Construction starts on Islington museum dedicated to anti-apartheid history Ground was broken this week at the site of what will soon be Europe’s first museum dedicated to anti-apartheid history. ec1echo.co.uk/construction-s…

Markets update: The City of London Corporation is planning on pulling out of running Billingsgate and Smithfield. Members are being recommended to approve plans to withdraw from both sites at a Court of Common Council meeting on Tuesday. mylondon.news/news/zone-1-ne…

Vote on Smithfield & Billingsgate markets’ future today in City of London Court of Common Council - City leaders want to ditch relocation plan and close markets for good - Rather than relocate them, City would pay traders £300m+ in comp Row brewing thetimes.com/article/989b12…

After some delightfully arcane procedure, the City of Common Council has excluded the public (and the 34 watching on YouTube) from its vote on the future of Smithfield market.

Official news release on markets from the City Corporation tinyurl.com/26egk2xz. Designs for redevelopment of the Smithfield buildings as a cultural hub were published in 2020, with expectation of the market move wholesalemarkets.co.uk/smithfield/

Following the City Corporation decision to end trading at Smithfield Market, here's a reminder of concept designs for the future of the buildings first published in 2020, with video walk through, by Studio Egret West connections.commons.london/smithfield-mar…

The City Corporation tried a new format for resident engagement yesterday, with a forum for group discussions, instead of a formal Question Time, followed by festive drinks. A useful experiment? tinyurl.com/23pjbkka Jacqui Roberts Webster @deb_oliver City of London