competition that no one really wants to be in.
But very grateful to #EuropaNostra for recognising the value of #VictoriaTowerGardens and the severity of the current risk to it.
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But very grateful to #EuropaNostra for recognising the value of #VictoriaTowerGardens and the severity of the current risk to it.
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