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30/12/2024

Bus jumped over opening Tower Bridge on 30 December 1952. More here:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7m8dmkglxo
Did you know that Tower Bridge is one of 5 bridges crossing the Thames which are owned by the City of London?

18/12/2024

📣 New 📣 WORLDS WITHIN WORLDS done today in front of St. Paul's Cathedral. Can you find it?

18/12/2024

Walking in the City today and taking about secrets and symbols. What a better symbol than a Peagent Master next to the Mansion House looking at a painting of the Lord Mayor's Show?

09/11/2024

Lord Mayor in short.

Alistair King is the 696th person to be appointed as the lord mayor of the City of London.

09/11/2024

What a ! Over 800-year old tradition still happening annually in to show the new leader of Only time to see golden State Coach, Livery Companies, Christ Church School in their yellow socks with and armed forces coming together ❤️

08/11/2024

Tomorrow newly elected Lord Mayor is going to show himself to the public on his way through the City in Don't miss it and come to ! is there...

08/11/2024

Silent Ceremony over. The 696th Lord Mayor sworn in. Now off to the

Alastair King has taken office as the 696th Lord Mayor of the City of London.

As Lord Mayor, he is the elected head of the City of London Corporation and serves as global ambassador for the UK-based financial and professional services industry.

The Lord Mayor acts as an international spokesperson for the City, leading business delegations overseas to key international markets on behalf of the UK’s financial and professional services industry.

06/11/2024

What a treat it was to listen to a wonderful lecture by the amazing at in beautiful Barnard's Inn.

03/11/2024

Before the Lord Mayor's Show next Saturday you can now get close to the Lord Mayor's State Coach - the oldest of its kind in constant use since the 18th century. It's on display in the State Coach house at Guildhall, London

03/11/2024

Lord Mayor's Show is a week away!
Come to the and join the fun on Saturday November 9!

17/10/2024

Urban legend explained 🕵️‍♀️

Is the myth that a man bought the wrong London Bridge real? His grandson tells BBC London the truth.

17/10/2024

📣 scientifically proven! Walking with stops is better for you than walking continuously! They best way to walk and have a break is obviously going for a guided walk. You walk, you rest, you discover. 🚶🏻‍♀️🏛🕵‍♀️

Researchers show more energy needed to get going than later in walks when body is working more efficiently

16/10/2024

Time and again we get to discover and rediscover that London has been a multinational city for centuries and people of all colours, religions and walks of life came here to be part of this extrairdinary melting pot.
Francis Williams was one of them. A scientist who saw Halley's comet over Jamaica and met Newton and Halley himself!
You can see him face to face in the Victoria and Albert Museum and read his story in this article written as part of

Clues in painting suggest Francis Williams successfully managed to compute and witness trajectory of Halley’s comet over Jamaica in 1759

16/10/2024

Museum of Shakespeare is coming to Shoreditch next year. What existing news! While waiting for The Curtain to be open, what not discover Shakespeare and his life in London by joining my walk?

https://www.curiocity.london/

Learn about the history and heritage of The Curtain Theatre, the new home of The Stage Shoreditch - East London's new destination to live, work and play.

10/10/2024

This I think of the amazing job Samaritans have been doing for 81 years.
It all started on 2nd November in 1953 in with picking up a phone by a "man willing to listen." The man was Chad Varah and the place was St. Stephen Walbrook, one of .
You can still see the phone there.
And Samaritans are still there to listen.

10/10/2024

Today is What better way to celebrate it than... going for a walk? Go out, walk, look around you, breathe. Be well.

More about looking after your mental health
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/

10/10/2024

Got mine!

In-person tickets open: Why Writing Women Back into History Matters

Book via: https://gres.hm/women-history

Rediscovering remarkable historical figures such as the Birka Warrior Woman, Hildegard of Bingen, and King Jadwiga offers a fresh perspective to understand an era often dismissed as 'nasty, brutish, and short'.

Rather than being exceptions, this lecture by Professor Janina Ramirezof the reveals the considerable influence and power held by medieval women and sheds light on the gradual erosion of female agency over subsequent centuries. Through their rediscovery, it interrogates traditional historical narratives and constructs more nuanced, inclusive accounts that reflect the richness, complexity and diversity of the past.

This is our annual Colin Matthew Memorial Lecture hosted with The Royal Historical Society

09/10/2024

Scenes from graduation ceremony. I am now a keeper of the golden key! 🗝