London News and Opinion
Londoners are being reminded to keep Saturday 14th November free to enjoy the splendour of the annual Lord Mayor’s Show. The annual event dates back to 1215 and marks the formal ascendance to office of the new Lord Mayor, who is elected every year. By tradition the new Lord … [Read more...]
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. The scheme will also … [Read more...]
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, demonstrations against touring sports … [Read more...]
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. When found the millefiore dish, which was discovered in East London by L – P : Archaeology, was "highly fragmented" and was … [Read more...]
Seven Grade I and II listed places of worship in the capital have shared more than £1.2m in grants from the Repair Grants for Places of Worship scheme to pay for for vital restoration works. The seven venues, St Augustine of Canterbury church in Queen's Gate, St John's church in … [Read more...]
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. The original ring of bells and the church were destroyed in the Great Fire of London. … [Read more...]
Key elements of Tower Hamlets history have been granted Grade II listed status following advice from English Heritage. The former Poplar Town Hall (now Bow House), which was commissioned by councillors who were imprisoned in 1921 for spending rates on a welfare programme in the borough, … [Read more...]
Archaeologists from the Museum of London have discovered the foundations of London’s earliest found medieval tide-powered mill. The discovery was made at Greenwich Wharf during archaeological investigations in conjunction with Erith Contractors Ltd to prepare for the building of … [Read more...]
