City Resident 43

NEWS AND KEY TOPICS FROM THE CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION

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Spring 2018 Issue 43

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Paradise Lost page 10

Fields of Battle, Lands of Peace page 11

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Air Quality in the New Year This year sees many exciting milestones in the City of London Corporation’s work to both improve, and raise awareness of, air quality in the City.

The Low Emission Neighbourhood (LEN) project ended 2017 on a high with a Christmas pilot scheme using cargo bikes for Smithfield meat market deliveries. Cargo bike operators Recharge Cargo and Outspoken are being funded to run this trial, and we are hopeful that the scheme can be expanded into a full-time service for small local businesses in coming months.

Engineering in presenting the new Air Quality award, recognising projects which, through innovative design or build, strive for improvement in air quality. See ice.org.uk for more details.

Additionally, the Air Quality team at the City Corporation have recently started a regular newsletter to communicate about the City’s air quality. If you would like to sign up, please contact us.

MORE INFORMATION cityair@cityoflondon.gov.uk cityoflondon.gov.uk/air @_Cityair

Another LEN project, the installation of EV charging points for residents in the Barbican Estate carparks, is set to go ahead, with residents able to sign up to use the charging points. If you would be interested in taking part in the six-month pilot, please contact us.

CityResident Town Clerk’s Department City of London Corporation PO Box 270, Guildhall London EC2P 2EJ 020 7332 3099 pro@cityoflondon.gov.uk www.cityoflondon.gov.uk

The City Corporation is also supporting the Institution of Civil

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Code for Deconstruction and Construction The City Corporation has updated its ‘Construction Code’ to reflect current best practice, guidance and the inclusion of a schedule of monitoring fees for developers to encourage the use of the best environmental options in planning and managing construction and deconstruction.

It balances the needs of the business to undertake construction works, with the expectations of residents and neighbouring businesses who want impacts to be minimised. It also reflects the priority placed on the effects of reducing the impact of poor air quality and unwanted sound on the health of residents, workers and visitors.

A consultation which included feedback from residents, businesses and neighbouring boroughs, took

place in 2017. Comments were very supportive of the Code and while critical feedback was received on certain issues, these were about improving guidance (eg less intrusive vehicle reversing alarms) requesting a stricter approach and additional resources help enforce the Code.

These suggestions were all included in the new eighth edition which is available on www.cityoflondon.gov. uk/noisestrategy A suggestion was received for not permitting noisy work from construction sites in or adjoining

residential areas on Saturdays. After discussion at Port Health and Environmental Services Committee in November, it was agreed that the City will undertake a consultation about Saturday morning working.

This is currently in preparation and likely to start in Spring 2018. If you would be interested in responding to that consultation, please contact us to leave your details and we will ensure you receive a copy of the consultation when this is launched.

MORE INFORMATION 020 7606 3030 publicprotection@cityoflondon. gov.uk Steve Blake 020 7332 1604 steve.blake@cityoflondon.gov.uk

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Thoughts on City streets and transport in the Square Mile?

We’d like to hear your views. Please take a moment to complete this online survey www.surveymonkey.com/r/CityStreets.

The survey is part of our initial engagement with City residents to inform the development of the City Corporation’s Transport Strategy.

The Strategy will set out how we will manage transport and streets

to ensure the Square Mile remains a great place to live, work, visit and invest.

As well as completing the survey residents can speak to

officers at one of the drop-in events that will be held across the City in March. Details are available at cityoflondon.gov.uk/ transportstrategy

Square Mile’ exhibition at the City Centre on Basinghall Street.

The exhibition is running until the end of March. Find out more on www.thecitycentre.london/events

Steve Presland, Director of Transportation and Public Realm at the City Corporation said: “The City’s street network has hardly changed since medieval times, but the demands for street space are increasing. Streets must act as public spaces as well as facilitating the movement of people and vehicles.

By completing the survey, you can help us decide how to prioritise the various users of our streets.”

