WCMPC Junior Wardens’ Card Game Evening
Drapers' Hall Throgmorton Avenue, LondonDrapers' Hall host us for an evening where Junior Wardens and their Consorts can meet for the first time, enjoy a delightful meal and play a fun card game.
Drapers' Hall host us for an evening where Junior Wardens and their Consorts can meet for the first time, enjoy a delightful meal and play a fun card game.
Full day of energy presentations on nuclear, Solar, Hydrogen, Heat Pumps. Lunch included
The ever popular annual event on Shrove Tuesday, 30 teams take part in the Guildhall Yard, plus for those not able to submit a full team there is the Master's Qualifying Race. The Racing is followed by a well earned…
The re-scheduled 25th Horners’ Ralph Anderson Memorial Lecture is to be held at 7.00pm on Thursday 23rd February 2023 at the Royal Society of Medicine, London. W1G 0AE. The Lecturer will be Professor Edward Kosior who will deliver a talk…
The Livery Charity Chairs Group is delighted that thanks to the really generous funding received so far for the Livery Food Initiative, City Harvest are well on the way to having the funds needed to keep one of their vans…
An evening of Bridge, with supper, for all abilities. Pairs can be from the same Livery, from different liveries or one Comapany member playing with a family member (including spouse).
A lecture by Caroline de Guitaut, Deputy Surveyor of The King's Works of Art at the Royal Collection Trust, hosted by The Creative Dimension Trust at Clothworkers' Hall. This lecture will focus on the 19th and 20th centuries, exploring the…
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A fund-raising show of vignettes and songs about famous cases heard at Court No.1, Old Bailey
A fund-raising show of vignettes and songs about famous cases heard at Court No.1, Old Bailey
A fund-raising show of vignettes and songs about famous cases heard at Court No.1, Old Bailey
A fund-raising show of vignettes and songs about famous cases heard at Court No.1, Old Bailey
A fund-raising show of vignettes and songs about famous cases heard at Court No.1, Old Bailey
£25 registration fee and £500 sponsorship target.
Masters, Prime Wardens and the Upper bailiff of Livery Companies are invited with their Consorts to the Lord Mayor's 'Meet the Masters' dinner at Mansion House along with other City Guests. MHEvents@cityoflondon.gov.uk
UGS Service at St Paul's for all the Livery
Details will be added as they become available.
The Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers hold an annual 'SIMposium' and the 2023 event concentrates on the financial and technical challenges of producing economically competitive fusion energy. It matches well the Lord Mayor’s theme of “Financing the Future“, which…
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A general knowledge quiz night, including a substantial supper with wine half way through the evening.
Join Clergy Support Trust in joyful celebration at St Paul's Cathedral for our 368th Festival Service, starting at 5pm, followed by Dinner. The significant City event is anchored by the support of Livery Companies and the City of London. Hear…
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Invitations for Masters/Prime Wardens/The Upper Bailiff have been sent to the Clerks of all of London’s Livery Companies and Guilds. Any spare seats are open to Liverymen of any Company. To book a place please go to https://spectaclemakers.wufoo.com/forms/wcsm-eye-health-event-tuesday-16-may-2023 We’ll help…
The World Traders' Annual Tacitus Lecture - speaker to be announced.
The highlight of the City Livery Yacht Club’s Programme of Events is the Annual inter-Livery Regatta at Cowes where entrants battle it out for the Lord Mayor’s Cup. This year members and crews will meet informally at the Royal London…
The date for the Annual inter-Livery Regatta 2023 is 20 May 2023. This event will be held in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight
To celebrate 300 Years of Sir Christopher Wren, Club Peloton have teamed up with the City Livery Companies, to link two famous cities – Oxford and Cambridge. The ride will take in some of the stunning architecture which has been…
A lively debate hosted by the Worshipful Company of Distillers: “This House believes that the emergence of Whisky as an investment asset is good for the growth of the wider global whisk(e)y market”
The 2023 Annual Conference of the Livery Charity Chairs Group will take place at Ironmongers’ Hall on Tuesday 13th June from 13:30 to 19:00. Full details and a downloadable booking form are available by following the link below. https://liverycommittee.org/the-livery-charity-chairs-groups-annual-conference-scheduled-for-13th-june-2023/
Details of the Annual Livery Weekend 2023
The Worshipful Company of Coopers invites you to join us for our second annual cask race. The competition will once again take place in Guildhall Yard, the historic site of London's Roman amphitheatre - where teams of four persons will…
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst is opening its doors to the Livery for an exclusive day with limited tickets available. The aim of the day is twofold; primarily to update the Livery on British Army Officer Training giving them access…
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Gathering of Liverymen at Guildhall to elect two Sheriffs for the year ensuing.
