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To mark Thomas Becket's triple anniversary, Guildhall in the City of London is to be filled with a 16th-century style Livery Fair, and a brand new open-air musical production of his life.
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Becket Pageant for London coming to the Guildhall
To mark Thomas Becket's triple anniversary, Guildhall in the City of London is to be filled with a 16th-century style Livery Fair, and a brand new open-air musical production of his life.
Artificial Northern Lights to fill the skies over the City of London
A free display of an artificial 'Borealis' northern lights display will fill the night sky over the City of London's Guildhall next month with tickets being released today.
Watch the Cart Marking ceremony this Saturday
This Saturday, over 40 historic and interesting road vehicles will roll into Guildhall Yard to take part in an ancient ceremony.
The St Lawrence Jewry memorial drinking fountain
A grand Victorian drinking fountain sits next to St Paul's Cathedral, but it wasn't there originally and only ended up there due to WW2.
Three historic documents go on show
Underneath the Guildhall art gallery is a small space that currently has three historic documents on display.
London’s Grand Designs: Building a Capital City 1675 to 1986
For a few weeks there's a display of some of the grand building projects that defined London as a city. From ancient to very modern, lost and still standing.
Visit Guildhall – London’s oldest non-ecclesiastical stone building
Surprisingly few people know this, but it's possible to visit the City of London's magnificent Guildhall building, the oldest non-ecclesiastical stone building in the City.
Help build and destroy a cardboard tower in the City
Fancy spending a day helping to build a tower out of cardboard, only to then tear it down the next day?
Vivid landscape photos of WW1 battlefields
The final in a series of a photo exhibitions about the fields of WW1 battles is currently on display in the City of London Guildhall yard.
See some military aircraft in Guildhall Yard this weekend
This weekend there's a chance to get very close and personal with a number of military aircraft, right in the heart of the City of London.
The Lord Mayor’s Annual Gresham Lecture
A few years ago a new tradition was born, and the details of this year's now-annual Lord Mayor's Gresham Lecture have been announced.
See one of the City of London’s oldest democratic documents
Underneath the Guildhall in a corner that's easy to overlook is a small heritage gallery with a regularly changing display. Three glass cases, and currently three different displays.
Roman revels to celebrate opening of the Mithraeum Museum
To celebrate the opening of the new Mithraeum Museum in the City of London, a range of Roman themed events is taking place throughout the late summer months.
Gladiators return to London’s Roman amphitheatre
Later this summer, sweat and blood, groans and cheers, broken bones and damaged egos will return to the roman amphitheater in the City of London.
See the Doughboys in the City of London
A large scale exhibition is currently on at the Guildhall in the City of London remembering the battlefields of WW1 in France, and the contribution made by the "doughboys" to the European war.
London gets a new museum – of police history
A new museum has opened in the City of London that tells the long often curious history of their own private police force.
Vintage Royal Mail horse-drawn coach in London
Next Saturday, there will be a replica horse-drawn mail coach running between Southwark's George Inn to Guildhall Yard in the centre of the City.
Extraordinary photos of WW1 battle fields
A series of almost too beautiful photos that show the long aftermath of war have gone on display in the Guildhall Yard in the City of London.
Watch a 3D video projection at Guildhall
A voice reading out Shakespearean quotations while a modern video projection plays on a medieval building that Shakespeare would have known -- a perfect London event.
See a 3D video projection at The Guildhall
Something for your diaries, as next March, there will be another chance to see an impressive video display projected onto the medieval Guildhall building in the City of London.
Henry V’s ‘Crystal Sceptre’ on display for the first time
For nearly 600 years it has sat in a box in a vault, taken out just once a year for a ceremony and then put away, but finally, Henry V’s Crystal Sceptre has gone on public display.
Each year, in a ceremony as rich in pomp as it is ancient in history, and in total silence, the new Lord Mayor is sworn into office.
Gladiatorial fights return to London
Over the next few days, sweat and blood, groans and cheers, broken bones and damaged egos return to the roman amphitheater in the City of London.
Guildhall Art Gallery focuses on Victorian paintings
The City of London's Guildhall art gallery is simultaneously one of the oldest, and also one of the youngest art galleries in London, and has recently had a bit of a refurbishment.