MORE INFORMATION 020 7606 3030 strategic.transportation@ cityoflondon.gov.uk

You can find out more about the transport challenges facing the City by visiting the ‘City Streets: Transport for a changing

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Dragon Café in the city This spring sees the launch of the Dragon Café in the City – a physical space in the Square Mile promoting and supporting the health and wellbeing of local residents and workers.

Located in Shoe Lane Library, the Dragon Café welcomes anyone who is feeling the pressures of work or life. It is a relaxing space and is free and open to everyone, offering a range of activities and events to promote and support mental wellbeing. It also provides an open, quiet and calm environment, to reflect or to practice mindfulness on your own. It provides a space to look after your own wellbeing – mind, body and soul.

The Dragon Café will be offering a variety of free services including: short massages and complementary therapy sessions; creative workshops and talks; Tai Chi; Yoga and movement workshops; Mindfulness; and more.

Running until July, this exciting six-month pilot is based on the successful Dragon Café in Southwark and is a joint project between Barbican and Community Libraries, Mental Fight Club, Business Healthy and Output Arts and funded by Carnegie UK, Wellcome Trust and the City of London Corporation.

MORE INFORMATION For dates, timetables and to find out more, visit dragoncafeinthecity.com

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Tackling rough sleeping and homelessness in the Square Mile The City of London Corporation and its partners have a longstanding commitment in taking preventative measures to address rough sleeping and homelessness in the City and to support those it affects throughout the year. This the winter, we have been running another awarenessraising campaign to highlight how people can make referrals and donations to support services and the difference between begging and rough sleeping.

Posters are up in many high footfall areas across the Square Mile including Liverpool Street, Cannon Street, Blackfriars and Fenchurch Street stations as well as Cheapside and Bishopsgate.

If you are concerned about someone sleeping rough, send an alert to StreetLink.

TO MAKE A REFERRAL TO STREETLINK, YOU CAN:

nd ownload the StreetLink app n v isit the StreetLink website n c all the national helpline: 0300 500 0914 The details you provide will help StreetLink to locate the individual and provide them with support.

StreetLink enables the community to connect people sleeping rough with the local services that can support them.

MORE INFORMATION cityoflondon.gov.uk/roughsleepers streetlink.org.uk

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Coming soon to the City – a new sexual health centre A new centre for sexual health services is to open this year in the heart of the City of London.

The new centre, located at 80 Leadenhall Street, will bring together services previously provided at Barts Hospital and other sites. It will provide sexual health services including testing for sexually transmitted diseases, administering PEP and contraception, including long acting reversible contraception.

Opening in the spring the Centre will be run by the innovative sexual health team of Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

It will also offer a new e-service enabling clients to self-test via the internet. Homerton is the first service to introduce this initiative which will subsequently be rolled out to other sexual health services across London.

Dr Sarah Creighton, Consultant in Sexual Health/HIV at Homerton, said: “This is an exciting development of the sexual health services network serving people living and working in The City and the London Borough of Hackney.

“80 Leadenhall will have its own discreet direct access and provide a range of services in a light, airy and stylish setting.

“The centre will be open Mondays to Saturdays and there will be early morning sessions to fit in with the particular requirements of City workers. Along with the range of face to face advice and treatments, we will also offer an e-diagnosis service and self-testing facilities.”

MORE INFORMATION huh-tr.communications@nhs.net homerton.nhs.uk/80leadenhall

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Guildhall School Short Courses Ever thought about learning something completely different?

Or maybe you’re thinking about taking a hobby to the next level, or just brushing up existing stills.

The Guildhall School has a wide range of Short Courses in Music, Acting and Technical Theatre. Music performance and musicianship courses range from Jazz & Rock Week to an Introduction to Musicianship for Children and Parents, the drama and preforming arts have training opportunities that include Acting in Shakespeare & Contemporary Theatre and a Performing Arts Summer School, and the Technical Theatre department can introduce you to anything from Costume to Video Projection Mapping, a digital technique where you prepare and project a video onto 3D structures.

academic year and they offer a range of courses for both adults and children.