The Lord Mayor's Appeal Golf Dinner and Golf Day, hosted by the Lord Mayor himself, will take place at Royal St George’s Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent on Sunday 2 July 2023 (Dinner) and Monday 3 July 2023 (Golf). This…
This popular event has become an established City tradition, raising money for The Lord Mayor’s Appeal, while also providing an enjoyable day out for everyone with delicious beer, good food and a great atmosphere. Further detail and tickets are available…
he Company of HR Professionals is delighted to announce that the annual charity fundraising event will take the form of a gala dinner, in partnership with the Military Wives Choirs Charity. Taking place in the beautiful surroundings of Ironmongers Hall,…
We are raising money for two charities which are close the hearts of the Arts Scholars. The proceeds of the auction will go towards vital funding for: The Arts Scholars Student Scholarship Initiatives, and The Portable Antiquities Scheme run by…
Read More The Arts Scholars Charity Auction 2023 – Cherishing the Past, Investing in the Future
The World Drinks Awards has teamed up with the Worshipful Company of Distillers to present more than 200 country and world winners from their 2023 awards tasting. Returning to the stunning Vintners’ Hall on Wednesday 26th July this is the…
This is the time of year for St Abdon’s feast, and given he is the Coopers’ patron saint, we thought it would be most fitting to celebrate the occasion. Join us at the Coopers’ Hall to share stories, and partake…
The Master’s Inter Livery Pétanque Competition Bring your boules and French casual looks In aid of The Lord Mayor’s Appeal. Get your team together and book your place now! £60 per team of 3 people. All profits to The Lord…
Vertical dancers are scheduled to perform an aerial spectacle suspended from St Paul’s Cathedral, kick-starting the three-week Bartholomew Fair. London will be wowed with free stunning performances and cultural events this September as the City of London’s historic Bartholomew Fair…
The inaugural Livery Halls Walk, introduced by our then Master, Stephen Wright, took place in 2006. Each year 20 Livery Companies have taken part and it has now become an established and very popular event in the Livery Calendar. These…
The Livery Charity Chairs Group Hot Topic #7 – Objects and Objectives: some pitfalls and solutions
This is an opportunity for people who work in Clerks' offices to come together, find out more about the City and the Livery as a whole, build their networks and obtain answers to any burning questions. Attendees may be Assistant…
A unique setting for the City Music Foundation lunchtime concert featuring Jonathan Eyers and Roger Vignoles from 1pm at Armourers’ Hall. Tickets are only available in advance via City Music Foundation’s website. Programme: Loewe ‘Edward’ from Drei Balladen, Op. 1…
Reception at the Old Bailey, hosted by Sheriff Andrew Marsden, where we will say thank you to all who have contributed.
Annual Lecture - invitation to attend will be sent to Masters and Clerks of the various companies.
Gathering of Liverymen of the several companies to elect a Lord Mayor for the year ensuing.
An exhibition of exquisite craftsmanship for the 400th Anniversary of the award of the Company’s first, though short lived, Royal Charter in 1623 by James I. A dazzling display of robes, uniforms, costumes, jewellery, and embroidery providing a real feast…
The Master and Wardens of The Worshipful Company of Glaziers, in partnership with The Worshipful Companies of Chartered Architects, Constructors and Masons; the Forum for the Built Environment and the IoD Property & Built Environment Group warmly invite you to…
Read More Culture, art and heritage in the built environment reception
Evensong attended by the Musicians' Company. Procession of Masters, Wardens and Clerks of all Livery Companies attending. Guests welcome. Notice distributed to Clerks in July.
