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Culture & Arts · WestminsterOriginal Cleopatra’s Needle sphinx model sold at auction in September
The scale model used to cast the bronze sphinxes flanking Cleopatra’s Needle on the Victoria Embankment will be sold at auction in September. The 1881 maquette, designed by architect George John Vulliamy, is expected to fetch a high price, but no London museum has announced plans to acquire it.
Westminster5 min readTrust 42 · Craft 55 · Hype 50
Property & Planning · LewishamLewisham Hospital heat pump test risks River Ravensbourne sediment discharge
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust has drilled test boreholes in Ladywell Fields for a £25m heat pump project, discharging chalk sediment into the River Ravensbourne. The Environment Agency permit allows water release, but unpermitted water extraction for flushing has raised concerns among river protectors.
Lewisham6 min readTrust 52 · Craft 85 · Hype 35