Courses last anywhere from a few days up to three weeks, and will take place during July and August 2018, as well as a new Easter Music Camp in April 2018.

MORE INFORMATION gsmd.ac.uk/shortcourses

These are led by many of the same tutors who teach the degree and masters students throughout the COMMUNITY

City Advice – the free advice service Worried about money? This time of year many people suffer silently after spending and borrowing in the festive period. Don’t let your finances stop you prospering this year.

City Advice is a free, confidential and impartial advice service for people in the City to manage their debts or resolve a wide range of other everyday problems.

Help is at hand with: nw elfare benefits, pensions, money or debt n carers support n s upport finding local social and physical activities n consumer and employment rights n family and relationship legal issues

Don’t suffer the festive debt hangover any longer.

MORE INFORMATION If you live in the City call 020 7392 2919 or if you work in the City call 020 3475 5090.

Alternatively you can email city.advice@toynbeehall.org.uk or visit toynbeehall.org.uk/cityadvice to find a local drop in session.

For City Wellbeing – wellbeing support for City Residents, contact Helena on 020 7392 2987/ 07432 736 495 or email helena.toms@toynbeehall.org.uk

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Swim school Join in the fun at Golden Lane Sport & Fitness with the expert tuition from the highest quality teachers, learning in a fun and safe environment. All lessons follow Swim England best practice so you can be sure your child is learning under the nationally recognised framework.

The fun and informative lesson programme covers all swimming requirements, including teaching your child their first strokes, improving their current techniques or honing those skills needed to perform at an elite level. All lessons are designed to increase water confidence and provide lifelong enjoyment of the water.

MORE INFORMATION fusionswimschool.com

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Kick Start your 2018: you’re still in time for that New Year’s resolution!

Golden Lane Sport & Fitness offers flexible and tailored packages including: 1:1 sessions and your own personal Kick Start programme; a superb gym with all the latest and best equipment; the best class programmes locally; unlimited swimming for the whole family and swimming programmes for a range of abilities. Kick start 2018 and get your first month half price.

MORE INFORMATION For a sneak peek sign up for a free trial at fusion-lifestyle.com/offers

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City LivingWise: Exercise on Referral Initial assessments are now being conducted to get you started on our 12 week programme. Each session within the programme lasts one hour and is suited for individuals with physical health problems that pose a barrier to participating in physical activity. Qualified staff will create a fun and friendly group learning environment and will provide you with safe exercises to suit your needs.

MORE INFORMATION To join the programme, you will need to live within the City of London, meet our criteria and be referred via your GP. To find out more speak to your GP, email city@livingwise.org.uk or call 020 7616 2338.

For information on our adult weight management sessions and health checks, visit livingwise.org.uk

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One bin is rubbish Recycle for London has recently launched a campaign called ‘One bin is rubbish – sort it out’, to help Londoners tackle the lack of bins or containers to put their recycling in at home.

A study with Censuswide, conducted from 16-19 October 2017, polled 2000 Londoners from across all 33 boroughs showing that 31% of Londoners would be embarrassed for others to see how messy their bin area is.

A further 32% admitted that the ugliest part of their home is where they keep their bin. nO ver one third of Londoners said they would recycle more if they had more than one bin at home nM ore than half of those asked have had a gutful of

‘bin-digestion’ – piling up of recycling items around their rubbish bins due to lack of a separate bin or container for their recycling n Almost one third of Londoners say that they have ‘bin shame’ and would be embarrassed for others to see how messy their bin area is in their home In the City of London we are trying to tackle this issue by collecting your recycling frequently during the week, so there is no need to worry about extra storage taking up valuable space in your home. To find out more about how frequently we collect recycling from your property, contact the City of London Recycling Team on 020 7606 3110.

Do you need recycling sacks, food caddy liners or a new food waste caddy?