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The ANSS (Charity No.292659) holds an Annual Service for Seafarers in St Paul’s Cathedral which is routinely supported by Trinity House, the Shipwrights’ Company and the Master Mariners’ Company amongst others and encourages pupils at Reddam House School, Pangbourne College,…
Read More Annual National Service for Seafarers (ANSS) – Wed 11 Oct 2023. St Paul’s Cathedral.
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The Opening of the Garden of Remembrance for the City & Liveries in the Garden of St Paul's cathedral. Attended by civic party and dignitaries, City services, Associations and Livery Companies.
Street Carnival procession through the streets of the City headed by the Lord Mayor's Coach escorted by Pikemen and Musketeers.
The Lord Mayor’s Show is one of the greatest shows on Earth, and the oldest continually running annual parade in the world. Mark the event with lunch at one of the City’s oldest Livery Companies.Our Hall is in a prime…
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Service of Remembrance in St Paul's Cathedral and wreath laying at the Royal Exchange. Contact remembrance.sunday@fruiterers.org.uk should your Livery Company wish to attend these events.
The 26th Horners’ Ralph Anderson Memorial Lecture is to be held at 7.00pm on Thursday 16th November 2023 at the Royal Society of Medicine, London. W1G 0AE.
The subject of his talk is: Iron or Plastic – is that really the Question? How two distinctly different industries farriery and plastics have grown together for the betterment of a horse’s wellbeing. Farriery, or the shoeing of horses, is…
A Christmas Market in aid of the Red Cross.
The Third Duke of Edinburgh Future Energy Conference will be held on Wednesday 29 November 2023. It is being held at The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE. Organised by The Worshipful Company of Fuellers, speakers…
Read More The Fuellers’ Duke of Edinburgh Future Energy Conference 2023
A lunchtime concert featuring Kleio Quartet from 1pm at Apothecaries’ Hall In today’s lunchtime concert, Kleio Quartet perform two beautiful quartets from well-known composers. First on the menu is Verdi’s only surviving chamber work, a String Quartet written during a…
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A lunchtime concert featuring Kleio Quartet from 1pm at Apothecaries’ Hall In today’s lunchtime concert, Kleio Quartet perform two beautiful quartets from well-known composers. First on the menu is Verdi’s only surviving chamber work, a String Quartet written during a…
Read More City Music Foundation Lunchtime Concert Series – Kleio Quartet
Scientific Instrument Makers Liveryman Dr Tom Davis will be delivering a Gresham Society Webinar on The State of Play With Fusion at 1100 on 30 Niovember 2023. Please follow the link below for more details and to book.
Background: For sustainable, non-carbon dioxide emitting, long-term energy production, nuclear fusion energy is widely perceived to be the ultimate terrestrial energy source. Fusion energy is experiencing a rapid period of investment, innovation, and growth that has never been seen before.…
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Background: For too long criminals have been destroying our undersea cultural heritage (UCH), damaging the marine environment, and desecrating naval war graves through unauthorised salvage of wreck sites. No longer. By using satellites and artificial intelligence originally designed to stop…
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Manufacturing is the lifeblood of economic growth in the UK, directly and indirectly supporting 23% of the British Economy and providing directly and indirectly over 5 million jobs, with salaries above the whole economy average. While manufacturing is the biggest…
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A lunchtime concert featuring Claire Ward (soprano) and Jong Sun Woo (piano) from 1pm at Tallow Chandlers’ Hall Tickets are only available in advance via City Music Foundation’s website. Programme Fauré “Mandoline”, Op.58, No.1 Fauré “Le Secret”, Op.23, No.3 Brahms…
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Tips And Ideas For Parents, Based On Granular Interactions With Teachers And Students, To Help Empower Children To Navigate An Ever More Complicated Financial World Background: Children are entering into an ever more complicated financial world ill-equipped to make educated…
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Background: The lecture will explore the role of social capital and connectivity in nurturing health, wealth and happiness, including through inter-generational progress and drawing on recent research in the field. It will also discuss how public policy might be refocussed…
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Background: Novel medical technologies are being introduced at unprecedented rates, demanding scientific evidence of their safety and efficacy at an unprecedented pace to ensure patient safety and benefit. With success in both in-vitro/in-vivo studies, products are tested on clinical trials…
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For 60 years, this service has been the prime fixture for senior figures in civic and business spheres to meet, to renew institutional links and to welcome the challenges and events of the coming year. The Lord Mayor of London…
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Background: The City has a long and profound history of an entrepreneurial mindset. It has innovation and invention in its DNA. Much of this has been driven by smart thinkers who are natural problem solvers, many of whom come from…
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Background: Modern multi-storey buildings in the City of London are usually supported on piled foundations; long columns of concrete that take the building loads into the ground. When sites are redeveloped each new building has tended to have a new…
Background: I think we all get it now: the days of our dependence on fossil fuels are numbered. But just how big is that number? Incumbent fossil fuel companies are massively powerful players in today’s global economy – and geo-politics…
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Background: Quantum computing promises a massive increase in processing power, opening up a world of calculations the like of which we have never seen before. We’ll be able to solve global problems by crunching data much more quickly. But this…
Read More Lord Mayor’s Lecture | What Does Quantum Computing Mean For Cybersecurity?
