ADD A TWIST TO YOUR LUNCHTIME Enjoy a FREE talk on the quirkier treasures in our collection
As part of English Tourism Week, Guildhall Library is holding a series of talks that take you beneath the surface of its collection and provide an insight into London life through the ages. With a free mini-cupcake and the chance to win a great prize, what more could you ask for? THURSDAY 27 MARCH 1-1.30PM
THE UNSOLVED MYSTERY OF ELIZABETH CANNING
Investigate the alleged abduction of a young servant girl 250 years ago; a story which divided London society at the time and has puzzled historians ever since.
TUESDAY 1 APRIL 1-1.30PM
MONDAY 31 MARCH 1-1.30PM
THE BILLS OF MORTALITY – TISSICK, TYMPANY AND PLAGUE IN 1665
Each week in the 17th century, the Parish Clerks recorded the number of burials in the City and the causes of death. In doing so they have left us a remarkable and unrivalled record of disease.
THE PRISON-BREAKER TRIUMPHANT – NEWGATE PRISON 1724
Discover how, with his extraordinary escape from Newgate Prison on the night of 15 October 1724, Jack Sheppard, a 22-year-old burglar, became the most famous prison-breaker of all.
WEDNESDAY 2 APRIL 1-1.30PM
SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST FOLIO
The world would have lost 18 of Shakespeare’s plays had his friends not published the first collected edition in 1623. Discover the history of this remarkable book and find out why Guildhall Library’s copy is amongst the finest to survive.
THURSDAY 3 APRIL 1-1.30PM
BUYING UNDER-THE-COUNTER ‘LADS MAGS’ IN VICTORIAN LONDON
Our early Victorian ancestors may not have been as prim and proper as we imagine. Discover the contents of the soft-porn ‘lads mags’ they could buy in London’s Holywell and Wych streets.
FRIDAY 4 APRIL 1-1.30PM
MRS MARSHALL: THE QUEEN OF VICTORIAN ICE-CREAM
Entrepreneur Agnes Marshall built up a highly successful kitchen equipment and cookery school business in late Victorian London. She specialised in creating extravagant ice-cream recipes and ice-cream machines that, today, influence the extraordinary creations of Heston Blumenthal.
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