Recycling sacks and caddy liners are delivered to your property at regular intervals throughout the year. If you haven’t got any recycling sacks, caddy liners or need a new food waste caddy you can contact your Estate office or call the City of London Recycling Team on 020 7606 3110. You can also collect recycling sacks and caddy liners from: nA rtizan Street Library nT he Barbican Library nS hoe Lane Library Recycling sacks are for use by residents for domestic recycling only. Please only use the caddy liners provided by the City of London to line your food waste caddy. Do not use plastic bags. All recycling bags and food liners are provided free of charge.

MORE INFORMATION cityoflondon.gov.uk/recycling recycling@cityoflondon.gov.uk 020 7606 3110 @GreenSqMile recycleforlondon.com

NEWS FROM THE CITY OF LONDON POLICE

talkback Cadets challenge under age knife sales in the City Last October six, under 18, City of London volunteer police cadets - a uniformed voluntary organisation for young people living in the City and surrounding boroughs - carried out a ‘mystery shopper exercise’ in eight stores in the Square Mile. Operation Darwen, running jointly with Trading Standards, community policing and the police cadets, is an initiative aimed at reassuring the local youth community.

While knife crime statistics in the Square Mile are far below the national average, reports show that young people often don’t distinguish between different force areas and this creates a disproportionate fear of knife crime. Many of our cadets told us that the recently reported 20% rise in knife crime, last year, made them feel more vulnerable.

City retailers had never previously been tested on whether they are complying with the law and on challenging young people,

who are trying to buy a knife, about their age.

The operation concluded that most City retailers do comply with the law on the sale of knives and perform age checks at the point of sale. However, a couple of retailers were found to sell knives to underage cadets.

Cadet Natalia, aged 15, managed to buy a kitchen knife from a major chain. She said of the experience: “I was very surprised how easy it was to buy a knife and leave the shop without being challenged.”

These retailers are being fully investigated by the City of London Corporation’s Trading Standards Department and a decision will be made on any enforcement action that needs to be taken.

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To report a crime call 101, 999 in an emergency only www.cityoflondon.police.uk

Security event for motorbike owners Last year, 52 motorbikes or scooters were stolen in the City. There has also been a rise in the number of crimes, such as phone snatches, being committed on motorbikes, scooters and mopeds.

Last November, officers hosted a free security event to people who worked, lived and/or parked up their motorbikes in the City. The event was an important opportunity for motorbike owners to engage with the police about preventing motorcycle theft. Officers were on hand to give out practical advice and show examples of tools they’d seized from bike theft cases and CCTV footage of bikes being stolen.

Detective Inspector Mark Chapman said: “It was great to see so many motorbike owners in attendance and having really beneficial

conversations with our officers and partners. It is important to remember that many of the motorbikes and scooters used to commit phone snatches and other crimes in the City are stolen. If we can help owners keep their bikes safe, we are also preventing further crimes from happening.”

At the event were security marking and registration company Datatag who were providing a security tagging service, normally worth £80, free of charge to 100 bikes.

Also in attendance and providing important security advice were Biketrac, Phoenix motorcycle training, the London Fire Brigade Biker Down team, Tracker and Metropolitan Police’s BikeSafe UK. Supporting the event and showing off their new bikes were also Yahama and Kawasaki.

PC Sharon Herbert said: “It is encouraging that most retailers challenged our under-age cadets and that these young people were unable to go through with their purchase. By having young people actively involved in our work, wit helps make them feel part of positive change.”

SOCIAL MEDIA If you have information about City retailers illegally selling any age restricted products to young people, please report it by calling 0345 404 0506.

Twitter.com/ @citypolice @CityPoliceFraud @CityPoliceIFED @CityPolicePIPCU @CityPoliceDogs

facebook.com/facebook. com/cityoflondonpolice

youtube.com/ user/cityoflondonpolice

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A snapshot of things to do near you in the next couple of months

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London Landmarks Half Marathon 25 March FREE Race starts from 9.30am

Cheer on runners in a half marathon that showcases the best landmarks London has to offer. Not only will the closed off roads provide incredible views of City sights like St Paul’s and the Gherkin, runners and supporters will also discover the Square Mile’s quirkier attractions. Themed cheer stations will be dotted around, where you can roar with Romans, and historic City characters will be wandering the streets. llhm.co.uk

Guildhall Yard Lunch Market 8 March, 25 April FREE 12noon-2.30pm Try something different this spring: tasty foodstuffs from around the world right in our Guildhall Yard. cityoflondon.gov.uk/ yardevents

Epiphany

From 24 April FREE Various times, please check website for details Using art, archaeology, music and cutting-edge technology, Epiphany celebrates the cycle of life.