Background: Through extensive research on his MBA (1992, Open University) and PhD (2022, Sheffield Hallam) into the dynamics behind training and development programmes for small and midsize enterprises (SMEs), Dr Glyn Cartwright increasingly recognised a frustrating lack of relevant evidence…
An evening where you will meet your fellow Junior Wardens at the splendid Drapers' Hall for a two course dinner and a relaxed fun game or two of cards. No expertise required.
Background: Sustainable Chemistry is both the implementation of sustainability in the production, use and fate of chemicals (Green Chemistry) and the application of chemistry and chemical products to enable sustainable development. The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide a framework for…
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Background: In a broad narrative of decline in religious practice in contemporary England, the place of the Christian faith is surprisingly prominent in what is viewed by many as a secular democracy. Whether in Parliament, the Crown or the City,…
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Lord Mayor's Coffee Colloquies are a series of in-person events held at Mansion House promoting connections that help address the leading issues of the day. See the City of London website for the programme.
Marking the 350th Anniversary of the Indenture of Agreement (5th September 1674) made between George Ravenscroft of London, Gent of one party, and John Steward the Elder, Humphrey Kilby, John Kempster, and forty-two others, all Glass-Sellers of London of the…
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Background: A mechanistic basis for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) initiation in never smokers, a disease with high frequency EGFR mutations (EGFRm), is unknown. Air pollution particulate matter (PM) is known to be associated with the risk of NSCLC, however…
Background: The finding of the Gloucester can legitimately be called the most important event for British maritime history since the Mary Rose was located in 1971 and raised in 1982. This talk will outline the sensational history of the wreck…
Dr Rachel Clarke is an NHS palliative care doctor and the author of three Sunday Times bestselling non-fiction books about medicine. Breath taking (2021) reveals how she and her colleagues confronted COVID-19 during the pandemic’s first wave in 2020. Dear…
Background: In 1550, London was a rapidly expanding commercial city, yet with a relatively modest position on the world stage. By 1800, it was a global city – and also a world-leading centre of science. In this talk, Science Museum…
Read More Lord Mayor’s Lecture | A Tour of London, Science City, 1550–1800
Background: As a Longplayer trustee, my role is to help us think through what our long view might be. Here I will recount some of our thinking and ideas from over the years. Longplayer helps us ask many questions about…
Lecture by a leading individual in World Trade (Lecturer yet to be announced)
The Makers of Playing Cards Company's 41st Annual Inter-Livery Bridge Tournament, with supper, held at Drapers' Hall.
See The launch of newest Livery Food Initiative Truck – 5th March for more details.
