Guildhall Art Gallery
The Guildhall Art Gallery, situated right next to the Guildhall itself, was built in 1999 to house the art collection of the City of London, which had been put into storage during World War II and essentially never taken out.
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Goldsmiths Hall
The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths is one of London’s oldest livery companies, and is one of the “Great Twelve” most prestigious of those companies. Its grand hall occupies a whole city block near St. Paul’s Cathedral. It combines a working assay office, at which much of the UK’s precious metal is hallmarked, with a set of grand and ornate banqueting, meeting and function rooms.
The museums of UCL
University College London, whose main campus is clustered between Euston station and the British Museum, is home to several excellent museums.
Old Royal Naval College
The Old Royal Naval College dominates the riverfront at Greenwich. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren, the complex was originally a Royal Navy hospital, but from 1873 to 1998 was home to the Royal Navy’s officer training school.
Coronation of King Charles III
Saturday 6 May 2023 marked the coronation of King Charles III, the first coronation since 1953 and so the first in the living memory of most people. It took place eight months after the death of the Queen, whose popularity and length of reign was unparalleled. It was unclear how people would respond to the coronation of Charles, an altogether more divisive figure.
Hackney Wick
Hemmed in by the busy A12 dual carriageway to the north and west, and by the River Lee navigation to the south and east, Hackney Wick feels like an island: a strange and unique place, cut off from the rest of the city, a haven for artists and craftspeople.
Craven Cottage Riverside Stand
Craven Cottage was once a royal hunting lodge, but has been a stadium and the home of Fulham FC since 1896. It sits at the edge of Bishops Park in Fulham, and its western stand runs alongside the Thames.
Morocco in the 2022 World Cup
Morocco have been one of the biggest surprises of the 2022 World Cup. Although ranked only 22nd in the world, they’ve reached the semi finals and eliminated European heavyweights Spain and Portugal along the way.
Trafalgar Square Christmas markets
Trafalgar Square is famously home to an iconic Christmas tree, a gift from Norway each year since 1947 as a thank-you for British help in World War II. But in recent years it’s also been home to one of the Christmas markets that are now ubiquitous across the capital, with Bratwurst and Glühwein and chimney cakes and lots else besides.
Museum of London
The Museum of London was opened in 1976, when the City of London Corporation merged the collections of the Guildhall Museum with the London Museum at Kensington Palace.