Hear the music of Paola Prestini, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Francisco Nuñez and pianist Mischa Dohler accompanied by the Young People’s Chorus of New York City. Ali Hossaini’s surreal video transforms the Roman Amphitheatre into tunnels of light pulsating with epic chronologies and ritual constellations. cityoflondon.gov.uk/ epiphany

City-wide Residents’ Meetings 9 May, Great Hall, Guildhall at 12.30pm – 2.30pm and repeated at 6.30pm – 8.30pm.

These annual meetings offer residents the chance to hear from elected Members, senior officers from the City of London Police and the City Corporation. You will have the opportunity to ask questions or raise issues about living in the City of London.

To reserve your place, please email residents@ cityoflondon.gov.uk or call on 020 7332 3176.

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Toynbee Hall are currently undergoing a redevelopment process, including renovating their historic halls and launching a new, more accessible website. You can help them to provide better services for your community and determine where they need to focus their efforts in the years ahead, by completing a short survey.

See toynbeehall.org.uk/ our-survey for details.

As thank you, you’ll be offered the chance to enter a prize draw for £50 of supermarket vouchers.

Toynbee Hall was set up in 1884 to help improve the lives of people of East London. Although they are based in Tower Hamlet, Toynbee Hall also offer a variety of services to City of London residents (and City workers), through CityAdvice.

What Really Happened at the first Moving-Picture Shows?

30 April FREE Museum of London 6-7pm

How much attention was actually paid to this new phenomenon among so many contemporary novelties and wonders?

Moving pictures may not have been the innovation once claimed, but within a decade few could doubt that they had become a major force in changing the Edwardian world.

MORE INFORMATION

020 7392 2919 city.advice@toynbeehall. org.uk toynbeehall.org.uk/ cityadvice

The reception of moving pictures in 1894–96 has been much mythologised.

Were spectators really frightened of an approaching train? Did they imagine seeing their departed relatives reanimated on screen?

Make 2018 the year of volunteering How are your New Year’s resolutions going? If it wasn’t already one of your New Year’s resolutions, you should really consider volunteering. Volunteering is a great way to get out, meet new people, get fit and healthy, stop feeling lonely and help your community. A huge variety of roles are on offer in the City of London: you could be volunteering with children and young people, in admin roles, befriending local residents or doing something practical at

the weekend. Regular roles as well as one-off or weekend opportunities are available. Whatever your passion, interest, skills and availability, there’s something for you.

It has never been easier to find out more about volunteering. Volunteer Centre Tower Hamlets can help you face-to-face, via email, WhatsApp or over the phone.

GET IN TOUCH

020 7377 0956 vcth.org.uk

The lecture is delivered

by Professor Ian Christie, a renowned British film scholar and currently Professor of Film and Media History at Birkbeck, University of London. There’s no need to book in advance, just turn up. Doors will open 30 minutes before the start of the lecture. More on Gresham College’s lectures on page 10. See also gresham.ac.uk

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Have your say in shaping Toynbee Hall’s future… and win a £50 supermarket voucher

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GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC & DRAMA PRESENTS

Guildhall Symphony Orchestra 14 March, 7.30pm

Guildhall alumnus Ben Gernon has quickly earned a reputation as one of the finest and most exciting young conductors working today.

This season, he became Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, making him one of the youngest

conductors to have held a titled position with a BBC orchestra. The programme includes Albert Schnelzer’s Tales from Suburbia, Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1, with soloist Ionel Manciu, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 in B minor.