All Livery Masters, Prime Wardens, Upper Bailiff, Consorts and Clerks are invited to the Basketry Showcase 2024 at The Dutch Church, Austin Friars. We will be celebrating and demonstrating the best of basketry, with talented growers and makers from across…
The 18th Ezra Memorial Lecture will be held at 1745 for 1820 on Wednesday 13th March 2024 at City & Guilds Building, Imperial College London. It is being given by the Lord Mayor of the City of London, Professor Michael…
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Our annual dinner will be at the Northern Club, Princes Street, Auckland on March 14th 2024. Accommodation is available at the Club. Any Livery members visiting Auckland and New Zealand of course very welcome and please contact Paul Kennerley -…
Annual United Guilds Service at St Paul's Cathedral attended by the Lord Mayor, Bishop of London and all Companions and Guilds. ugs@fishmongers.org.uk for details.
The annual Trial & Error Shows at Court No.1, Old Bailey depicting famous cases heard in that Court. The 2024 Shows are title 'State Trial & Error' and covering cases where the State had a role. A Sunday dress rehearsal…
The annual Trial & Error Shows at Court No.1, Old Bailey depicting famous cases heard in that Court. The 2024 Shows are title 'State Trial & Error' and covering cases where the State had a role. A Sunday dress rehearsal…
The annual Trial & Error Shows at Court No.1, Old Bailey depicting famous cases heard in that Court. The 2024 Shows are title 'State Trial & Error' and covering cases where the State had a role. A Sunday dress rehearsal…
The annual Trial & Error Shows at Court No.1, Old Bailey depicting famous cases heard in that Court. The 2024 Shows are title 'State Trial & Error' and covering cases where the State had a role. A Sunday dress rehearsal…
The annual Trial & Error Shows at Court No.1, Old Bailey depicting famous cases heard in that Court. The 2024 Shows are title 'State Trial & Error' and covering cases where the State had a role. A Sunday dress rehearsal…
Soprano Caroline Taylor and internationally acclaimed collaborative pianist – and CMF Patron – Roger Vignoles give a recital at the ornate Goldsmiths’ Hall. Positioned at the junction of Foster Lane and Gresham Street in the City of London, the Hall…
Read More City Music Foundation Lunchtime Concert Series – Caroline Taylor “Secrets and Sighs”
The Role of London Medical Students in the Relief of Bergen-Belsen in 1945 by Professor Stephen Challacombe - 10 April 2024 - In-Person Held on Wednesday 10th of April 2024 at 6pm. Venue: Apothecaries' Hall, Black Friar's Lane, London EC4V…
Read More The role of London medical students in the relief of Bergen-Belsen in 1945
At Watermen's Hall second Friday of the month at 12:30pm. 5-Course Tasting menu with exciting matching wines. £84 per head including VAT. Maximum party of 8.
Annual Lecture - invitation to attend will be sent to Masters and Clerks of the various companies.
If you would like to compete, you can download the Word application form here.
The Treloar's Gala Dinner is returning on Tuesday 30th April 2024 at the spectacular venue of Mansion House, in the presence of Lord Mayor Locum Tenens Vincent Keaveny. Join us and enjoy a very special night of dinner, drinks, entertainment…
The 369th Clergy Support Trust Festival Service brings together three world-class choirs under the magnificent dome of St Paul's Cathedral on Tuesday 7 May 2024, 5pm. In 1655, concerned with the welfare of clergy, their children and widows, livery and…
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At Watermen's Hall second Friday of the month at 12:30pm. 5-Course Tasting menu with exciting matching wines. £84 per head including VAT. Maximum party of 8.
Three CMF Artists join forces to perform at the only City of London livery hall with an organ – Ensemble Hesperi’s Thomas Allery (also Director of Music at the Temple Church) Connaught Brass’ trumpeter Aaron Akugbo and soprano Claire Ward.…
Read More City Music Foundation Lunchtime Concert – Thomas Allery, Aaron Akugbo and Claire Ward
An opportunity to find out more about why our eyes are so important and what you can do to help yourself and your family and make the most of your vision. Invitations have been sent to all Clerks of London…
Mental Health Awareness Week is an ideal time for us all to think about mental health, tackle stigma, and find out how we can create a society that prevents mental health problems from developing and protects our mental well-being. This…
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The Gilded City brings together 11 members of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers working with the ancient art of gilding. This marks the Company’s inaugural participation in London Craft Week, which celebrates its 10th edition this year. The exhibition displays…
Check on the organiser’s website that dates and times are correct.