Bartholomew and Cloth Fairs 1133 – 2023
Celebrated in The City Courant Souvenir Edition
The first edition of the Londonist: Time Machine newsletter provides a brilliant example of the delights of wandering about the City of London, which I wrote about yesterday.
Matt Brown offers The Ten Ages of London in One Short Walk starting with Prehistoric London on the banks of the Thames, and walking through Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Medieval, Tudor, Stuart, Georgian, Victorian, 20th century and modern sites.
Continue reading “Ten Ages of London – a great Square Mile wander from Londonist”The City Corporation’s programme to attract more visitors is pitched in competition with other London destinations, including Canary Wharf and Covent Garden, as I reported earlier.
One destination that might have been mentioned is South Kensington, which has a wide range of cultural attractions. The City prides itself on that too, saying: “It is recognised as home to some of London’s most important cultural landmarks”.
Where the Discover South Kensington website currently beats The City of London site is in supporting visitors who want to wander about rather than just go to a particular event, or attraction.
Continue reading “Destination Square Mile needs support for wandering about”
Update: the Policy and Resource Committee approved plans for the Bartholomew Fair spectacular, with some discussion of wayfinding, maps and media. See note at end.
The promise of an aerial dance display on the facade of St Paul’s Cathedral in September as part of a revived Bartholomew Fair has understandably captured the headlines in the Evening Standard.
Continue reading “How Bartholomew Fair might benefit City residents and visitors all year”