Plans to restart Bartholomew Fair in Smithfield
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Developing a Museum of the Streets as the Museum of London closes
November 24, 2022 – 12:12 pm
In December 2022 the Museum of London closes after 45 years on the edge of the Barbican estate, and prepares for a move to former market buildings in West Smithfield. Here’s news of a family festival at the Museum November 27&27 and a music festival December 3&4 The new museum promises to be amazing – read more »
£50,000 Smithfield design competition might take inspiration from Bartholomew Fair
July 7, 2022 – 4:46 pm
Update: Winners have been announced with a proposal for ‘Seats at the table’. “The team will work with local disabled and non-disabled youth to co-design spaces of sharing, making, learning, nourishment and socialising”. More here. A new competition ‘Co-designing Equity in the Public Realm’ aims to deliver “temporary public realm interventions in Smithfield and East read more »
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Revive Bartholomew Fair? Maybe it’s already happening in Culture Mile
July 7, 2022 – 12:19 pm
Articles in the EC1Echo about reviving Bartholomew Fair in 2023 have attracted support. However, in lots of ways we already have an all-year Fair taking place in the many venues along the City of London’s Culture Mile. Here’s a discussion paper on how we might combine a new Fair with promotion of those very varied read more »
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Restaging Bartholomew Fair on the ground and online
July 6, 2022 – 5:44 pm
Next year Barts Hospital and St Bartholomew the Great celebrate 900 years of service. The Fair that was started to help fund their work became a huge success – but was eventually closed down for encouraging debauchery and public disorder. Can we we restaged a Fair suitable for today, both traditionally in Smithfield and using read more »
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