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Blackout at Tower Bridge’s Bascule Chamber 23-25 March, from 11am

A immersive video projection and sound installation, inspired by the Blitz photography of Arthur Cross and Fred Tibbs, two City of London Police Officers, will transform Tower Bridge’s Bascule Chamber – a unique, subterranean space normally out of bounds for everyday visitors. A dramatised narrative will explore the characters, the landscape and the impact of the Blitz across the City, at Tower Bridge and beyond, with support from the City of London Police Museum and London Metropolitan Archives.

SILK STREET THEATRE

Paradise Lost by Clifford Odets 23-28 March, 2pm and 7.30pm

This rarely-produced play by one of America’s great playwrights portrays the unravelling world of a solidly middle-class family whose aspirations are thwarted by events outside their control, leaving them with not much more than primal survival instincts.

MORE INFORMATION Tickets from £10 concessions available 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk

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Gresham College There are more than 40 talks to enjoy across March, April and May, including: The Internet of Things 20 March, 6pm.

Museum of London Is ‘Green Business’ a Contradiction in Terms?

22 March, 6pm.

Barnard’s Inn Hall The Birth of Modern Theatreland 18 April, 6pm.

Museum of London Air Pollution: Its Impact on Health and Possible Solutions 25 April, 6pm.

Museum of London Karl Marx – 200 Years On 2 May, 6pm.

Museum of London Gresham College’s programme of lunchtime and evening lectures at City venues, including Barnard’s Inn Hall and the Museum of London, is free and open to all.

Just turn up at least half an hour before the advertised time – no booking required.

MORE INFORMATION gresham.ac.uk

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Fields of Battle, Lands of Peace: 1918-2018 30 April – 28 May FREE

The City commemorates the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War with an exhibition that remembers those who contributed to the war effort.

Acclaimed photographer Michael St Maur Sheil returns with an exhibition highlighting the global nature of the conflict – including battlefields in Africa, the Middle East and the Eastern Front – and explores themes of reconciliation.

Discover images of dramatic landscapes that capture how time and nature have healed the scars of war.

As part of the exhibition, walk in the footsteps of the City men and women who went off to the Great War on a free guided tour across the Square Mile.

MORE INFORMATION cityoflondon.gov.uk/fieldsofbattle

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London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE The Roman Temple of Mithras has been returned to its original site as part of the recently completed Bloomberg European Headquarters in the City.

reconstructed within a dedicated three storey space in Walbrook, in a modern interpretation which evokes the mystery of a Mithraic temple.

One of the most important archaeological discoveries in post war London, the Temple has been

The temple was a substantial masonry building with an apse, built in the 3rd century on the

bank of the now lost River Walbrook. Found during archaeological excavation for the construction of Bucklersbury House in 1954, the last day of the excavation revealed a sculpted marble head of the god Mithras which identified the building as a Mithraeum. Despite intense public

interest and coverage in the national press, the temple was dismantled and rebuilt in an inauthentic way on a different part of the site in Queen Victoria Street.

Free to visit, the London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE offers a display of 600 of more than 14,000 objects recovered in the recent archaeological excavation, including significant finds and everyday objects. The Roman waxed writing tablets found are some of the first financial documents from London and emphasise the long history of the City as an important centre of trade and commerce. There are interactive displays about Mithras, Mithraism and the extraordinary story of the discovery of the Temple. Newly commissioned artwork and sculpture on the ground floor and outside the building responds to the location and history of the site.

MORE INFORMATION

The Temple of Mithras is free to visit but it is recommended to book to guarantee entry. londonmithraeum.com

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Women: Work and Power From 31 May

Women: Work and Power is a programme of events and activities that examines the struggle for gender equality through the ages while celebrating a number of significant anniversaries in 2018.

These include the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, the 70th birthday of the NHS and the fifth anniversary of the first female bishop. A series of new commissions, outdoor work and planned events at City of London venues including the Barbican, Museum of London and Bishopsgate Institute will deliver a wideranging programme that spans multiple art-forms.

MORE INFORMATION

cityoflondon.gov.uk/whatsoninthecity

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