Make a date for the Lord Mayor’s Show

Londoners are being reminded to keep Saturday 14th November free to enjoy the splendour of the annual Lord Mayor’s Show and welcome the 682nd Lord Mayor of London as he swears allegiance to the Sovereign.

Wandsworth to celebrate key figures and places

Wandsworth council has launched a new ‘Green Plaque’ scheme to commemorate famous or historically important people with connections to the borough. Those to be celebrated include Actress Margaret Rutherford and London’s first black mayor John Archer.

Anti-Apartheid Movement celebrated at Museum of London

A new exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the Anti-Apartheid Movement has opened at the Museum of London. Forward to Freedom examines key events in the campaign against apartheid including the consumer boycott of South African produce.

“Rare” glass dish on display at MoL Docklands

A glass dish made up of hundreds of indented glass petals and described as “an unprecedented find” has gone on display at the Museum of London Docklands. The museum describes the dish as “extremely rare and an unprecedented find, not only from London but from across the Western Roman empire.”

£1.2m for repairs to historic places of worship

Seven Grade I and II listed places of worshipin the capital, described as being of “great historical importance”, have shared more than £1.2m in grants from the Repair Grants for Places of Worship scheme to pay for for vital restoration works.

New bells for City church

A service will be held tomorrow at St. Magnus the Martyr Church, located in the City of London, to celebrate the consecration of a new ring of bells, 65 years after the previous ring were removed.

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