One week left to apply 📢 How would you reimagine this 100m-long tunnel? Wandsworth Council in partnership with London Festival of Architecture are looking for artists to rejuvenate the Falcon Road Bridge. The winning design will be installed during Wandsworth’s year as #LondonBoroughOfCulture2025 🎉

If you, or someone you care for, is a resident of the City of London, we offer a free home delivery service for people unable to visit the Library! It's completely free, just contact us via phone or email or speak to us at the Library!

Today on #999Day as the flag rises above Guildhall London we honour the brave men and women of the City of London Police and all of our emergency services, who tirelessly protect our Square Mile and the 32 London Boroughs. #Thankyou #EmergencyServices #999Day

Still time to apply to Become a Lambeth Tour Guide starting later this month! lambethtourguides.org/lambeth-guidin… #doingLambethWalks 🚶‍♂️ 🐑 🚶‍♂️

On John Soane’s birthday, here’s London as he knew it! 🎈🏙️ Made from the roof of the Museum in June 1813 by one of Soane's pupils, this drawing – much like every view of London and every birthday – is a snapshot from an ongoing story, never to be repeated quite the same! 🎁

An opportunity for City residents having a clear-out, to ensure unwanted items are reused, recycled, or disposed of responsibly whilst supporting the local community. Denotations can be dropped off 10am-2pm. Pick up and take items from 1-3pm.

We’re very involved in Open House Festival with lots of free walks available thanks to support from City of London . See cityoflondonguides.com for links and information

We still have a few volunteer spots to fill for Open House Festival 2024. As a festival volunteer you will be given priority entry to many buildings across the festival programme. Get in touch to sign up! tinyurl.com/3h2pad24

Crystal Palace Subway restored: First images revealed ahead of public Open Day ➡️ ianvisits.co.uk/articles/cryst… The first images of the restored Crystal Palace Subway have been revealed ahead of a public open day next weekend.

The City of London is unique. Both workers and residents can vote in our elections – but must be registered annually by 30th November. 🗳️ Visit speakforthecity.com to learn more and request your vote.

Come and do a (funded!) doctorate on the architects Seely and Paget with David Lewis of Oxford Continuing Education Andrew Hann of English Heritage and me... oocdtp.ac.uk/partnership-se…

The new memorial in Postman's Park to honour staff from Barts Health who died from Covid. I think it's really beautiful. 💙

What a great video. I never saw this one before. 1960 Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra singing each other’s songs.

Kurt Vonnegut, go into the arts

How can you spot a genuine 15th or 16th-century building? We joined Prof Janina Ramirez for a tour of Gloucester's Westgate Street and discovered some of the key architectural features found on medieval English buildings. #HistoricHighStreets Gloucester City Council

'Henry VIII was the original rizzler' is a GOAT museum take

Do hope you can visit ‘In the Footsteps of the East London Group’. Promises to be a fascinating show bringing together the past and the present Nunnery Gallery E3 2SJ ⁦Spitalfields Life⁩ ⁦Paintings of London⁩ ⁦Bow Arts⁩ ⁦Grim Art⁩ ⁦Richard Morris⁩

If you're going on a CoL Guides 🇺🇦 walk this Saturday for Open House Festival, you can pop in and see us at St Lawrence Jewry too. Prof. Vanessa Harding will be talking about our upcoming 'London on the eve of the Great Fire' map.

Precious archives relating to the history of our bridges will go on public display – many for the first time – in events to be held The London Archives next month. They include our original Royal Charter from 1282 and old bridge plans and records. Read more: tinyurl.com/mwfu68kf

The moment Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth was revealed. 📲 Tap to find out the story behind this fourth plinth design. bbc.in/4dcKSYT #trafalgarsquare #fourthplinth #londonlife #uk #london #bbcnews